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A quotation from George Carlin

It’s always sort of amused me that mankind has been able to come up with a lot of things, two of them being napalm — which is a jellied substance that burns the skin and kills — and Silly Putty, which is something that you can press onto a comic and see a backwards picture of Popeye. And somewhere between these two extremes lies our truth. And I don’t know how good we are at pursuing it.

George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
Interview (2001-07) by Marc Cooper, The Progressive

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/carlin-george/53669/

Most of us have a handheld device capable of pulling up all of the history known to man and everything that is happening in the world right now - in a tiny device more powerful than those that got man to the moon.
Yet for all that, these devices have has managed to generate some of the most uneducated, vile individuals - with little care about anything but themselves; and certainly not learning from all the information available to them.
#computing #history #humanity #democacy

Deep space seems rather hostile.

Like, difficult to adapt biologically.

We don't yet understand the long term effect of the changes in time cycles and gravity on the human mind except, perhaps, for humans held in darkness for extended periods.
Perhaps a limiting factor for any expanding civilization.
#humanity

How Hot Can It Get? #Scientists Are Struggling to Find an Answer
Figuring out how anomalously high #temperatures can rise is taking on added importance as planet warms.
Answer has grave implications for #humanity, from those living in places where high temperatures are currently rare to those in places increasingly on the edge of habitability as #climatechange makes heat more intense and frequent. Everyone, everywhere, needs to know risks about where they live.
financialpost.com/pmn/business #heatwave

Financial Post · How Hot Can It Get? Scientists Are Struggling to Find an AnswerBy Bloomberg News

youtu.be/Sfekgjfh1Rk?si=53q2dY

This is a very important video on how mass society can abandon rational thought and adopt dangerous and misinformed ideas. It’s not about evils, lack of intelligence or lack of education. It’s about the vulnerabilities of our minds, especially, when under physical or economic pressure. Please watch and share widely. #philosophy #socialmedia #Humanity

I have #hope for #humanity most of the time as I do believe most people don't have ill intentions, they are often simply mislead, selfish, or ignorant.

However from time to time I hear stories that make me facepalm, and want to vomit.

Someone on the #tourettes subreddit on #reddit pointed out to me that people lurk there who fetishize TS and respond to every girl who posts, sometimes men too.

A massive issue when 90% of people with TS are minors who won't get left alone.