The Paradigm of a Paradoxical Ideology
RSSAs a matter of simple logic, there’s no difference at all, that i can see, between the man who’s greedy for material treasure - or even intellectual treasure - and the man who’s greedy for spiritual treasure.
- Franny and Zooey. J.D. Salinger. (via usethemwell)
Neuroscience: Brain can be trained in compassion
Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion — the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior.
A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman…
Hofstadter Butterfly Effect Observed for the First Time | Physics | Sci-News.com
Scientists have directly observed a rare quantum effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum first theorized by Douglas Hofstadter.
(Source: sopartyelectro)
How prepared are American cities for increased natural disasters? Over the years, Americans have insisted on expanding and building cities and suburbs in locations that are clearly threatened by natural hazards. This week’s monster tornado in Oklahoma demonstrates this. Cities and states have encouraged people to live in these areas through city planning, architectural design, and the so-called need for “economic development.”
Thus, instead of encouraging people to not live in these hazard zones, city leaders have created methods to help people survive relatively normal lives there. Houses in California must meet specific earthquake design standards, buildings in Oklahoma have “safe rooms,” and countless structures must be stable enough to handle floods and erosion along American coastlines. These are adaptations. Not good adaptations (I believe people should not be encouraged to live in these areas), but there it is.
With the climate changing, the impacts on communities are likely to increase. Incidences of natural disasters are expected to rise, costing many lives and causing a need for an endless stream of disaster aid.
Researchers at MIT teamed up with the non-profit ICLEI to survey cities around the world. The goal was to compare how they were adapting to climate change impacts, or preparing for future impacts. Progress, the researchers found, is very slow in the US, while cities around the world are far more advanced.
It’s a great read, very visual so if you don’t have time you can skim it.
Survey: U.S. Cities Report Increase in Climate Change Impacts, Lag Global Cities in Planning
About The Paradigm of a Paradoxical Ideology
- Immanuel Kant
23. INTP. Washingtonian. Idealistic-realist.
Neo-humanist. Anarcho-pacifist. Rational-Atheist. Proutist-Universalist. Egalitarian. Determinist. Dialectic. Calm, cool, collected.
All human societies and cultures can live and work together symbiotically through the means of automated technology and the global management of environmentally sustainable resources. If the human race does not realize that a peaceful, ecologically balanced, humanitarian utopia is a deterministic possibility or just dismisses that outcome as an unrealistic idea, then we as a species will never push our unique human spirit and consciousness into that reality. These statements/arguments may seem naive and/or invalid, but in time humanity will accept them as truth. Our perseverance and natural instinct to survive, along with our conscious and unconscious need for equilibrium and growth will be the soul catalysts for the fullfillment of these truths. See Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT).
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