"Mindfulness is defined as one’s conscious awareness of the present moment in a non-judgmental manner (Kabat-Zinn, 1994). It is grounded in a perceptual, rather than cognitive or emotional manifestation of the current moment as it is."

"From the disruptions that could be caused by AI to the stifling of innovation by companies that no longer need to compete" https://t.co/IuAFSShlkh

Or “pushing the boundaries of cultural freedom” to be as disgustingly nasty & offensive as we want to be, particularly in modern so called “art”

“Each side feels that their story is being engulfed and crushed by the other story. So, yeah, stories can be the death of you.” B b b but enlightenment values - we intentionally go far out of our way just to pub stories that emotionally torque you off remotely, called trolling

Or have you self deconstructed down to the paradox of being where all you can do rationally is flip flop like an astable multivibrator, like the ambiguous 3d box squashed down to 2 dimensions, which way does it *really* go? You can’t tell stuck in Plato’s cave.

“Sir Salman’s life has been blighted by anti-Enlightenment thinking” and students in higher ed are emotionally “triggered” - explain and reconcile those two concepts, words will never hurt me & political emotion speech? *can* ppl discuss politics w/o getting bent out of shape?

“‘Where society once encouraged and provided an abundance of cultural invention,’ he declares, ‘there is now a blank space.’” https://t.co/E55l8faZ2Q Goes with #JonHaidt,

“Even the Liberal Democrats, though noisy defenders of the bbc, have been complaining that it treats them unfairly.” If you cannot look in the mirror with a clear conscious, you certainly don’t want the truth to get out. That’s the problem of trying to compete with evil liars.

"The political hostilities declined because the Federalist Party had largely dissolved after the fiasco of the Hartford Convention in 1814–15." we got another party fiasco for you budget busting bleeding hearts, bless your heart 😎 whatever that means

Era of Good Feels? "President James Monroe strove to downplay partisan affiliation in making his nominations, with the ultimate goal of national unity and eliminating political parties altogether from national politics."

Takes two sides to make one coin - don't know *why* westerners are so stubbornly gol darned thick headed in that regard. Takes both conductors *AND* insulators working in harmony and unison playing their respective roles as assigned, or not assigned is an excellent option 😎

alive but invites chaos. The trick isn’t choosing one over the other, it’s deciding where to let things stay loose and where to lock them down. Some parts need rails, others need open ground.

the trouble with organization is your lose flexibility, the trouble with flexibility and adaptability is you lose organization. AI: Yeah — that’s the tension at the heart of most systems, right? Structure gives reliability but kills some agility; adaptability keeps things

"The First Party System, which lasted roughly from 1792 to 1824, ended as the Federalists declined during the Era of Good Feelings, and the Democratic-Republicans lost unity and eventually split." Cracked like the liberty bell

too many ppl to deal with individually so the republic has deal with groups and classes, they exceed the 200 or so any one representative can keep up with. Democratic also for a stab at universal human rights, but that ideal gets very expensive, could use some tech upgrades.

"For example, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is viewed as poised to hold up the vote because he objects to restrictions on the hemp industry that are included in the package." hopefully the reunification of the democratic republic can proceed

‘But compared with the explosion of Cubism and Surrealism in the early 20th century, or the counterculture of the 1960s, “there is now a blank space.”’ Book review, “Blank Space”

#TheEconomist ‘Meanwhile the spread of liberal views on feminism and sexuality spurred a reaction of ironic nihilism, crassness and misogyny. In this “counter-counterculture”, norms and shame are for suckers and wimps.’ I heard it called ironic sincerity but yes strong nihilism

“Mr Kobakhidze recently travelled to China (which he called “the world’s only peaceful superpower”) to tout Georgia as a gateway to Europe and a destination for Chinese investment.”

‘Sanctions against Russia “would mean suicide” for Georgia, says Levan Makhashvili, a gd parliamentarian. “We need to be pragmatic,” he says. “We need to manage our expectations, we need to manage our rhetoric.”’

#TheEconomist ‘He understood that if he passed all these reforms, de-oligarchisation, the rule of law and human rights, he would lose power,” says Kornely Kakachia, head of the Georgian Institute of Politics, a think-tank’ - freedom overwhelming and confusing? Pump up the Ollies!