The more the district’s borders deviate from a circle, the greater the possibility that the district has been redrawn to suit partisan ends.
scientificamerican.com/article/geometry-reveals-the-tricks-behind-gerrymandering
Thoughts grow and change over time in the same way that a planted seed forms roots, appears above ground, grows, and changes.
Oliver Burkeman provides an important and insightful reassessment of productivity. The drive to get more done can become an excuse to avoid figuring out what we actually want to accomplish. By confronting this question, we unlock a more meaningful approach to organizing our time.
Cal Newport
Do a search on Google and you’ll find that MMXXII.com‘s place on page 6 is preceeded by MMXXII.io on page 3.
For a “big picture” view of what the metaverse has in mind, take a look at A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1959).
Thomas Hobbes’s describes life as “nasty, brutish, and short,” Keltner believes evolution has given Homo sapiens emotions like gratitude, joy, amusement, and compassion because they help us survive and build cooperative, ethical societies.
Dacher Keltner on the Science of Awe by Mark Leviton
