WhatIf We Dig Deeper

“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, & you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight” Khalil Gibran

“What has really come out of that interviewing is her own sentiment that one of the most important things in life is to be of service to other people, to orient your life, your path and your interactions around helping others.” wapo.st/3KLPZng

“This approach plays a key role in how humans think across various activities, from solving everyday issues to fostering creative concepts and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery.” Is this the mechanism of experience?

”Analogical reasoning serves as the cornerstone of human intelligence and ingenuity. When faced with an unfamiliar challenge, individuals frequently devise viable solutions by methodically comparing them to a more recognizable scenario.” marktechpost.com/2023/08/17/thi… via @Marktechpost

"Whatever you are upset about, the poet laureate of this generation has got a song somewhere in her mega-oeuvre describing that precise feeling." nytimes.com/2023/06/17/opi…

“According to Professor Lodahl, just 100 photons emitted from a single quantum light source will contain more information than the world's largest supercomputer can process.” thebrighterside.news/post/physicist…

Opinion | Joe Biden and the Struggle for America’s Soul - The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/04/27/opi…

"Inequality clearly enhances the emergence of intolerance, escalating it even without the presence of new individuals who bring these behaviors. Once intolerance begins to act, it is almost unstoppable in the presence of inequality" --Martinez-Vaquero #amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16794210954090&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2023-03-evolutionary-game-theory-relationship-inequality.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">phys.org/news/2023-03-e…

"There's no 'I' in team". Thank God there's no 'U' in our team.

“..they could be integrated onto the sails of a boat to provide power while at sea, adhered onto tents and tarps that are deployed in disaster recovery operations, or applied onto the wings of drones to extend their flying range.” scitechdaily.com/18-times-more-…

A magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbent coats the PFAS molecules. ”This makes them magnetic, so then it’s a relatively simple process to use a magnet to attract the pollutants & separate them from the water.” newatlas.com/environment/pf…

@bcheungz @kairyssdal I wonder if the increase in labor participation rate is due to inflation? Like retirees changing their titles ;) or those who work at home having to join the official labor force to get paid to help make ends meet.

there were 223,000 nonfarm jobs added in the month of december and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5%. bls.gov/news.release/e…

The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night" - Natalya St. Clair youtu.be/PMerSm2ToFY via @YouTube

Thanks @marketplace for being my top podcast on @Spotify this year. I loved all 4,010 minutes of it.@kairyssdal #SpotifyWrapped open.spotify.com/show/6zYlX5UGE…

"When night falls and darkness descends on Kyiv, the flashlights on smartphones begin to flicker on like fairy lights, leading the way home. Dogs wear glow sticks around their necks, & children are outfitted in reflective clothing for safety" -- @nytimes Russia-Ukraine war update

Something I heard today "I had so much salad at lunch it was almost inappropriate"

@policytensor .I would argue that the probability of Putin using chemical or biological weapons is far higher than using tactical nuclear weapons. Early on Russia claimed that the US was funding "military biological activities" in Ukraine. Was that so they can shift blame for any incident?

Can any war winner out there tell me how Washington should respond in the event that Ukraine is close to winning and Russia detonates a nuclear device in Ukraine? foreignpolicy.com/2022/09/29/war…

“Jim Kardach from Intel suggested Bluetooth as a temporary code name. Kardach was later quoted as saying, “King Harald Bluetooth…was famous for uniting Scandinavia just as we intended to unite the PC & cellular industries with a short-range wireless link” bluetooth.com/about-us/bluet…