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HOW TO BUILD SELF ESTEEM
communication media has transformed the spatial and temporal constitution of social life,
What role have communication media played in the formation of modern societies? How should we understand the social impact of new forms of communication and information diffusion, from the advent of printing in fifteenth-century Europe to the expansion of global communication networks today?
the development of communication media has transformed the spatial and temporal constitution of social life, creating new forms of action and interaction which are no longer linked to the sharing of a common locale. The consequences of this transformation are far-reaching and impinge on many aspects of our lives, from the most intimate aspects of personal experience and self-formation to the changing nature of power and visibility in the public domain.
SHAKESPEARE A MAN WHO MINGLED COMFORTABLY WITH PAUPERS AND PRINCES BUT DEEP DOWN
WAS DEEPLY PRIVATE AND INSCRUTABLE (IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND)
THAT MAN WAS SHAKESPEARE
Your best protective Armour is SILENCE
IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY CIRCA 1599 WHEN THE NOBLES WERE SETTING OFF
TO WAR, THEY WERE ADVISED BECAUSE of ALL THE PLOTS AND INTRIGUES
THEY WERE ADVISED THAT THEIR BEST ARMOUR WOULD BE SILENCE
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on being self conscious
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Being self-conscious means being excessively aware of yourself, especially how you appear to others or how others might be judging you. It’s something everyone experiences at times, but when it becomes a constant presence, it can limit your confidence, relationships, and ability to enjoy the moment.
Common Causes of Self-Consciousness:
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Social comparison – Measuring yourself against others, often unfavorably.
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Past criticism or embarrassment – Early experiences of being judged or ridiculed.
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Perfectionism – Feeling like you have to be flawless to be accepted.
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Cultural or social pressures – Expectations around appearance, success, or behavior.
What It Feels Like:
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Worrying about how you look, sound, or come across.
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Overanalyzing your actions or words after social interactions.
Belief in the metaphysical blief in the metaphysical
Belief in the metaphysical refers to a conviction or acceptance that reality extends beyond the physical world—beyond what we can perceive with our senses or measure with scientific tools. It involves belief in entities, forces, or dimensions that are non-material in nature.
Is NOISE ideological?
You are what you eat....
More than 90% of the body's serotonin lies in the gut, as well as about 50% of the body's dopamine; the dual function of these neurotransmitters is an active part of gut–brain research.
]Is noise ideological?
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That’s a deep and fascinating question — "Is noise ideological?" The answer is: yes, it can be. Let’s break it down.
🔹 What does it mean for something to be ideological?
In simple terms, ideology is a system of ideas, beliefs, or values that shapes how people interpret the world. Something is "ideological" if it reflects, supports, or challenges those systems—consciously or unconsciously.
🔹 So, how can noise be ideological?
Here are several ways:
1. Who defines what is "noise"?
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What one culture or person calls noise, another might call music, speech, or expression.
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Example: In Western classical music, atonal or industrial sounds were once rejected as “noise.” Avant-garde artists (like John Cage) challenged that, showing that these definitions reflect cultural norms and power structures.
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So, calling something “noise” can be an ideological act — it defines what’s acceptable or civilized vs. what’s disruptive or primitive.
2. Noise as resistance or protest
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In political movements, noise can be used to disrupt power: think of protests, riots, or even loud music as a form of dissent.
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Example: The Noise Manifesto (by artists like Paula Temple) ties electronic noise music to queer, feminist, and anti-capitalist politics.
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In this way, noise becomes a weapon against dominant ideologies.
3. Silencing through "noise"
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Conversely, authoritarian regimes or corporations may use noise pollution or disinformation (noise in a communication sense) to drown out truth or dissent.
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Think of “information noise” on social media — it can be used ideologically to confuse, distract, or neutralize political will.
4. Everyday life: Who gets to live in silence?
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The right to silence or peace is often class-based or racialized.
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Working-class neighborhoods are disproportionately exposed to traffic noise, construction, police sirens, etc.
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This “noise burden” reflects economic and social inequalities — and managing noise becomes a matter of ideological and political control.
Final Thought
So yes — noise is not neutral.
It's deeply ideological in how it's defined, used, and distributed.
It reflects power, resistance, identity, and control—all central to ideology.
Would you like a philosophical angle on this (e.g., from thinkers like Jacques Attali or Foucault)?Yes, boxing can be considered a brutal sport—depending on how you define “brutal.”
Here’s why many people view it that way:
1. Physical Damage in the 'sport' cALled 'bOXING'
Repeated head trauma is common and can lead to long-term brain damage (e.g., chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE).
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Fighters often suffer broken bones, cuts, bruises, and internal injuries during matches.
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Knockouts, which are celebrated in the sport, involve one person losing consciousness—essentially the brain shutting down to protect itself.
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or
it can be thrown through a window
by a protester demanding his/her rights
PEOPLE WHO SAY iT CANNOT BE DONE SHOULD NOT INTERRUPT
PEOPLE WHO SAY iT CANNOT BE DONE SHOULD NOT INTERRUPT
THOSE DOING IT OR ATTEMPING TO DO IT
OvYOU DON'T STOP EXERCISING BECAUSE YOU GET OLDN YOU DON'T STOP EXERCISING BECAUSE YOU GET OLD
YOU DON'T STOP EXERCISING BECAUSE YOU GET OLD
YOU GET OLD BECAUSE YOU STOP EXERCISING
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HOW TO SIT ON THE FENCE IN ARGUMENTS
....WELL, I THINKYOUR POINT OF VIEW SHOULD BE CONSIDERED...'
INDEED YOUR PROPOSED ACTION MIGHT BE EFFFECTIVE.'
How do we understand anxiety?
“How do we understand anxiety?
ANXIETY IS A BREAKDOWN in our everyday ability to engage meaningfully with the world, it lets us notice what otherwise is too pervasive to attract our attention: namely, that our ability to function in the world is sustained by an immediate, felt sense for how things matter. When overcome by anxiety, that mattering “collapses” and the affordances of the world show up as being “of no consequence” (SZ 186). In this breakdown, our preoccupation with everyday tasks falls away, leaving us with a clear view of the essential structure of our existence.
MESSAGE FOR PATHOLOGICAL PUTIN
MESSAGE FOR PATHOLOGICAL PUTIN
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
PATHOLOGY A MENTAL ESCAPE MECHANISM TO ESCAPE THE SYSTEM
the future lies in giving all to the presen
“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.
tHE BEGINNING OF INFINITY....THAT HAS NO END
— "Infinity turns out to be the opposite of what people say it is. It is not 'that which has nothing beyond itself' that is infinite, but 'that which always has something beyond itself'." (Aristotle)
"Does the Multiverse Really Exist?",
As skeptical as I am, I think the contemplation of the multiverse is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the nature of science and on the ultimate nature of existence: why we are here. … In looking at this concept, we need an open mind, though not too open. It is a delicate path to tread. Parallel universes may or may not exist; the case is unproved. We are going to have to live with that uncertainty. Nothing is wrong with scientifically based philosophical speculation, which is what multiverse proposals are. But we should name it for what it is.
— George Ellis, "Does the Multiverse Really Exist?", Scientific American
Astronomers work very hard to detect what might have happened shortly after the Big Bang. Just days ago, they detected signals that carry an imprint from some of the first stars ever born. Still, I can't help having detected over the years that humans are far less bright than they think they are. There's too much we don't know, because there's too much we haven't experienced and we tend to look at so many things from a human-centric perspective. Perhaps, one day soon, aliens will descend upon us to inform us that our ideas of physics are laughably rudimentary and that we don't understand the existence of another thousand dimensions of life, the universe and everything. Then again, another famous physicist, Michio Kaku, believes we should steer clear of aliens entirely.
VVAstronomers work very hard to detect what might have happened shortly after the Big Bang. Just days ago, they detected signals that carry an imprint from some of the first stars ever born.
Still, I can't help having detected over the years that humans are far less bright than they think they are. There's too much we don't know, because there's too much we haven't experienced and we tend to look at so many things from a human-centric perspective.
Perhaps, one day soon, aliens will descend upon us to inform us that our ideas of physics are laughably rudimentary and that we don't understand the existence of another thousand dimensions of life, the universe and everything.
Then again, another famous physicist, Michio Kaku, believes we should steer clear of aliens entirely.
It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.
Stephen Hawking
The Universe is completely self-contained, therefore it does not need a creator
So long as the Universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the Universe is really completely self-contained, it would have neither beginning or end, it would simply be. What place then for a creator?
Stephen Hawking
Wittgenstein’s most basic conception of grammar
Wittgenstein’s most basic conception of grammar is that it consists in rules which govern the use of words and which thereby constitute meanings or concepts.1 Thus, he identifies grammar in general with the “rules for use of a word” (PG, I, 133; cf. BT, p. 136); or to cite a more specific example, he says of mathematics, which he understands to be an important part of grammar, that “in mathematics we are convinced of grammatical propositions; so the expression, the result, of our being convinced...
We are trapped by language
We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to formulate insight is a play on words.
Niels Bohr
THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EDUCATORS
I think, however, that there isn't any solution to this problem of education other than to realize that the best teaching can be done only when there is a direct individual relationship between a student and a good teacher - a situation in which the student discusses the ideas, thinks about the things, and talks about the things. It's impossible to learn very much by simply sitting in a lecture, or even by simply doing problems that are assigned. But in our modern times we have so many students to teach that we have to try to find some substitute for the ideal.
Fall in love with some activity, and do it!
Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all.
Richard P. Feynman
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt. If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics. Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself. Richard P. Feynman (2015).
OUR ENTANGLED STATE OF BEING
VThe existence of pure entangled states means that, if we consider a composite system consisting of spatially separated parts, then, even when the state of the system is a pure state, the state is not determined by the reduced states of its component parts. Thus, quantum states exhibit a form of nonseparability. See the entry on holism and nonseparability in physics for more information.
Quantum entanglement results in a form of nonlocality that is alien to classical physics
what is observed is totally distinct from the person observing it.
If it were necessary to give all parts of the world a completely quantum-mechanical description, a person trying to apply quantum theory to the process of observation would be faced with an insoluble paradox. This would be so because he would then have to regard himself as something connected inseparably with the rest of the world. On the other hand,the very idea of making an observation implies that what is observed is totally distinct from the person observing it.
Was the big bang really the beginning of time? Or did the universe exist before then?
French: D'où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?
vhe Myth Of The Beginning Of Time
February 1, 2006
The Myth Of The Beginning Of Time
String theory suggests that the BIG BANG was not the origin of the universe but simply the outcome of a preexisting state
By Gabriele Veneziano
The Sciences
Was the big bang really the beginning of time? Or did the universe exist before then? Such a question seemed almost blasphemous only a decade ago. Most cosmologists insisted that it simply made no sense--that to contemplate a time before the big bang was like asking for directions to a place north of the North Pole. But developments in theoretical physics, especially the rise of string theory, have changed their perspective. The pre-bang universe has become the latest frontier of cosmology.
The new willingness to consider what might have happened before the bang is the latest swing of an intellectual pendulum that has rocked back and forth for millennia. In one form or another, the issue of the ultimate beginning has engaged philosophers and theologians in nearly every culture. It is entwined with a grand set of concerns, one famously encapsulated in an 1897 painting by Paul Gauguin: D'ou venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Ou allons-nous? Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? The piece depicts the cycle of birth, life and death--origin, identity and destiny for each individual--and these personal concerns connect directly to cosmic ones. We can trace our lineage back through the generations, back through our animal ancestors, to early forms of life and protolife, to the elements synthesized in the primordial universe, to the amorphous energy deposited in space before that. Does our family tree extend forever backward? Or do its roots terminate? Is the cosmos as impermanent as we are?
The ancient Greeks debated the origin of time fiercely. Aristotle, taking the no-beginning side, invoked the principle that out of nothing, nothing comes. If the universe could never have gone from nothingness to somethingness, it must always have existed. For this and other reasons, time must stretch eternally into the past and future. Christian theologians tended to take the opposite point of view. Augustine contended that God exists outside of space and time, able to bring these constructs into existence as surely as he could forge other aspects of our world. When asked, What was God doing before he created the world? Augustine answered, Time itself being part of God's creation, there was simply no before!
Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity led modern cosmologists to much the same conclusion. The theory holds that space and time are soft, malleable entities. On the largest scales, space is naturally dynamic, expanding or contracting over time, carrying matter like driftwood on the tide. Astronomers confirmed in the 1920s that our universe is currently expanding: distant galaxies move apart from one another. One consequence, as physicists Stephen W. Hawking and Roger Penrose proved in the 1960s, is that time cannot extend back indefinitely. As you play cosmic history backward in time, the galaxies all come together to a single infinitesimal point, known as a singularity--almost as if they were descending into a black hole. Each galaxy or its precursor is squeezed down to zero size. Quantities such as density, temperature and spacetime curvature become infinite. The singularity is the ultimate cataclysm, beyond which our cosmic ancestry cannot extend.
The unavoidable singularity poses serious problems for cosmologists. In particular, it sits uneasily with the high degree of homogeneity and isotropy that the universe exhibits on large scales. For the cosmos to look broadly the same everywhere, some kind of communication had to pass among distant regions of space, coordinating their properties. But the idea of such communication contradicts the old cosmological paradigm.
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To be specific, consider what has happened over the 13.7 billion years since the release of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The distance between galaxies has grown by a factor of about 1,000 (because of the expansion), while the radius of the observable universe has grown by the much larger factor of about 100,000 (because light outpaces the expansion). We see parts of the universe today that we could not have seen 13.7 billion years ago. Indeed, this is the first time in cosmic history that light from the most distant galaxies has reached the Milky Way.
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Artist Paul Gauguin
What Are We? Where Are We Going?
French: D'où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?
Artist Paul Gauguin
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