Mastodawn

We create taxo free indices based on classical #stenoecie #sensitivity metrics and #network #topologies

Almost everybody is deeply affected when some one he loves suffers from cancer. Most people are moved when they see the sufferings of unknown patients in hospitals. Yet when they read that the death-rate from cancer is such-and-such, they are as a rule only moved to momentary personal fear lest they or some one dear to them should acquire the disease. The same is true of war: people think it dreadful when their son or brother is mutilated, but they do not think it a million times as dreadful that a million people should be mutilated. A man who is full of kindliness in all personal dealings may derive his income from incitement to war or from the torture of children in “backward” countries.
All these familiar phenomena are due to the fact that sympathy is not stirred, in most people, by a merely abstract stimulus. A large proportion of the evils in the modern world would cease if this could be remedied.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 2 “The Aims of Education” (1926)

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Russell, Bertrand - Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 2 "The Aims of Education" (1926) | WIST Quotations

Almost everybody is deeply affected when some one he loves suffers from cancer. Most people are moved when they see the sufferings of unknown patients in hospitals. Yet when they read that the death-rate from cancer is such-and-such, they are as a rule only moved to momentary personal fear lest…

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Nicco Kunzmann Mar 19

Having gone to a 10 day #Vipassana retreat, I recognize that the #technique gives me the #sensitivity and the tools to work on my #adhd.

1. I am aware of #anxiety popping up where I would not have noticed it, before.
2. I can observe my #focus getting twitchy because of my anxiety, trying to find #peace somewhere.
3. I can prevent it latching onto random thoughts.
4. I can redirect my focus to #consciousness, #balance and my #body.

This retrains the #compulsion into a me that I enjoy more ❤️‍🩹

WIST Quotations Mar 18

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

The next stage in the development of a desirable form of sensitiveness is sympathy. There is a purely physical sympathy: a very young child will cry because a brother or sister is crying. This, I suppose, affords the basis for the further developments.
The two enlargements that are needed are: first, to feel sympathy even when the sufferer is not an object of special affection; secondly, to feel it when the suffering is merely known to be occurring, not sensibly present. The second of these enlargements depends mainly upon intelligence. It may only go so far as sympathy with suffering which is portrayed vividly and touchingly, as in a good novel; it may, on the other hand, go so far as to enable a man to be moved emotionally by statistics. This capacity for abstract sympathy is as rare as it is important.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 2 “The Aims of Education” (1926)

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/828…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #abstraction #factsandfigures #loveyourneighbor #sensitivity #statistics #stranger #suffering #sympathy #understanding

Russell, Bertrand - Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 2 "The Aims of Education" (1926) | WIST Quotations

The next stage in the development of a desirable form of sensitiveness is sympathy. There is a purely physical sympathy: a very young child will cry because a brother or sister is crying. This, I suppose, affords the basis for the further developments. The two enlargements that are needed are:…

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Gretchen K Deahl Mar 13

"SEASONS of the SOUL" Oracle Card Ideas
Expectations
(100% human-made) human imagined, drawn and painted, no AI whatsoever.

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Fareehaawan Feb 28

A story from Fareehaawan✍️ on Medium Read “A Question Knocked the Mind When Emotions & Sensitivity Ruined Common Sense“ by Fareehaawan✍️ on Medium: https://fareehaawan2.medium.com/a-question-knocked-the-mind-when-emotions-sensitivity-ruined-common-sense-d65741a90b1c
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#personalDevelopment
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A Question Knocked the Mind When Emotions & Sensitivity Ruined Common Sense

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Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌺🌞🍃Feb 27

#statstab #495 Unsure Calculator

Thoughts: Nifty way to incorporate your uncertainty when making some calculations and decisions.

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https://filiph.github.io/unsure/

Unsure Calculator

The Unsure Calculator is an online tool that lets you calculate with numbers you’re not sure about.

NeeAnah 🇵🇷Feb 26

Does anyone here know of low EMF or off grid housing in the U.S.? My friend with severe EHS urgently needs stable housing. I’m trying to help her find something workable. Even one lead would mean a lot.

Looking specifically for:
• Existing low EMF communities in the U.S.
• Developers building off grid housing
• Land share opportunities

This is for someone with severe EHS. DMs open.

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Stephen Cox Author Feb 18

Looking for a #Down's #sensitivity reader and #Chinese ditto both for work set in Victorian England.
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SpiritualKhazaana Feb 4

Why Feeling OUT OF PLACE Is Actually Your BIGGEST STRENGTH
Do you constantly feel out of place, even when you’re doing everything “right”? It's not brokenness—it's depth. Discover the surprising psychology behind chronic "outsider" feelings and how your sensitivity is secretly your greatest asset. It’s secretly a sign of growth, awareness, and power. More details… https://spiritualkhazaana.com/web-stories/why-feeling-out-of-place/
#outofplace #feeloutofplace #dontbelong #monachopsis #emotionaldepth #sensitivity #outsiderfeeling