Mastodawn

Fascinating. And, on reflection, this matches my experience.

> Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s. Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/brain-human-cognitive-development-life-stages-cambridge-study

Note: I *am not* looking forward to 83, but being alive for it is a good problem to have…

#science #biology #HumanCondition #brains

Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s

Study suggests brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83

The Guardian

WIST Quotations Nov 17

A quotation from Joseph Addison

Upon my going into the church, I entertained myself with the digging of a grave; and saw in every shovelful of it that was thrown up, the fragment of a bone or skull intermixt with a kind of fresh mouldering earth, that some time or other had a place in the composition of a human body. Upon this, I began to consider with myself what innumerable multitudes of people lay confused together under the pavement of that ancient cathedral; how men and women, friends and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled amongst one another, and blended together in the same common mass; how beauty, strength, and youth, with old age, weakness and deformity, lay undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-03-30), “Thoughts in Westminster Abbey,” The Spectator, No. 26

More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/80244…

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Essay (1711-03-30), "Thoughts in Westminster Abbey," The Spectator, No. 26 - Addison, Joseph | WIST Quotations

Upon my going into the church, I entertained myself with the digging of a grave; and saw in every shovelful of it that was thrown up, the fragment of a bone or skull intermixt with a kind of fresh mouldering earth, that some time or other had a place in…

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Microglyphics Nov 14

Je máccuse. I confess to using AI. Now what?

https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/13/confession-i-use-ai/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=blog

#ai #blog #writing #chatgpt #robots #language #essay #books #amwriting #authorlife #technology #humancondition #Philosophy

Microglyphics Nov 12

Everyone’s suddenly an AI detective, waving pitchforks at punctuation. Proper grammar? “Suspicious.” Logical flow? “Definitely synthetic.” The psychology of fear in full bloom. Read my new piece: Accusations of Writing Whilst Artificial. 🤖
🔗 https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/12/accusations-of-writing-whilst-artificial/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#Philosophy #Writing #AI #Posthumanism #Satire #CulturalCritique #psychology #madness #mentalillness #hysteria #Psychology #culture #society #existentialism #humancondition #critique #witch #criticaltheory #criticalthinking #smh

Maikel de Bakker Nov 12

Life passes without knowing

At Arnhem Central Station, people move endlessly — from one moment to another, unaware of the journey they’re truly on. Routine takes over. The phone becomes the compass. Eyes locked to screens, thumbs scrolling, souls adrift. Few notice the architecture around them, the rhythm of footsteps, or even the light that shifts and dances across the tiles.

My own journey that day was about learning — observing people, testing new perspectives, and finding hidden vantage points where I could watch unnoticed. (Not too difficult, as most were glued to their screens.)

The girl in black: shot from above, standing outside the station, her silhouette blending with the dark tiles — all muted tones, all rhythm and repetition.
The bokeh lady: framed through the interior lights, her world sharp, while the station around her dissolved into soft circles of light.
The traveling musician: a young woman with her guitar case beside her, phone in hand, a reminder of my daughter — and of how stories move unseen through every crowd.

All shots were taken with the Canon 5D Mark IV and the Sigma 100–400, around the bright mid-morning light inside Arnhem Central Station.

#StreetPhotography #Arnhem #ArnhemCentraal #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #UrbanLife #DocumentaryPhotography #HumanMoments #StreetPortraits #CandidPhotography #EverydayStories #VisualNarrative #LightAndShadow #StreetLens #PhotographyOfLife #UrbanObservation #ModernSociety #LifeThroughALens #PeopleAndPlaces #TravelPhotography #CityMoments #StoryInALens #ReflectivePhotography #BokehLovers #CommuterLife #UrbanGeometry #StreetScene #HumanCondition #MindfulObservation #HiddenPerspective #DutchPhotography #PhotoStory #VisualPoetry #CapturedMoments #RoutineAndRitual #PhotographyIsObservation #ThroughMyEyes #StreetPhotographyDaily #ObservationInMotion #ByMaikeldeBakker

Microglyphics Nov 12

What if achievement itself is the most efficient form of self-exploitation?

The Burnout Society launches Readings in Late Exhaustion—a Philosophics series on the psychic economy of late capitalism.

“We exploit ourselves and think we are free.”

🔗 https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/12/the-burnout-society-byung-chul-han/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mtg_rle_lcap

#Philosophics #ByungChulHan #LateCapitalism #Burnout #CriticalTheory #ReadingsInLateExhaustion #mtg #alchemy #workplace #linkedin #parody #satire #employeeexperience #humancondition #experience #psychology #society #philosophy

Microglyphics Nov 10

Humans stumble around with their self-awareness like toddlers with scissors—aware enough to cut themselves, not wise enough to put the scissors down. https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/09/humans-stumble-chatgpt-qotd/?utm_source=masto &utm_medium=social #qotd #quote #motivation #chatgpt #ai #artificialintelligence #consciousness #awareness #psychology #philosophy #society #humancondition #motivation

Microglyphics Nov 8

Capitalism doesn’t kill with guns or gulags. It kills with forms, policy, and plausible deniability. The machine is efficient precisely because no one feels responsible. When an insurance executive cuts 'unprofitable' coverage, it’s not an atrocity – it’s 'cost optimisation'.

👉 https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/08/excess-deaths-attributable-to-capitalism-a-case-study-in-deflection/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social

#Philosophy #Politics #Capitalism #Ethics #Violence #Accountability #CriticalTheory #Postmodernism #AntiEnlightenment #society #Blog #psychology #humancondition #healthcare #systems

Microglyphics Nov 7

Excess Deaths Attributable to Capitalism has reached 1K views, so I'm celebrating. 💸

https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/07/excess-capitalism-1000-views/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#capitalism #death #blog #economics #philosophy #psychology #humancondition #mony #colonialism #history #society #culture

Ridley Park Nov 2

What happens when morality survives only as performance? In Simulacra, Chapter 26 of Propensity, three teenagers discover that right and wrong are just old lines the species keeps rehearsing.

👉https://ridleypark.blog/2025/11/01/simulacra-when-the-camera-becomes-the-conscience/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propensity

#Simulacra #RidleyPark #Propensity #Baudrillard #SpeculativeFiction #Philosophy #Dystopian #Fiction #CinematicWriting #Ethics #Podcast #blog #Reading #Writing #Fiction #HumanCondition #books