We mostly feel that we have a stable steady nature/consciousness. Yet it is far from that.

Marvin Minsky put it succinctly in the title of one of his books 'Society of mind' - there is always a collective of competing voices in our heads.

Reading a deeply fascinating book about manufacturing. Key early finding as demonstrated during Covid, that the efficiency - leanness - of product build and delivery is very precarious.

And that most of us have not the slightest clue how amazingly complex even simple things are to make.

Some forms of paper or tissue distribution involves sucking water out and then adding it back to reduce transport costs ...

I seek games of #Go online and I cannot limit to just ranked players.

Rank matters - big player difference can make for an unbalanced game.

99% of unranked players who take up my challenge say NOTHING about their rank. They could be any level.

This is where we are with the lazy anonymity that online systems kind of encourage.

They do not seem to care in the slightest, wasting the time of others as they appear to only experience the game - oblivious to who they are playing.

#Meritocracy is a strange beast when you start to look deeper.

Is there greater merit by what one person can achieve because of unlimited energy levels than someone who very swiftly tires yet applies themselves with greater effort in spite of that predication?

Much of life is based on the effect of what you do. Should that be the focal meritorious aspect?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEqxNa37_Sg&t=473s

Lucid exposure of the insanity of the #US #war in #Iran ... vital viewing.

#Cardiff indoor market today I discovered a strange new stall. A man will create a story for you when you offer 3 words to him.

Had to chat!

A fellow talker with #strangers. I happened to be carrying a spare copy of my book about talking with strangers - a diary of synchronicities. Gave it to him and he gave me his novel and chats with strangers.

Not the normal encounter to be expected on walkabout.