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library.scholarcy.com library.scholarcy.com
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Syria's militarist state has been shaped by its experience of colonization, and its militarism is directly connected to the country's anticolonialism
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The ideal masculine identity was tied to militarism
military masculinity
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Racial militarism played a significant role in shaping insider-outsider boundaries of national identity, with militarism performing an exclusionary function within the nation-state.
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The construction of the "Other" was also racialized
othering connected to militarism, enacted through it and created by it
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militarism, which was used to facilitate the transition from one epoch of human development to the next.
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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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On some leading theories of consciousness, for example global workspace theory8 and attention schema theory,9 we might be not far from creating genuinely conscious systems.
Is consciousness the only thing that enables real beings and AI to have emotions? Or can you still be conscious and remain emotionless?
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I am watcing hypothesis annial awards and using hypothesis to gather our collective wisdom.
I have just placed this text into that seminar. Hypothesis is a modrn digital example of how ancient Druids were recorded by Celtic Monks to keep wisdom. A monk wrote down what a Druid said. They wrote the material in large letters with large gaps between the lines. When the monk died, a new monk woiuld take over the wisdom keeping. The new wisdom keeper wrote IN BETWEEN THE LINES and ON THE SIDE LINES. These were called glossaries becase they wrote in GREEN INK. Glas is the Irish word for Green.
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With his unsheathed, perfect nails
This shows that the cat might have been cared for and it was not just a wild cat that lingers around.
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Pangur Bán and I at work,
By using this choice of words the author is making the connection that the cat isn't just a thing that's there. It's a thing that goes where the person goes.
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Day and night, soft purr, soft pad, Pangur Bán has learned his trade. Day and night, my own hard work Solves the cruxes, makes a mark.
This shows the challenges and hardships the cat Pangur Ban went through his life journeys.
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Enhances ActionMailer to support the :cache delivery method, which behaves like :test, except that the deliveries are marshalled to a temporary cache file, thus making them available to other processes.
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I remember, in the vessel in which I was brought over, in the men's apartment, there were several brothers, who, in the sale, were sold in different lots; and it was very moving on this occasion, to see and hear their cries at parting. O, ye nominal Christians! might not an African ask you -- Learned you this from your God, who says unto you, Do unto all men as you would men should do unto you? Is it not enough that we are torn from our country and friends, to toil for your luxury and lust of gain? Must every tender feeling be likewise sacrificed to your avarice?
Like Equiano wrote about earlier he writes about how slaves that came together on the ships were still torn from their families and sold. Unlike Equiano, Cinqué was taken from his family that remained in Africa while he was taken to North America.
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"militarization" is limited in its ability to fully capture the violence of liberal order, as it fails to acknowledge that there is no "good" liberal civilian past to which we can retreat.
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"militarization" framework elides: the historical context out of which the use of military equipment and tactics against Black activism develops.
limits of MILITARISATION as it excludes crucial contexts
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militarization is a new process by which the exception (war) encroaches on the norm (peace).
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The concept of militarization assumes a peaceful liberal order that is encroached on by military values or institutions, but this assumption is false.
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I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.
Reflects Abigail's eagerness for Americas independence from British rule. She explicitly asks John to consider women in the legislative process, indicating an early demand for women's inclusion in lawmaking. She also critiques traditional views on marriage and the power held by husbands over their wives. Abagail presents a bold statement about the potential for men to abuse power, highlighting the need for checks and balances Her warning implies that women are ready to rise against oppression, similar to the colonies fight against British rule .The closing assertion is a direct demand for inclusion and rights, emphasizing the importance of representation in governance. Abigail Adams' letter is foundational text in the discourse about women's rights and representation during the American Revolution. The themes highlighted through this annotation process illustrate her advocacy for gender equality ,critique of existing power structures, and demand for women's voices in the political arena. This letter not only reflects the historical context of the time but also resonates with contemporary discussions about gender rights and representation.
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Their correct future will come automatically if they respond in the “now” to what life gives to them
no worries
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Reflectors, uniquely, have a very close relationship with the moon. They live in a time zone all their own. It is a lunar cycle time zone. It is this closeness to the moon that offers the Reflector an ability to make decisions reliably. But in order to be correct the Reflector needs to wait out the entire 28 day lunar cycle before making a decision. And of course this is a very difficult thing to do!
refelctors moon
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Google is certainly useful, but granting it too much power can cause problems, particularly when it comes to finding information relevant to your research to
I can see this, I know that you can pay to be at the top of a google page. I think that skews results to.
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This chapter gives you the tools to use Google and other search engines so that you can decide which results are most relevant to your project.
I wasn't aware that there was a way in which you should use Google. It makes sense, because Google is a search engine made to help everyone, it doesn't always know exactly what someone needs when searching.
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reason
UX unicorn exist for a reason and a really important one as shown in the article
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“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.”
I couldn't agree more with this quote! The more and more people begin to understand this the better the World Wide Web will be.
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In 2023, the World Health Organization estimated there were 1.3 billion people with disabilities in the world or 16% of the global population. That is almost the entire population of China or India and about four times the population of the U.S. In fact, persons with disabilities are the largest minority in the world.
This is a really important statistic to understand. When making apps or softwares, creators need to be aware of disabilities and how they affect a lot of people. Having this understanding will help them to make sure their creations are accessible.
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In a fashion similar to Western Zen’s ontology of the self, the entrepreneurial person engages in a twin project of subjectification and desubjectification, i.e. deconstructing an illusionary understanding of the self and making room for a more flexible and even foundationless identity
ok - now the connection is explicit!
The question remains, though: how much desubjectification is necessary?
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celebrate the ability to say ‘yes’ to the world
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higher aspects are often depicted as spiritual experien
whew - spirituality and business/entrepreneurship. Interesting...
(in a previous year, a student shared the following link -- memes about spirituality -- which definitely connects with entrepreneurship discourses too!)
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emancipatory promise of cultivating positive thinking, the joy of creating, and consciousness of the present moment.
both western zen and entrepreneurial practice =
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the entrepreneurial self is a figure who is perfectly liquid
DING! --This relates explicitly to the claims made about “liquid society” in the “Unconventional entrepreneurship” article. It also relates implicitly to the claims made about entrepreneurship in the article, “‘Don't forget to like, share and subscribe’: Digital autopreneurs in a neoliberal world.” But whereas this latter article discusses “figures” that do not appear perfectly content in their management of their entrepreneurial selves, Saari and Harni seem to suggest mindfulness and a ‘spiritual’ relationship to one’s environment as a transcendent (or tactical) move that empowers entrepreneurial, flexible individuals in their journeys toward self-fulfilment. Clearly, there are many links between entrepreneurial adult education and the “world-affirming” insights it offers and the themes of the previous weeks we’ve examined in this course.
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t has become a commonplace, for example, to say that if a person thinks positively, he/she actually becomes positive, happy person.
somewhat redressed by last week's content...
And how does this incessant happiness gel with the zen-like attitude of the following:
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mindfulness as a meditative practice of non-judgmental focus on the present moment
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world-affirming action in everyday life. Acting in the Zen way in quotidian life is always effortless and flexible,
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ntrepreneurial ethos, therefore, deals with idea of a person who is self-satisfied, and more specific, someone who produces her own satisfaction and happiness
ok... but the zen-like peace gets displaced by the entrepreneurial ethos that says you always have to be working (in order to produce your own happiness):
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Drawing from Zen Buddhism, the entrepreneurial celebration of mindfulness highlights its ability to cultivate creativity, intuitive and flexible action and learning to learn. I
meta-cognition!
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oth Zen and entrepreneurial discourse in general can be traced back to a tradition of criticism of the nexus of positivist psychology and Taylorist management practices
context...
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seeks emancipation from standardizing external conduct, and organizing the creative powers of the human mind
mindfulness as emancipating...
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capitalism does not only ‘repress’ in the sense of suffocating human life, but creates human reality and cultivates it productive forces
ends off with a strangely positive-sounding note...
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the way Zen spirituality is used in entrepreneurship education shows the inventive sweeping logic of capitalism:
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person practicing mindfulness is not attached to the future nor the past, but focuses stringently on the present moment only.
how do you think this accords with entrepreneurial thinking? Clearly, one ought not be wrapped up in the past (either failures or successes), but what about a future-focus? A fixed mindset is clearly bad, but is a growth mindset also (especially if the pressure to "grow" and "develop" takes one away from a present focus)?
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lements from Western Zen Buddhism have also been added to limn the contours of the spiritual aspects of work.
to limn = to depict/describe (from the root word "illuminate")
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e countercultural and at times decidedly anti-capitalist ethos of Zen Buddhism was deterritorialized and annexed to the very conditions of productive work in general economy.
this isn't the original "zen"
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e very notion of subjectivity now assumes a liquidity or ‘emptiness’, as there is seemingly nothing stable and unchanging in the ideal entrepreneur.
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self-regulation, but also as helpful in coping with an increasing uncertainty and complexity of society. They offer tools to increase person’s resilience and flexibility
linking the first week to grit etc.
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ne should even let go of the very notion of trying to achieve something through mindfulness practice.
Wow - this sounds, at first, like it's antithetical to entrepreneurial undertakings. Shouldn't one want to achieve something and invest oneself wholly in it?
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the dynamics of cognitive, conative and affective constructs and meta-level self-regulating abilities are crucial in achieving entrepreneurial behavior and an entrepreneurial mindset.
indeed - this is a summation of the relevance of the last number of weeks, connected under the rubric of "mindset."
FYI - cognitive relates to thinking, affective relates to emotions, and conative relates to behaviour, specifically the inclination to act 'on purpose'. It's an effort or a drive to do something, but this isn't entirely rational...
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This resonates well with the aforementioned ontological ramifications of spirituality in Western Zen Buddhism, where the self is decidedly empty, i.e. not fixed in its delusions of stable identity.
what a link - liquid selves in an entrepreneurial context = zen-like...
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Entrepreneurial mindfulness discourses entail meticulous descriptions on how to calm the mind by focusing on the present moment.
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There is a large amount of self-help literature, websites, courses and self-evaluation measurement tools in which entrepreneurs and those who strive for an entrepreneurial mindset in their everyday lives are encouraged to develop themselves as persons, to seize the day, to learn to rule their thoughts and to cope with increasing uncertainty.
zen is awfully implied here - not at all explicit.
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A manifesto in the self-improvement site Createapreneur mentions mindfulness as a possible way to find one’s true, creative and flexible identity through transforming the relationship a person has to his/her own body and emotions: Clean The Mind, Clear The body and Connect With Your Inner ENTREPRENEUR. How? Through yoga, healthy habits and mindfulness techniques
whew!
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You don’t need to be an entrepreneur to be entrepreneurial. You just need to cultivate the entrepreneurial attitude.
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neffable experience, world affirmation, and effortless and flexible action in the present moment
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e argue first that many of the values and ways of characterizing the entrepreneurial self and entrepreneurial behavior are commensurable with those depicted in the spiritual experience of Western Zen.
now we're getting somewhere!
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possible or impossible
interesting - how do you relate this to the entrepreneurial quest that motivates entrepreneurial personalities -- to turn the impossible (dream) into the real? To not be held by the bounds of the ordinary and others' expectations but to transcend them and become extraordinary...
thus, we get things like this:
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he ultimate aim of this practice is a spiritual enlightenment experience (satori), in which one realizes the impermanence or ‘emptiness’ of all existence,
does this sound wise (or good/meaningful) to you?
Your response will locate you relative to spirituality/mindfulness/mediation as a lens for self-actualization ...
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the use of Buddhism
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Zen Buddhism as a model of finding abundance in the present moment as well as a liberation from the greed and illusion cultivated by capitalist societies
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e essential part of Zen is the practice of meditation
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what used to be subversive and countercultural, now became a part and parcel of the pact between the human sciences and an emerging post-industrial economy
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hat seems to enable this overcoding is spiritual experience as a loose signifier of the highest faculties of human beings
aha
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n meditative experience all existence seems to be focused into the present moment:
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For Watts, the core of Zen lies in the fact that wisdom can be found in the most ordinary aspects of living,
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an attempt to harness the most general and flexible human capacities for production.
this seems like a critique rather than something to be celebrated...
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The organization of immaterial production
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standardized and disciplined work in the Taylorist regime has been assimilated to the current ethos of organizing work in general economy.
part of their overall argument
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eleuze and Guattari (1987) use the terms deterritorialization and reterritorialization. Deterritorialization functions as a withdrawal or expansion from the current system. Reterritorialization functions in the opposite way.
(fancy) theoretical framing...
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apitalism is an inventive and productive system which ‘progressively leaves the factory and invades, like a parasite, all spheres of life and the life-world itself.
Yowza!!
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work is no longer the simple ‘production of necessities of life’ (Arendt, 1958) but rather that pivot point where the self is constructed (
even if we're not always working (at our jobs), we're always working on ourselves ...
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context of the inherent tensions of post-industrial capitalism.
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piritual experience is located neither in the body nor in the soul, nor is the experience of mindfulness traceable in conventional notions of subjectivity and time.
interesting
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he ‘new capitalist spirit’ today deals with the strong tie between individual self-fulfilment and corporate productivity (
context
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spiritual experience then indicates a grid of intelligibility for a holistic understanding of learning with a special sensitivity to experiences that represent the noblest aspects of all humanity
(see my last comment)
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the nexus between entrepreneurial learning and spiritual experience in mindfulness
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e will analyse the uses of mindfulness in recent entrepreneurial learning discourses as a case in point in discussing the role of spiritual experience in late post-industrial capitalist societies.
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indfulness seeks to provide a deeply personal and authentic, yet at the same time universal basis for fashioning entrepreneurial lifelong learners.
ok!
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A Westernized and psychologized form of mindfulness highlights the ability to pay non-judgmental attention to the present moment.
connection to other article!
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we analyse spiritual experience as an indicator of the inherent tensions in a so-called general economy in which the highest forms of human existence are used as a means of producing profit
interesting
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aking over the ‘emancipatory’ strategies of Zen Buddhism
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pirituality as the source of profit,
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earning and professional development should touch the ‘deeper’ or ‘higher’ recesses of human existence instead of mainly focusing on learning technical skills or attaining preset standards
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No thoughts or outer obstacles ‘stick’ in the person who acts effortlessly:
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Interestingly [NSFW language alert!], as Tim Desmond argued in his 2019 book “How to stay human in a fucked-up world: Mindfulness practices for real life,” one can be “too” compassionate: “The challenge of staying human in a fucked-up world comes down to how we respond to the immensity of suffering that confronts us from every direction. [one has] to find a way to take care of the compassion in me so that I don’t end up overwhelmed. If I can’t I’ll find myself in despair.” One must be mindful in order to not drown in anger or bitterness.
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own emotions and detach from those emotions
food for thought - seeing one's own emotions and detaching from them is posited as good (but doesn't this assume that those emotions get one into trouble?) -- The idea is that over-identifying with feelings is bad. But does this apply to "good emotions" (like compassion)?
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lack of compassion in the ethical decision-making could be remedied by increased regulation of emotions such as greed and aggressiveness.
good examples, but maybe a little too manichean -- compassion = a good emotion and greed/aggresiveness = a bad emotion. Can you have a well-functioning mix of the two?
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There is empirical support for the relationship between mindfulness and compassion
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metacognition as a mediating variable between mindfulness and opportunity recognition and evaluation. Also emotional self-regulation, which is closely associated with mindfulness, may have a further positive impact on the opportunity recognition and evaluation process.
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With greater mindfulness, individuals can become aware of choices that they were not aware of previously. Mindfulness can create an increased awareness of multiple perspectives by allowing the entrepreneur to look at things from others’ points of view, which creates more empathy, and in turn can lead to more compassionate and ethical decisions.
in other words...
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
possible route #1
(as another article put it, this is an attempt to offer ‘the wisdom and the heart of Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism’)
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Mindfulness has been linked to increased self-compassion and compassion for others
the basis for the aforementioned hope
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present research integrates multiple research streams: the mindfulness research on the benefits of mindfulness practice for psychological health and resilience, the entrepreneurial cognition literature on the process of opportunity recognition and evaluation, and the work on compassion and entrepreneurs. Integrating these three streams of research have brought new insights into some of the intervening variables between mindfulness and opportunity recognition and evaluation. T
bringing the different parts of the literature review together...
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greater mindfulness would result in more creative and productive entrepreneurs who integrate ethics and sustainability into their worldview and choices
the hope...
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This conceptual paper takes the research on compassion that is developing in the social entrepreneurship area and extends it into the general entrepreneurship process
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entrepreneurial emotion—the affect, emotions, moods, and feelings that are concurrent with or a consequence of the entrepreneurial process
nice term.
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intention leading to clear intention for the business, attention leading to focus and creativity, and the attitude being one of non-judgment, fostering potential opportunity recognition and recognition of biases
to review...
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There is an argument that a significant aspect of the entrepreneurial labor is emotional (
one of the reasons we've been focusing on affect just as much as effect, recently...
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the process of self-observing, which entails objectivity, is inherent in mindful awareness
hah! easier said than done
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potential mechanisms of mindfulness by adding self-management, values clarification, exposure, and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral flexibility.
widening the aperture!
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a new paradigm of ethics that can be predicated on the idea of a sustainable society and that this sustainability can only be achieved by training individuals to achieve humility and personal mastery.
interesting. What do you think of this (and how this idea connects to this course in general, or this week in particular)?
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Emotional self-regulation is the ability to respond to the ongoing challenges of life and regulate one’s range of emotions in a way that one’s behavior is acceptable within society’s norms but also spontaneous
that's a tall order!
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metacognition as a key mechanism of mindfulness also known as re-perceiving, which is described as a “significant shift in perspective” (Shapiro et al., 2006, p. 377). Perspective-taking enables us to dis-identify from thoughts and feelings in order to engage in the present moment with increased objectivity.
interesting. akin to re-framing
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a mindful approach means entrepreneurs can regulate their emotions and thereby succeed in looking at the evidence, including failure, in a curious and nonjudgmental way
(link to experiencing failure too)
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These feelings can help significantly in the opportunity recognition and evaluation stages. However, they need to be modulated through a process of emotional control
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Greater metacognition will increase the entrepreneur’s ability to become aware of an opportunity and then to evaluate that opportunity in a way that corrects for their biases and emotional reactions.
to recap...
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mindfulness enhances the pattern-recognition process
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metacognition is particularly needed to deal with evolving situations where there is significant uncertainty
and as the very first reading of the year stated, we're all living in an environment of perpetual uncertainty now, having to all be entrepreneurs and assess risk and make our own opportunities...
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Metacognition is a term used to describe self-awareness and understanding of one’s own thinking. Haynie and Shepherd (2009) define metacognitive knowledge as the degree to which the individual can reflect on their own thinking process.
quite frankly, this has been one of the "hidden agendas" of this course - how do we think about thinking (often by thinking about ourselves first)
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the core components of mindfulness. “The Axioms” (Intention, Attention, and Attitude
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Mindfulness enhances the metacognition of entrepreneurs, which aids in opportunity evaluation under risky conditions
mindfulness ought to help us eliminate cognitive biases and see things the way they are (not the way we want them to be, or to be trapped in vicious circles of judgement)
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The very definition of mindfulness delineates an attitude of non-judgment and openness. By cultivating an attitude of non-judgment, we generate acceptance
attitude
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When we consider the entrepreneurial process, there is a need to look at idea creation, entrepreneurial action, entrepreneurial discovery, and opportunity recognition and evaluation
(with the idea that mindfulness can help us with this task)
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: “On purpose” or intention, “Paying Attention” or attention, “In a particular way” or attitude.
connecting the axioms to the definition
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Successful entrepreneurs speak of “being in the zone,” the same way that athletes and artists can be while working
"flow"
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Mindfulness refers to the state of actively having one’s attention on experiences occurring in the present moment without judgment. T
good - starting out with a definition (kind of ... more of a prefatory comment)
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Attention, the second axiom, is at the core of mindfulness (Shapiro et al., 2006). Maintaining an attentive presence is essential to successful opportunity recognition and scanning of the environment (
attention
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Intention involves the “why” you are practicing.
intention (including the entrepreneurial type...)
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the positive entrepreneurial attributes such as energy, self-confidence, need for achievement, and independence may sometimes devolve naturally into aggressiveness, narcissism, ruthlessness, and irresponsibility, all of which can lead to unethical choices by entrepreneurs
entrepreneurial traits/actions can be bad (for the entrepreneurial agent, and for others) ... but mindfulness can avert that (or re-center one while on an entrepreneurial journey)
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A non-judgmental, accepting attitude sets the stage to develop empathy
an attitude of non-judgement
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Through mindfulness courses, thousands of attendees have learned to focus their attention and free up mental space for creative thinking (
more background, linking it to the need of all entrepreneurs to be creative ... creating opportunities, creating change...
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Mindfulness training has been shown to have many benefits. It not only reduces stress and elevates well-being (Baer, 2003), but it also increases awareness, empathy, compassion, and the ability to self-observe
link to EQ!
I appreciate Tim Desmond's observation that mindfulness is a very conscious exercise of relating to the world (in a way that many think meditation is not): Mindfulness does not mean taking deep breaths, sitting on a cushion, watching your thoughts and feelings with disinterest (like you’re watching a boring TV show). RATHER, mindfulness = a way of relating to the world (and specifically to suffering) that contains compassion, joy, equanimity, and wisdom. It is precisely the quality that allows us to stay human in fucked-up situations – to stay open, caring, and able to relate.
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. Meditation is the formal expression of mindfulness
meditation...
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Opportunity evaluation is a challenging cognitive task for the entrepreneur (
d'uh
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“Mindfulness involves intentionally bringing one’s attention to the internal and external experiences occurring in the present moment,
implications of mindfulness - connecting the internal to the external
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One definition of mindfulness is “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to the unfolding of experience, moment by moment” (
a better definition
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Th e purpose of this conceptual paper is to integrate two previously disparate areas of research: mindfulness and the entrepreneurial process.
The purpose - bringing mindfulness into the entrepreneurial equation (how does it help with discovering opportunities...)
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be more open to the pain, suffering, or negative impact on others brought about by any given entrepreneurial decision.
the point is that one ought to aspire to ...
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In order to cope with this high level of uncertainty and sometimes frustration or disappointment, the entrepreneur has to regulate their emotions.
d'uh
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hese mechanisms, or axioms, act as the “building blocks of mindfulness”
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at is the highest of allhuman goods?
whoa! Big question. And something to consider for yourselves...
Theoretically, your highest aspiration should (hopefully) coincide with what we would imagine others also seek to fulfill ...
It basically boils down to your version of the "good life" (not necessarily good for others, or even only good for you, but what makes a life good or what makes one's life filled with well-being? What does it take to "be well"? Being good doesn't necessarily mean "doing" good...
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the Army Corps’ alteration of the flow of the riverby damming it directly violates both the Winters Doctrine and the 1868 FortLaramie Treaty
super important
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Montana
Crow, Belknap, and Cheyenne Reservations - wyola
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1.) Reparations, romanticized, loyal evangelists, exploitative, colonized, history, slavery, emancipation, property, psychological violence, obedience, narrative, industry. 2.) Short history of rum and sugar industry, slavery and exploitation in the Caribbean on the basis of skin color and production of rum. Modern impact of colonizer influence follows, which focuses on its effects in the corporate aspects, being that people of color are not allowed into the higher levels of rum companies, financial inequity, and lack of Caribbean representation in positions of power in outsider-owned spirit companies operating in the Caribbean.
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“Everything was stolen from the people of the Antilles: their land, their labor, their skills, their lives,” Summers said during the Clubhouse discussion of the numerous rum companies that have benefited from colonialism and slavery. “It isn’t enough to say, ‘We have black people in our company’ if none of them are on your executive boards. It’s fair to ask any company about its plan to undo its own complicity in colonial capitalism, who owns the equity and who owns the land. Decolonizing means ‘give it back.’”
This is representative of the argument, as it lists the acts committed against the people, the reason why current "reparation" actions being taken are not sufficient, and what the people want.
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FINAL THOUGHTS: This article touched a lot on India's relationship with the US, China, and Russia, specially after the US had withdrawn from Afghanistan. India has developed a growing connection with the US, and there are lots of concerns about China's influence in the region. Some questions I had throughout the reading include, how can India leverage its economic strength to navigate its relationships with other powers? Additionally, are there potential risks of increased US and India cooperation?
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One of the main sources of enduring Indian political goodwill for its traditional partner, Russia, has been thesense that the latter has been steadfast in its support for India in its disputes with Pakistan.
Historical support from Russia is crucial for India.
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ndia has been less vocal about the Sino-Russian partnership, but itsanxieties are real. Until now, Pakistan has been out of this Indo-Russian-U.S.-Chinese dynamic.
India’s being quiet about it's concern.
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The latest developments in Afghanistan could intensify Sino-Indian contradictions,consolidate Indian-U.S. relations, and produce greater distance between India and Russia—quickening the paceof the transformation of India’s great-power relationships that was already underway
Afghanistan’s situation could heavily increase tensions between India and China.
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But the growingsecurity challenges from China have rendered that assumption moot and nudged India closer than ever before tothe United States
So this pushed India closer to the US.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has not minced words in criticizing the Quad and the emerging Indo-Pacific constellation to contain China.
Russia has a growing rivalry with India and its allies.
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Moscow defended the decisionto keep New Delhi out by arguing the latter had little influence with the Taliban and therefore would not be ableto contribute to the peace process.
Hurts India's diplomatic efforts.
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For the last couple of years, Moscow has repeatedly emphasized the importance of engaging the Taliban, whileNew Delhi doubled down on its support for the elected government in Kabul.
India's commitment to Kabul is very different than Russia's approach.
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aking matters worse for India is Russia’s new role in the region. New Delhi has not been too enthused byMoscow’s growing strategic partnership with Beijing in recent years
Russia's shifting alliances complicate India's plan.
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n the last few years, Beijing has gingerly stepped into Afghan politics and has been trying its hand atreconciliation diplomacy. I
Cautiously increasing its influence in Afghanistan.
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ndia, of course, views a larger Chinese role in Afghanistan with some concern. New Delhi has warily watchedBeijing steadily expand its economic and military profile in the Indian subcontinent in recent years—in waysthat go beyond its traditional alignment with Islamabad.
Does this mean India’s actions are warranted given the stakes and concern they had?
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A strong partnership with Pakistan, which has considerable influence with the Taliban, enhances China’sprospects in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s role could boost China’s strategy.
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Although Beijing has been strongly critical of the rushed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, it has beenpreparing itself to play a larger role there.
China’s increased involvement could destabilize the states.
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If the United States defends its retrenchment in Afghanistan in the name ofconfronting the China challenge, many see fresh opportunities as well as challenges coming Beijing’s way in thewake of the U.S. withdrawal
US's withdrawal creates new challenges for India.
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The trend line in their relations with China is headed in opposite directions for India and Pakistan. While NewDelhi’s ties with Beijing have seen growing tensions in recent years, the partnership between the so-called ironbrothers—Pakistan and China—has been on the upswing
Shifting dynamics.
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For India, which seesChina as a greater threat than Pakistan, the Biden administration’s focus on balancing China is certainlywelcome.
India's strategic outlook.
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One of President Joe Biden’s justifications for ending the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan is theimportance of coping with new challenges from a rising China in the Indo-Pacific region.
Shift in focus for India.
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New Delhi is probably better prepared than before in dealing with the Pakistan challenge, including thelatter’s instrumentalization of Islamist movements to foreign-policy ends. T
A more strategic evolution in India’s approach to its neighbors.
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To be sure, India’s concerns about cross-border terrorism will mount with the return of Afghanistan to Talibanrule.
Increased terrorism.
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New Delhi, however, will be pleased byany reduction in the salience of Pakistan in the Indian-U.S. partnership.
Historical irritants in US and India relations.
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at the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan could significantly weaken the current strategicpartnership between Washington and Islamabad
A weakened US and Pakistan relationship could shift the power dynamics more favorably for India.
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New Delhi had no choice but to come to terms with the diminishing domestic political support inWashington for the so-called forever war and the inevitability of a post-U.S. Afghanistan.
A need for India to recalibrate its expectations of US support.
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or long, India’s foreign-policy elite grumbled about the dangers of the United States leaving Afghanistan at themercy of the Taliban, so assiduously nurtured over the decades by the Pakistan Army.
What specific dangers are they anticipating?
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greater cooperation with Washington, deeper conflicts with Beijing, andwider fissures in the traditional strategic partnership with Moscow.
How will it change relations with China?
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The first, and arguably the mostimportant theme, is historical and aesthetic: the value of these artifacts asunique objects that help illuminate critical moments in history and shedlight on an important region of the ancient world. The second reflects theartifacts’ place in a historical continuum that extends from prehistory tothe classical era and into the present day, and in some cases, a nation’sself-positioning as an inheritor of parts of that historical legacy. Third isSchliemann’s own presence in the narrative, either as an agent of destruc-tion or discovery, a thief or a hero. A fourth theme that varies from nationto nation but which is nonetheless a shared approach is a patriotic, nation-alistic approach that emphasises the museum and nation’s place in the storyof the works’ discovery and preservation. The final, entirely predictable,theme is both legal and curatorial: each museum’s self-positioning as a pro-tector of the artifacts from Troy and their legal rights of possession to theworks.
Sense of ownership for artifacts of Troy
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This essay willtake no moral stance on the question of object repatriation, but will seek tocontextualise and explore the self-justifying half-truths, convenient fictionsand outright falsehoods put forward by the four institutions that hold theseartifacts, while also explaining the sources and functions of the interpre-tive approaches taken by these institutions, to argue for the importanceof greater transparency, honesty and self-awareness in the presentation ofimportant works of art and cultural history
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Freedom
n the U.S., freedom of expression is highly protected under the First Amendment, with only limited exceptions. Two key cases illustrate this broad interpretation:
Texas v. Johnson (1989): Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag in protest during a political demonstration, violating a Texas law that prohibited flag desecration. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Johnson's favor, holding that his act of flag burning was a form of "symbolic speech" protected by the First Amendment. The Court emphasized that the government cannot prohibit expression simply because society finds it offensive. United States v. Eichman (1990): After Texas v. Johnson, Congress passed the Flag Protection Act to criminalize flag desecration on a federal level, attempting to override the Court's decision. In U.S. v. Eichman, the Supreme Court again ruled in favor of free speech, declaring the federal law unconstitutional. The Court reaffirmed that flag desecration, as a form of protest, is protected by the First Amendment, regardless of its symbolism. These cases underscore the Court's strong stance on protecting freedom of expression, even when it involves controversial or offensive acts like flag burning.
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I believe in the blessing of work.
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In the late 1980s, during a visit to Bangladesh, I saw a woman with a baby on her back, breaking bricks with a hammer. I asked a Bangladesh military escort why they weren't using a machine, which would have been a lot easier. He told me a machine would put that lady out of work. Breaking those bricks meant she'd earn enough money to feed herself and her baby that day. And as bad as that woman's job was, it was enough to keep a small family alive. It reminded me of my father's words: To work is a blessing.
reasons and evidence for how Honore came to see work as a blessing
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In the kitchen one Saturday before daylight, I remember complaining to my father and grandfather about having to go milk those cows. My father said, "Ya know, boy, to work is a blessing."
Honore takes a position in response to another position: his father's.
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(SD-NDN), a transformative approach in network architectures poised to deliver substantial benefits. By addressing the limitations inherent in traditional ...
search: "sd-ndn" ipfs
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Software-Defined Named Data Networking in Literature: A Review
searched in vein for the acroym IPFS
or Inter Planetary File System
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software-defined named data networking (SD-NDN),
a transformative approach in network architectures poised to deliver substantial benefits. By addressing the limitations inherent in traditional host-centric network architectures, SD-NDN offers improvements in network performance, scalability, and efficiency. The paper commences with an overview of named data networking (NDN) and software-defined networking (SDN), the two fundamental building blocks of SD-NDN. It then explores the specifics of integrating NDN with SDN, illustrating examples of various SD-NDN models. These models are designed to leverage SDN for NDN routing, caching, and forwarding. The paper concludes by proposing potential strategies for further integration of SDN and NDN and some open research questions. These proposed strategies aim to stimulate further exploration and innovation in the field of SD-NDN.
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Although agile approaches to project management were originally developed for use bysmall software development teams, agile methods quickly began to be used by entiredepartment processes and, in some cases, to the entire organization.
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It reckons with the violence of history by “crafting a love letter to all those who had been harmed.” As Haley notes, close narration produces a different tempo of history, which some might describe as the changing same or heterogeneous time or a constellation; in other words, it is an accumulated and sedimented experience of time, a now containing multiple moments and eras, a durée unregulated by discrete and homogenized units of time, imposed periodization, and hierarchical and linear plots of history. It is all now.
subjunctive time
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A Linguistic Error Limit.
this section discusses how we can inject communication errors into the game. The form used creates a tradeoff between more signals (expressivity) and accuracy (expected no of correct messages)
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hecrucial difference between word and sentence formation is thatthe first consists essentially of memorizing all (relevant) wordsof a language, whereas the second is based on grammaticalrules.
if stems have a hierarchy via phonemic similarity and there is a rich morphology, learning words may be greatly simplified by a learning a few systematic rules. Idealy we need to learn a lexicon with just one base form and apply a group action to get all the forms. In this case we only need to memorize a small lexicon.
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More realistically, we may assume that correct understand-ing of a word is based (to some extent) on matching theperceived string of phonemes to known words of the language
Here we may be considering a form of compositionality, where semantics are established by preferential selection of languages with related patterns of phonemes. What is missing is that these patterns are not grounded in the structural features if the state being expressed..
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This equation assumes that understanding of a word isbased on the correct understanding of each individual sound.
decoding the state is mandated on decoding the each signal in the sequence
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“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”
I agree with this statement because if you know there's something you don't want anybody to take advantage of or see, the best thing you should do is think about what you post on the internet . If you accidentally post something that wasn't meant to be seen by other users, the chances of people knowing and probably sharing it with numerous people is very high. The internet is not always trust worthy.
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he only piece that is critical is the heart like the 36:55 core uh it's that description of the data structure that allows merco linking that is really the only piece that you 37:01 really need it's kind of like IP when you think about tcpip the whole protocol got developed the same time but the core 37:08 contribution was the IP network and similarly here we have a whole bunch of protocols and a big stack 37:16 but they're all um cleaned up in terms of interfaces so you can really layer them on top of anything else
The very essens
all you need is naming mutbl a What's in a name?
everything is possible if you know how to name things
nd immutable data
all in th way you name things
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We had a bad banking situation. Some of our bankers had shown themselves either incompetent or dishonest in their handling of the people's funds.
Its both interesting and a great source of ethos to be able to admit and address this problem to the general public.
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These state banks are following the same course as the national banks except that they get their licenses to resume business from the state authorities, and these authorities have been asked by the Secretary of the Treasury to permit their good banks to open up on the same schedule as the national banks.
Is this because of the tenth amendment?
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The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks that reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call
Were people generally excited about a way out of this/this crucial change?
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Bradley states that it is likely that we “share our general morality with a common man.” Eliot, however, suggests that it is not simply these values that we share, but rather a confinement within them.
This notion is reflected in the title: “What the thunder said” becomes ironic. We don’t care what the thunder had to say; instead, we interpret it according to our own perspectives. The presumable thunder echoes its teaching—“da”— to gods, humans, and demons, each of whom constrains it to their singular interpretation: to give (“datta”), to control oneself (“dayahadvam”), and to sympathize (damyata). Thus, it appears that the teaching itself is less significant than its interpretation. What if “da” were intended to encompass all three meanings? Yet, different creatures choose to confine it within just one.
Eliot goes further than that and crafts a world in which “da” means none of these interpretations. The first pronoun following each of the “da” gives insight into this irony of the values we established. The first “datta” – to give – is dominated by the pronoun “we.” By definition, “give” is “to freely transfer the possession to.” The collective pronoun “we” evokes a sense of shared responsibility, suggesting that giving is a communal activity rather than a purely selfless act. With a simple use of “we” Eliot hints at how noble intentions – this “freely” – turn into transactional relationships and the concept of giving becomes confined within the bounds of reciprocity.
As we switch to “dayahadvam,” however, Eliot introduces a pronoun “I.” I represents a personal agency, where individual confinement leaves no room for compassion to others. Eliot reinforces this idea with a double repetition of “each.” Without compassion and connection with others we are isolated – “each” in their own prison, where thinking of escape we further confine us within this trap. The use of “I” reveals the limitations of self-centered thinking, suggesting that without genuine connection and compassion, we are ultimately confined, entrapped, and isolated from one another.
Finally, as we transition to “damyata,” the pronoun shifts again, this time to the third-person “the boat.” This transition signifies a move from internal self-control, which damyata is supposed to signify, to a search for external control. The boat, an object, thus, becomes a metaphor for the external forces we seek to exert control over our lives. In this way, the use of the third person reflects a desire to externalize control rather than cultivating it from within. This search, however, never culminates with a discovery; instead, Eliot uses a hypothetical tense, where “the heart would have responded gaily” if it was “invited” into these “controlling hands.” The hypothetical tense suggests an absence of such an external force that could have provided stability from the outside.
Through these pronouns, thus, it appears that Eliot suggests that it is not the values that connect us; instead it is the entrapment within the interpretations of these values, obscuring their true significance, that we share. The act of giving becomes transactional, compassion is separated by barriers of isolation, and self-control turns into an unfulfilled quest for external authority. Consequently, the teachings of connection only serve to highlight the constraints we ourselves have imposed, trapping us in this prison of distorted interpretations.
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Who were the Physiocrats?
for - definition - physiocrats - Steve Keen - economy - history - economic flow as biomimicry of body's circulation system
definition - physiocrat - During the 18th and 19th century, a group of mostly French "economists" led by Francois Quesnay, physician to the King of France at the time, performed some of the first autopsies of the time. - Autopsies were banned for the longest time for religious reasons - When Quesnay performed autopsies, he discovered networks of tubes in the circulation system and this led him to surmise a network of circulation in another field, economics - Quesnay advised the king, hence the name physiocrat - So modern economics has its roots in biology - it was a case of biomimicry!
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for - from - Fair Share Commons discussion thread - Marie - discussing the use of the word "capital" in "spiritual capital" - webcast - Great Simplification - On the Origins of Energy Blindness - Steve Keen - Energy Blindness
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- teve Keen - Energy Blindness
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- webcast - Great Simplification - On the Origins of Energy Blindness
- Francois Quesnay - physiocrat
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Halting Problem
It's impossible to write an algorithm that can determine, given an arbitrary program and input, whether the program will halt (stop running) or run forever.
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Functional Strategies, the Value Chain, and Competitive Advantage
dus bij functioneel level gaat het om valure chains die bestaan uit; 1. kwaliteit, 2. innovatie 3. klant responsiveness 4. efficientie
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What do we learn here? It’s the action that is leading, not the reasoning. An ungenerous critic would simply snort that there is no thinking going on in Tech Leadership. In any case, our result is modest, a restatement of the question rather than an answer to it. The question remains, “Why are they so convinced that this is good?”… except that no convincing seems necessary, so a better question is “Whence comes this pro-attitude?”
The nature of the "tech-solutionism" is not so much about the reasoning as the (pro-)activity
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Tunnustusta ja olemusta koskevien pykälien (1. Luku 1 ja 2 §) teknisiin muutoksiin vaaditaan kolmen neljäsosan(¾) enemmistö paikalla olevista äänioikeutetuista kokousedustajista
Previously it was stated that the doctrine and confession can't be changed, but here it is stated that 3/4 majority can change technical aspects of the confession.
I think this part should be fortified against heresies such as female pastors, universalism etc.
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Riitatilanteet seurakunnissa12 § Mikäli seurakunta on tyytymätön pappiinsa, mutta tähän ei kohdistu 2 §:n tai 8 §:n mukaista epäilystä, tuleehiippakunnan piispan tai hänen valtuuttamansa henkilön toimia sovittelijana. Riitatilanteen jatkuessa asiavoidaan asettaa konsistorin käsittelyyn.Ellei papin voida osoittaa syyllistyneen 2 §:n mukaiseen lankeemukseen, 8 §:n mukaiseen harhaoppiin taivirkatehtävien laiminlyöntiin tai poikkeuksellisen huolimattomaan tai taitamattomaan hoitamiseen, voidaanpappi erottaa seurakunnan palveluksesta vain konsistorin luvalla.
When there is conflict between the pastor and the congregation, without public sins or heresy, the bishop is the middleman in trying to resolve these issues.
Also, only the consistory can (or it requires their permission) sack a pastor from his office, not the congregation alone. Here again the power of the congregation has been shifted to the upper echelons of the church.
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Piispan tulee puhutella kyseessä olevaa pappia ennen asian saattamista konsistorin tietoon. Mikäli piispa katsoo,että tapahtunutta ei ole tarpeen käsitellä konsistorissa lankeemuksen vähäisyyden vuoksi, voi piispa yksinäänantaa papille huomautuksen, jonka jälkeen asia katsotaan käsitellyksi. Annetusta huomautuksesta annetaantieto konsistorille sen seuraavassa kokouksessa. Mikäli piispa katsoo, että hänelle tehty ilmoitus on aiheeton, eiasiaa viedä konsistorin käsiteltäväksi.Raamatun ohjeen mukaisesti (1. Tim. 5:19) piispan tulee suhtautua pidättyvästi sellaisten ilmoitustenkäsittelemiseen, joiden takana on vain yksi seurakuntalainen, ellei teon luonteesta johtuen ole kohtuutontaedellyttää useampaa ilmoittajaa. Vain poikkeustapauksessa voidaan käsitellä seurakunnan ulkopuoliselta taholtatullut ilmoitus.Piispan ja konsistorin tulee huolehtia siitä, että papin maineen varjelemiseksi tietoa asian vireillä olosta ei annetamuille kuin asiaan osallisille.Mikäli piispa katsoo, että epäily lankeemuksesta on yleisessä tiedossa, voidaan asia ottaa esille konsistorinkokouksessa jo ennen 2 momentissa mainittua keskustelua. Tällöinkin piispan tulee yksityisesti keskustellakyseessä olevan papin kanssa ennen kuin konsistori tekee asiasta päätöksen. Konsistorin tulee tällaisessakintapauksessa 4 momentin mukaisesti varjella asian yksityisyyttä. Mikäli epäilyn ei katsota antavan aihetta 5 §:ssäkuvattuun kurinpidolliseen rangaistukseen, tulee piispan yhdessä epäillyn papin kanssa sopia siitä, missä määrinkonsistorin päätöksestä tiedotetaan.4 § Kurinpidollisen asian käsittelyssä tulee noudattaa hyvän hallinnon ja oikeudenmukaisen oikeudenkäynninperiaatteita. Tutkinnan aikana noudatetaan syyttömyysolettamaa.Papilla on velvollisuus myötävaikuttaa häntä koskevan asian selvittämiseen.
This part just talks about how the thing (investigation) must be kept a secret/hidden while it's going on, how there have to usually be multiple witnesses and that the pastor is innocent until proven guilty.
A lot of very good, protective legal text, which for a pastor is good. IF a single congregant tries to smear you, it very like won't succeed.
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1 § Hiippakunnan piispa toimii pappien kaitsijana, neuvojana ja yhdessä konsistorin kanssa päättääkurinpidollisista toimista ja riitatilanteiden ratkaisemisesta.Pappien kurinpidolliset asiat2 § Hiippakunnan on puututtava papin elämässä tapahtuviin vakaviin lankeemuksiin. Tällainen puuttuminentulee kyseeseen silloin, jos papin synti on:1) poikkeuksellisen vakava teko tai laiminlyönti2) jatkuvaluonteinen, elämäntapaan liittyvä synti3) julkinen tai vähintäänkin seurakuntalaisten parissa yleisesti tiedossa4) sellainen, joka välittömästi kohdistuu hänen seurakuntaansa, seurakuntalaisiinsa tai muutoin liittyysuoraan hänen viranhoitoonsa.
The bishop and the consistory have the means to deal with problematic situations, the MD has to intervene if the sin of the pastor is: 1. exceptionally grave act or of neglect. 2. habitual 3. public or known in the congregation 4. directly related to the congregation or his office.
What does this mean exactly? I'm not sure. Adultery, alcoholism come to mind, but the bishop and consistory have the final say in the matter.
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11 § Luterilaisen regimenttiopin mukaisesti pappi ei saa seurakuntatyössä edistää puoluepoliittisia pyrkimyksiätai ottaa kantaa puolueisiin tai ehdokkaisiin.
This may differ from the US context, but here it is explicitly stated that pastors can't, according to the 2 regiments, in congregation endorse a party or political members. Talking about questions that are political (abortion for an example) is allowed, but you can't preach that "Christians can only vote for party X".
This is a good thing and the MD seeks to remain faithful in the questions of two kingdoms by keeping them clearly separated.
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6§ Seurakunta kutsuu itselleen papin. Kutsuminen tapahtuu seurakunnan jäsenkokouksen päätöksellä.Ennen papin kutsumista piispa keskustelee seurakuntaneuvoston nimeämien edustajien kanssa seurakunnantarpeista ja toiveista. Piispa antaa tiedon kutsuvasta seurakunnasta pappiskollegion jäsenille. Halukkaat papit japappiskandidaatit voivat ilmoittaa piispalle valmiudestaan palvella tässä tehtävässä.Piispa esittää seurakunnalle yhtä tai useampaa sopivaksi katsomaansa ehdokasta. Piispan esitys katsotaanesitetyksi seurakunnan jäsenkokouksessa. Mikäli ehdokkaita on vain yksi, tulee seurakunnan äänestääehdokkaan hyväksymisen tai hylkäämisen puolesta. Mikäli ehdokkaita on enemmän kuin yksi, toimitetaanehdokkaiden välillä vaali. Mikäli yksikään ehdokas ei saa yli puolta annetuista äänistä, toimitetaan uusi vaalikahden eniten ääniä saaneen ehdokkaan välillä, jonka jälkeen seurakunta äänestää vaalin voittaneen ehdokkaanhyväksymisen tai hylkäämisen puolesta.Mikäli jäsenkokous ei valitse yhtäkään piispan esittämää ehdokasta, piispa esittää uudet ehdokkaat edellisenmomentin mukaisesti
The interesting part is that the congregation does call the pastor, and has the final say in the call, but it is the bishop who suggests candidates and potential pastors for the congregation.
The bishop and the congregation of course discuss these things together, but it's remarkable that the bishop can veto a congregation's choice if he sees fit.
This works for as long as the bishop isn't heretical, but problems may arise if the church becomes corrupted from the top end. It is odd that the congregation lacks freedom to call here whoever they wish to call, but this again shows the rigid nature of order in the MD.
It has to be noted though that in normal situations the communication is healthy and both parties are satisfied with results
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2 § Pastori johtaa seurakuntansa hengellistä elämää. Hän kantaa vastuun kaikesta seurakunnansananjulistuksesta ja hengellisestä toiminnasta
Interesting that the pastor is responsible for ALL preaching and spiritual activity in the congregation, not the board or a collection of members.
I think this means that laypeople can teach, but it requires the permission of the pastor, which is a good thing.
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Ehtoollista ei jaeta opillisissa harhoissa pitäytyville tai katumattomille julkisynnissä eläville sen mukaan,kuin 18 luvussa säädetään.
Of course here it is stated that the sacrament is not to be given to heretics or unrepented sinners (public sins especially), so if a bishop or a pastor of the state church came to our service, they would not be served the sacrament.
However, why do we use this kind of strictness on the pastors of the state church, but not the laity who can be members of it?
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12 § Ehtoollinen jaetaan hiippakunnan seurakuntien jäsenille sekä niille kastetuille ja konfirmoiduillekristityille, jotka tahtovat pitäytyä luterilaisessa tunnustuksessa.
This is what I dislike quite a bit about our communion practices, it says that everyone who have been baptised and confirmed (though children who haven't been confirmed yet but understand the meaning can partake per 13 §) and adhere to the Lutheran confessions can partake of the sacrament.
This means that a person can come and be a member of the state church and partake according to these rules, everyone who claims to be Lutheran can come to the table.
I know that this is an intermediate model, as we move towards registeration in the coming years (hopefully), but I would reserve the sacrament only for the members of the MD, because the current rules are way too open about this.
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11 § Herran pyhä ehtoollinen toimitetaan seurakunnan jumalanpalveluksessa. Ehtoollisen jakaa pastori.
Here it is clearly stated that the eucharist is to be administrated by a/the pastor, not a layman. Layperson can be assisting, as they hold the paten, but they can't administer it.
This is a very strict, and good, decision for the sake of order and clarity, who are the representatives of Christ, who holds the keys in the sense that who is let to the table and who is not. I know that in some conservative revivalist movements in the state church lay women can be administering the sacrament, which destroys the whole "picture" of Christ feeding His flock.
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10 § Jumalanpalvelukset toimitetaan luterilaisen liturgisen perinteen mukaan konsistorin ohjeita noudattaen.
I again encourage the reader to translate everything what is said here if he has time, but this is the point I have been talking about earlier.
"Divine services are to be held according to the Liturgical tradition, obeying the instructions of the consistory." This seems to put a very firm nail into the coffin of CoWo and soloing the liturgy. Pointing this out again, individual freedom of a congregation is very much limited here for the sake of order and unity.
The idea being that you could go to any MD divine service and they would be 90-95% liturgically same
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Mikäli kastettavaei aio liittyä tai häntä ei aiota liittää seurakunnan jäseneksi, ei kastetta tule normaalitilanteessa toimittaa.
This part is excellent, "If the person (whom is to be baptized) isn't going to become a member of the MD or he isn't going to become a member by the consent of his/her parents (infants), then the baptism in ordinary circumstances must not be administrated".
I love how clearly this outlines that baptism just for cultural reasons or to appease your grandparents isn't a good enough reason for it.
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§ Hiippakunnan seurakunnat voivat järjestää toimintansa haluamallaan tavalla, kunhan seurakunta ei toimivastoin hiippakunnan tunnustusta tai tarkoitusta tai muutoin poikkea hiippakuntajärjestyksestä.2 § Samassa hiippakunnassa toimiessaan hiippakunnan seurakunnat sitoutuvat tunnustamaan toinen toisensajäsenet, viranhoitajat, toimitukset ja muun seurakuntaelämän. Tätä yhteyttä varjellakseen hiippakunnanseurakuntien tulee noudattaa niitä säädöksiä, jotka hiippakuntajärjestys seurakuntatyöhön liittyen määrää.
It is said that the congregations are free to "do what they want" as long as it doesn't go against this document and the confessions. I just have to ask how much freedom this actually entails, since this document is fairly strict regarding questions of doctrine and liturgy, which I believe is a good thing.
Though one has to ask, could a congregation have a contemporary worship service? I'm not advocating for it, but to me it would seem that this document doesn't allow it.
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1 § Lähetyshiippakunta jakautuu rovastikuntiin. Hiippakuntakokous päättää Lähetyshiippakunnan jakautumisestarovastikuntiin ja hallinnollisiin alueisiin. Jakautuminen voi tapahtua maantieteelliseen, kielelliseen taitoiminnalliseen jakoon perustuen. Hiippakuntaneuvosto päättää seurakuntien kuulumisesta tämän kohdanmukaisiin rovastikuntiin. Hiippakunnan toimielimet voivat tarpeen mukaan päättää joidenkin hiippakunnantoimintojen järjestämisestä alueellisella tasolla.
The Mission Diocese is split into regions (canons?), these regions consisting of congregations are led by a 'Rovasti' (dean, canon, not sure what is the English equivalent here, maybe DP for LCMS). This again helps with administrational and spiritual problems, a pastor facing trouble doesn't have to talk to the bishop directly, but can contact his closer superior first.
This is what I like about "strict" order in the church, yes, individual congregations aren't as free as in other models regarding their policies, economy, decisions (they aren't slaved of course) but they have unity and very clear structures to help with different kinds of problems.
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Hiippakunnan seurakunnat vastaavat yhdessä hiippakunnan toiminnasta aiheutuvien kulujen kattamisesta.
Congregations cover the costs of the church body (of all congregations) together, like mentioned before, there is no flying solo. For rich, well off, big congregations this may seem unfair, but it does benefit the mission of the church all-together as long as the funds are being used wisely (the good stewardship aspect applies here to the whole church body, not just individual congregations).
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Hiippakunnan seurakunnassa tulee toimittaa säännöllisesti piispanvierailu.
The bishop must regularly (usually once a year) visit a congregation, when this happens there are specific instructions on how to handle that service and what happens after that, as the bishop is interacting with the congregation.
These visitations can be had to discuss policies or if the pastor isn't behaving well, meaning in church planting you as a pastor can call the bishop to visit if you are having issues you can't resolve.
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5 § Konsistori kokoontuu piispan kutsusta niin usein kuin sen työn kannalta on tarpeellista.
I suggest the dear reader to translate the whole page with google translate about the consistory, because it's interesting, but I want to point out this last bit. The Bishop holds the authority (as a chairman) to call the consistory into session. This once again shows how much power the bishop (rightly) holds, I think the question remains then that can the dean or a pastor call up a consistory meeting if the bishop is being heretical?
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f they want to take it, I don’t think any student should be denied access to it. Let them prove themselves. If they’re failing the class, well, they’re failing the class . . . if they can do it, let them prove it.
I mean, I can understand how easy it is to say this, but it's way more difficult than that because we have students who haven't had the same education as others because these students don't have enough money to get tutoring, get books, or maybe even go to school so I think we must consider other things instead of just making them take a class and basing their education on this class.
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