for - key insight - language - induction leads to general categories - neonates experience reality as a continuous, unbroken stream of consciousness - To form objects required object permanence - which in turn requires us to impute general categories first, - which is constructed upon a process of induction - based on the raw material of particular, remembered gestaltic experiences - ideas ( and therefore words) are essentially constructed categories that allow us to unite entire series of remembered, gestaltic experiences of phenomenological reality - Consider the author's example of sunburned skin: - Suppose the is an infant for whom the word 'skin' does not have a meaning. - The infant may have experienced many separate pre-linguistic, gestaltic experiences involving his skin: - sunburned skin - itchy skin - skin scalded by hot water - skin that is cold - dirty skin from playing in the dirt - clean skin after waking the dirt off - cut skin from a knife cutting it accidentally in the kitchen - bandaged and healed skin - All of these gestaltic experiences, when accompanied by the appropriate vocalisations of the caretaker who is present that use the word 'skin' help the infant to construct the category meaning of the word 'skin' - Early language training is an induction-intensive process - Unless we learn how to construct abstract categories at a young age, we cannot become proficient abstract language users as adults - By abstract, I mean the category nature of word s and ideas, which give them their flexibility and modularity

for - authoritarianism - Donald Trump second term - adaptation to 2nd win is common - and historically leads to terrible results

1:14;46 Our greatest existential threat is not CLIMATE CHANGE it is MIND CHANGE which leads to a CHANGE IN LANGUAGE

JobLeads claims to offer free services, but they are all paywalled so much that they are useless. The only way to stop their emails is to delete your account. Their free services are a scam.

(13:39) Hands flipping through a card index with overlapping dialogue about prospects

https://archive.org/details/0800_Beware_of_Mental-itis_06_00_55_00

Follow leads: Try locating scholars in google scholar:

Kaveri Subrahmanyan Skim the titles. Notice any areas that you might hone in on:

• internet use impact on relationships
• sexual identity and social media
• teen well being and gaming
• young women's attraction to video games

Follow leads: https://hbr.org/2015/06/conquering-digital-distraction

http://drlarryrosen.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OqA0pmAag

Follow leads: Why did the authors cite this 'expert'? Does she have other related works on the topic?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/books/review/alice-e-marwicks-status-update.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_3LdEcbmE0

Follow leads: What is Nielsen? Might they supply more recent data?

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/reports/2017/2016-nielsen-social-media-report.html