Our Time.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
Time entropy is the arrow of time seen through irreversibility: causes leave traces, energy spreads, and the past becomes written while the future remains open.
2.
Quote:
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- 1755.
Meaning:
A Social Construct is a shared non-natural belief; created and maintained by groups; and they shape reality.
3.
From History: 1903 to 1950, aged 46.
George Orwell wrote about how corruption starts when language is twisted, facts are manipulated, and authority demands loyalty over reality.
4.
Steiner gave Waldorf education its whole-child approach, but also its mystical roots. Accept the useful parts; hold humbly the unsupported spiritual claims.
5.
From History: 6 Dec 1865
After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment ended slavery as a legal institution in the United States.
6.
Better models can radically improve understanding without being ultimate truth.
7.
Socialism favors collective control of major industries; communism seeks a classless, stateless society with shared ownership of production.
8.
Article summary:
Immigration policy fails when emotion replaces structure and enforcement ignores proportionality.
9.
Article summary:
Anonymous practice tests help teachers spot knowledge gaps and teach more effectively.
10.
Article summary:
Religions and belief systems are part of humanity’s attempt to explain life, meaning, morality, suffering, and the unknown. Always respect the believer, test the belief for yourself, and separate shared reality from personal worldview.
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