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How do you react?
By: Oluwanifemi Isaac Okunato
Tags: Reaction, Happy, Joy, Happiness, God

Hi, it has been a while now I wrote last. Well lots have being happening so I have not gotten a hold of gaining full control of my interest in writing. To jump straight to point, ill like to talk or get ideas about two things that have been bordering me lately. Hence the title “How do you react?” Ill cover the first in this post and the second in another.

So, here is my question. How do you react or feel when you realize people, friends are deserting you? This is me coming out of my shell in some way.

I kind of feel not good when I think of it but sometimes now think to myself that I may also be a bit guilty of this same thing. However, that’s not enough motivation to pat myself.

I feel bad to be honest. Thoughts like “I must have said something they don’t like”, “People are saying stuff to them behind me”, “and they feel they are suddenly out of my league” etc. I know it’s not good to assume what others think about us, but let’s not pretend like we aren’t humans. I mean it hurts and makes you feel bad.

We can only encourage ourselves I guess and for me in a period like this when I reach out to some people and they suddenly don’t feel the need to connect with you anymore, I just as a Christian turn my whole attention to God. In all honesty, God and family alone has been my major strength in these times of loneliness.

I believe someone may be going through same as me here. This here is to encourage you, I hope you regain your prestige.

Thank you.
Remember The Basics To Recapture The Christmas Spirit
By: Nika C. Beamon
Tags: Christmas, Holidays, Grief And Loss, Joy

Remember The Basics To Recapture The Christmas Spirit

The sound of Christmas music was playing softly as my fiancé and I binged watched holiday movies late into the evening. It was our latest attempt to recapture the Christmas spirit after such a devastating year and a half. We decided to go back to the basics, focusing on the simple things we have rather than what’s missing.

Our first step was admitting to each other that there was very little joy flowing through us this holiday season. Sharing our pain allowed it to draw us together rather than pull us apart.

Second, we prepared and shared a home cooked meal. We recalled that feeding the body can also nourish the soul, especially when time and care is spent making something for someone else.

Our next move was to ignore technology for a while to focus on time in each other’s presence minus distractions. Afterwards, we headed into the living room

room which is filled with holiday decor. We watched the lights glisten and reflect off of the ornaments on our tree as Christmas movies played in the background.

As I went to bed. I thanked God for a day filled with less sorrow than the day before and prayed that would continue for both of us.

In one night, with simple actions, my fiancé and I both discovered we had things to appreciate and cherish in our lives; recognizing them will provided joy and that is the essence of Christmas spirit.

#Chrismasspirit #chronicillness #chronicpain #spoonie #Invisibleillness. #happiness #autoimmunedisease #happyholidays. #Christmas #Santa. #holidays. #joy #overcominggrief
This is hands down the most supercalifragilisticexpiallidocious response I have ever received.
Tags: Gratitude, Joy

This is hands down the most supercalifragilisticexpiallidocious response I have ever received. It made my day that my work brought you needed fun
I Am a Voice Crying in the Wilderness
By: Anne Mendis
Tags: Catholic, Faith, Advent, Joy, Faith and Life

John the Baptist said something so powerful with the phrase, “I am a voice crying in the wilderness”. When questioned if he was the Christ or this higher person from God, John constantly said the word, “No”. He humbled himself to not a preacher, a prophet, or even a person. He humbled himself to the mere strength of his voice. He acknowledged that despite the powers which God has gifted him, that these abilities were nothing compared to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. He said I can bless you with water, but the one to come after me can bless you with the Holy Spirit.

The phrase, “I am a voice crying in the wilderness” can be seen beyond the spiritual capacity as the practice of being humble and acknowledging ourselves for what we are ultimately are in the end, which is our thoughts and ideas. As we enter the Third Week of Advent we focus on Joy and we should ask ourselves, “Who are we?”. Do our thoughts and ideas make others happy, make ourselves happy, and make our creator happy? For me and many others that Joy is felt from God and that we if want Joy we must become like the voice crying out to God, “I accept you, I humble myself before you, and I know you bring me joy!”.
Taking a Knee, By Standing Together At A Distance
By: Steve Amos
Tags: Singing, Togetherness, Joy, Neighborhoods, Covid 19

Together We Carol: Let’s All Sing Out Loud and Clear from Our Front Yards for All to Hear

Details: HealthCode.org/Sing

When: December 19th, 6 PM (your local time)

Imagine if everyone in your neighborhood stood on their front steps, their lawns, their porches, their sidewalks, lifted their voices up as one and sang songs of the season at the exact same time.

Together. One voice. One heart. One spirit.

Mothers. Fathers. Sons. Daughters. Husbands. Wives. Partners. Neighbors. Friends. Co-workers.

You and your neighbors are invited to join us to stay safely connected in joy and community at this special time of the year when we need it the most.

Make the collective musical sounds of hope echo throughout your neighborhood, your town, your city, your country. Remind people that even in the darkest of times we can face the challenges ahead, together.

Schedule: Begin singing Silent Night at 6PM.

Then sing two other beloved carols: Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Resources: See the following links for help with the words and tunes

Silent Night

Jingle Bells

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Helpful tip: Review the videos prior to singing.

Who’s Behind This:

The nonprofit HealthCode and two Austin, Texas neighborhood organizations, the Clarksville Community Development Corporation (CCDC) and the Old West Austin Neighborhood Association (OWANA).

Tips/Comments:

Inform your community , share on your calendars and social media.

, share on your calendars and social media. Involve all faiths. (If your neighbors prefer three different songs then go for it. The intent is to safely connect with your community in joy and love.)

(If your neighbors prefer three different songs then go for it. The intent is to safely connect with your community in joy and love.) Practice social distancing. For example, the residents of a block in one neighborhood intend to “safely gather” by lining up on both sides of their street and singing to one another.

For example, the residents of a block in one neighborhood intend to “safely gather” by lining up on both sides of their street and singing to one another. If you are into social stuff , feel free to post videos and photos; use the hashtags: #TogetherWeCarol, @HealthCodeIAM

, feel free to post videos and photos; use the hashtags: #TogetherWeCarol, @HealthCodeIAM Consider a follow up virtual video call with friends and family around the globe (i.e. Google, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.)

Inspiration:

In December 1914 during WWI, both sides put the war on hold for a little while and sang Silent Night together.

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Advent: Joy & the Shepherds’ candle.
By: Ashley Worsham-Giaccone
Tags: Advent, Joy, Christmas, Candle, Celebrate

During the last few weeks, we’ve discussed our free will and the consequences of sin, which isn’t always fun to talk about. But wait, there is good news! When Jesus was born on earth, those around Him were able to see with their own eyes that God fulfilled His promise to send a Savior.

Hallelujah!

Throughout the Bible, when people hear the good news that Jesus is God come down to earth to save us from our sins, those people then go and tell this wonderful information to others. We see this when John baptized Jesus (John 1:19–34), when Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that He is the Messiah (John 4:1–42), when He healed the sick man by the pool (John 5:1–15), when He healed the blind man (John 9:1–12), and on so many other occasions.

In a similar manner, when Jesus changes our lives and frees us from sin, we experience a kind of joy that we want to share with others — we want to tell everyone! When we have a relationship with Jesus, we can easily see how good and kind and loving He is, how He is able to heal us and make wrong things right. That is good news we should share with others and that process of sharing it is called evangelism. On Christmas, we open gifts that others have given us. That’s fun and exciting! But we also enjoy watching our loved ones open the gifts we’ve given them. Similarly, we are excited to share the news of Jesus.

We have hope despite our sin because God promised He would provide a way to free us from our sin and be with Him. We have faith that God will keep His promise, even when His answer isn’t what we expect. We have joy because God did fulfill His promise by sending us Jesus.

The third advent candle is the Shepherds’ candle and symbolizes joy for the news that Jesus has come.
Joy
By: Regii Ginting
Tags: Joy

Why everyone is wrong about “the joy of the Lord”

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After weeks of working, trying to make it better, trying to bring restoration, they finally heard the word of God. The priest read and the Levites explained the meaning for hours, filling in huge gaps in Israel’s collective memory.

They have come to rebuild and inhabit Jerusalem after long, hard years of exile. And now, as they hear of the promises and requirements of God, their hearts are torn. They begin to weep tears of deep grief, this crowd of people shaking with sobs. We have been so far from the Lord. We have broken every promise we’ve made to Him.

In those days, that grief would have been mixed with fear. Because they had broken their end of the covenant, God was freed from His: He was no longer bound to His word to care for and protect them. With enemies surrounding and God’s protection removed, they would have realized how dangerous their position was.

What will become of us?

But the priest and leaders soothed the people. Don’t be grieved, they said. Don’t mourn or weep or lament. The joy of the Lord is your strength.

Instead of a day for fear and grief, it was a day to celebrate, to make sure everyone could participate in the festivities. And, just like that, the people stopped weeping. They went on their way and celebrated.
Books I Read in 2020
By: Anshuman Sharma
Tags: Read, 2020, Knowledge, Books, Lists

Here is the list of books I read in the year 2020. Jumping and touching different themes allow me to witness the world through new lenses for fresh perspectives. It is interesting to know “How a behavioral scientist or a philosopher looks at the advancement of AI?”

All of these books were not published this year, few were a bit old but full of insights. Time constraints did not allow me for deeper introspection but my markers are ready to help me recover the lost grounds. I may not agree with all the ideas presented in these books but it provides a good opportunity for discussions (with authors) on the topics I rarely visit.

Here is my list of books:

The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another By Ainissa Ramirez

Until the End of Time By Brian Greene

The World By Richard Haass

Twilight of Democracy By Anne Applebaum

Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language By David Shariatmadari

The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the 21st Century By Adam Davidson

The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention By Simon Baron-Cohen

The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data Driven World By Michael Luca & Max H. Bazerman

Analogia: The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines By George Dyson, Allen Lane

Thinking Fast, and Slow By Daniel Kahneman

The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives By Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler

The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World By Michael Luca and Max H. Bazerman
The First 20 Hours — How to Learn Anything, A Speech Given by Josh Kaufman TEDxCSU
By: Evan Wu
Tags: Learning, Knowledge, Efficiency, Josh Kaufman

Highlights of the speech summarized by Evan Wu, currently an architecture student studying at CUHK School of Architecture.

A way to practice intelligently, to practice efficiently, which will make sure we invest those 20 hours in the most effective way that we possibly can.

1st step: Deconstruct the skill.

Decide what we want to be able to do when we are done. Then, look into the skill and break it down into smaller pieces. Skills that we want to acquire are actually big bundles of skills that require all sorts of different things. The more we can break apart the skill, the more we are able to decide what are parts of the skill can help us get to where we want. And then we can practice those first.

2nd step: Learn Enough to Self-Correct.

Get 3–5 resources about the skill that we are trying to learn, which could be books, DVDs, courses, and anything. But don’t use those as a way to procrastinate on practice. Like getting 20 books about the topic, “I’m going to start learning how to program when I complete these 20 books”, which is procrastination. What we want to do is to learn just enough that we can actually practice and self-correct or self-edit when practicing.

3rd step: Remove Practice Barriers,

Such as distractions, television, the internet. Things that stop you from sitting down and doing the work.

4th step: Practice at least 20 hours.

By pre-committing to practice the skill for 20 hours, we are able to overcome the frustration barrier at the beginning of learning a new thing. The first couple hours are like the first couple hours of anything. You have to have the tools that you are using to practice, which also means you have to make sure that they are available.

The major barrier to skill acquisition isn’t intellectual…it’s emotional.

We are scared of feeling stupid at the beginning when we learn a new skill.

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Answering Questions on Quora has Actually Helped Me Realize I Have Something To Offer
By: Tyler Zimmerman
Tags: Struggle, Knowledge, Life, Gratefulness, Adversity

I have realized that I know much more about many things than I thought I did. I usually come up with ideas to write about through thoughts and ideas that bounce around in my head. My life experiences are why I have so much going on in my head. I enjoy writing for so many reasons. I do have a hard time trying to formulate the right words and sentences to make the point that I am trying to get across. It often times seems muttered and incoherent I think. I know that will get better with practice and that is definitely my purpose for writing so often. I heard a quote today that helped reiterate this for me from Todd White, “I will take drive over talent any day, my drive will get me the talent.” That helped me to feel like writing often and often times unrelated posts will help me in my pursuit of my finding that right place to be.

After setting up a profile in Quora I began to answer questions. I did not know about this option, and didn’t realize this is the point of the application. As soon as I answered a question it began to gain traction and I answered another. After answering the first couple questions the algorithm has began to populate questions in that same category as I had answered previously. Unbeknownst to me I have a lot of useful knowledge. I really take my time and answer questions as if I am talking to my best friend, in fact maybe even better because I am not trying to protect their feelings. I answer questions to the best of my ability and with as much honesty and integrity as I possibly can. I do not answer for likes, but actually trying to help.
The curse of knowledge
By: Greg Salmela
Tags: Learning, Knowledge, Human Centered Design

A friend who taught design at community college once invited me to teach a class. Having an interest in education, I took him up on the offer.

That day, I may have learned more from the experience than my students. Ever since, I have appreciated the distinction between having knowledge and imparting knowledge.

Being a newbie teacher, I was finding it difficult to reach my students. I assumed being an expert was sufficient, but in truth, I was failing to provide students enough useful context for my knowledge.

In pedagogical circles, there is a term for this — the curse of knowledge. It is a phenomenon where increased subject-matter knowledge impairs one’s ability to predict the knowledge in others.

This is equally relevant in the practice of communications. As communicators, we also need to mitigate the curse of knowledge — and it starts by placing people at the centre, not content.

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I founded Aegis, a relational design firm. Aegis helps create emotionally-intelligent brands and organisations.
Harmoniously Together
By: Joanna Vang
Tags: Poetry, Knowledge, Harmonious, Chalkboard Espresso

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Attitude — The Decider of Success!!!
Tags: Knowledge, Skills, Attitude, Positive Attitude, Success

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Attitude plays a big role in life. Once attitude is set, you will be driven to your destination slowly even without your notice. Then the question arises — what if nobody had the desired attitude? Which factors play the role in creating an attitude? How do you identify a bad attitude and so on? Before you begin to improve your attitude, you must understand how important your life is and how your attitude influences every aspect of your life. You should also realize that a healthy attitude is vital in life to ensure the continued motivation toward your goal.

When a problem surfaces, a winning attitude sees it as a challenge to be solved and not a failure to be ignored. If you have a winning attitude, you will enjoy healthier, more vibrant days. You will have more energy to do the things you love doing the most. A positive attitude can also help you recover from illness in less time. Remember, a healthy attitude delivers a healthy body.

The greatest obstacle toward achieving success in life is the inability to believe that success is possible. Remember Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude are the three vital elements of Success, and if you improve these three elements to achieve your goal, nobody can stop you from becoming successful.
This Social Sciences Theorem From 1785 makes for a Powerful Machine Learning Technique
By: Victor Silva
Tags: Knowledge, Social Sciences, Democracy, Machine Learning, Data Science

It is not new that science borrows techniques from several fields to make new techniques. For example, genetic algorithms borrows knowledge from Darwin’s evolution theory and biology to make an algorithm that tackles hard problems. However, I will be discussing Genetic Algorithms in another post, since they are a fascinating topic themselves. Today I will discuss a technique from social sciences that involves voting.

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Democracy and Machine Learning

Voting is the process of casting an opinion towards two or more options. That is, making a choice. When a group of voters cast their choices and the majority choice is selected as the group choice, we say that it was a democratic process (as long as voters were not influenced). Here’s where things get interesting. Suppose a scenario where there's only two choices: A and B. Moreover, suppose that there is one choice that is the correct. Finally, suppose that there's a probability that each voter will pick the right choice.

What I have just described can be found in Machine Learning as an ensemble method. An ensemble is a collection of Machine Learning models that take decisions as a group. It is the basis of bootstrap aggregation, also known as bagging [1].

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It is demonstrated that bagging has several benefits over having a simple model. For example, having several weak models can reduce variance, decrease overfitting, increase stability and accuracy [1]. What is impressive is that this technique was actually proposed in 1785 by the Marquis de Condorcet, and is known as the Condorcet Theorem [2]. There’s one caveat: to obtain the benefits of bagging the probability of the weak models to make the right choice has to be larger than 50%. If the conditions of higher probability of making the right choice is not met, then the group decision is the same having only one individual making the choices [3].
Creating Knowledge is an art form. This is a pity. I don’t want it to be.
By: Alexander Bachmann
Tags: Technology, Knowledge, Innovation

The act of creating knowledge is a form of art. There is no doubt about it. Acquiring that knowledge is hard enough, thoroughly understanding all its implications and complexities can often take years of experimentation and experience. But creating knowledge means being able to communicate this knowledge, to pass it on, to teach it. And this part of knowledge creation is a whole other animal in itself. It contains questions concerning how to break down this body of knowledge, how to prepare each lesson, how to navigate the path of teaching too slow and teaching too fast.

It would be a gigantic leap for mankind, if you could develop tools that makes the creation of knowledge less of an art form and more like an everyday act that becomes second nature to our every day lives. It shouldn’t be something special, it should be something of the ordinary. Something everybody can do. The implications would be enormous.
The monsters under our feet and how dangerous they are.
By: René Junge
Tags: Interesting Facts, Knowledge, Science, Nature, Volcano

The monsters under our feet and how dangerous they are.

Supervolcanoes are spread all over the globe. They have been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years and will one day erupt again.

When that happens, the world will change — and certainly not for the better.

But the existence of these sleeping giants should not make us freeze in fear. As little as a catastrophic meteorite impact is imminent, so little do we have to fear burning up during an eruption of a supervolcano in our lifetime.

How great is the danger from supervolcanoes really? Read the answer in this article.
My Notes on Deep Work by Cal Newport
By: Ed Nico
Tags: Cal Newport, Deep Work, Knowledge, Books

Introduction to Deep Work

Book looks at some history and gives an overview of why Deep Work is important, not only in the past but also in the future. We are so easily distracted that focus, and our time, are becoming a commodity.

People used to go to the mountains, or retreats/caves to get away from the hustle and bustle of continuously being interrupted and shifting focus from one task or area to the next. This might sound like multitasking, but each time we shift from one item to another, our brain has to put in an extra effort.

Think back to a day when you were continuously going from one thing to the next, did you feel exhausted at the end of it?

From people writing articles to people learning to code, Deep Work should be used whenever possible. A story which struck me was the learning a programming language. From nothing, someone took a few textbooks and focused intensely on learning to program with no distractions from the computer or other. After about six months, this person attends a dev boot camp and won. He saw people struggled to focus and were easily distracted by the noise and the hustle and bustle of the boot camp whilst he had learned to shut everything else out — I need to learn this for my own Python learning.

The three main areas that can really get someone to succeed are:

1. Ability to master something hard,

2. Ability to produce something at an elite level in both quality and speed,

3. Have funds to invest in something.

The first two are generally the attainable ones, but we have to be disciplined and master many steps to get there. The ability to produce something at an elite level also requires dedication and we need to be sure to produce a result. Without producing, there is no gain.

The core components of learning can usually be identified as follows:

1. Our attention is focused tightly on a specific skill we are trying to improve or an idea we are trying to master,

2. We receive feedback to correct our approach and keep our attention exactly where it’s most productive.

It is important to focus when learning something so that myelin gets added to the brain neurons to cement the learning. Having a book and a social media application open means that too many neurons are firing at the same time and not cementing what you are reading from either the book or social media.

To learn hard things quickly or generate meaningful results, we must focus intensely without distraction. Learning is an act of deep work. If we are comfortable going deep, we will be comfortable mastering the increasingly complex systems and skills needed to thrive in our economy in today’s world. If instead, we remain one of the many for whom depth is uncomfortable and easily distracted, we should not expect these systems and skills to come easily to you.
A great article, an enjoyment to read.
By: Nanda Jurela
Tags: Knowledge, Books, Subconscious, Integration, Reading

A great article, an enjoyment to read.

I remember many of the moments you have described. So this feels like a lovely Christmas gift to me. Thank you, Karmen. :)

I have a story about "overdoing the reading" and “integrating knowledge” too.

Many years ago, I listened to a Feng Shui expert talk about not keeping books in the relationship bagua (area) in the home and not letting unread or read materials pile up beside the bed. Apparently, that broadcasts to your subconscious that you are in a relationship with books.. instead of your, or a partner.

When I looked around my bed room, I started to laugh.

I took all the books out and stored them in a different place.

I could not convince other members of the household to keep the books in a contained place.. and not around the bed.

But at least I got aware of my own tendencies and changed what I could change.
A teacher to his student
Tags: Knowledge, Teachers, Philosophy

True, we met.

But know that the mountain you are climbing, I am descending from it. I know the heights of it, the steepness of it. So when I tell you about it, you laugh. I smile a modest smile. For someone also did the same when I was you, when I was climbing and when I was learning, yet I boasted of being nothing. Now when we part and move in our ways, and you will face those arduous slopes where a single step up becomes tough to take, then you will remember my smile and that will move you.

If ever I had forced you to accept, though truth, you would have refused then and forgotten me the moment we parted.

But the truth came to you and you remembered me, remembered that someone has stepped there before and moved to a height where your heart spaces fear and freedom, skies and the earth, hate and love all in one place. That kept you going.

Soon the time will come that you will have to descend from the heights to smile at everyone who comes in your way back, to tell them about the path they are heading, though they won’t accept it, just like you didn’t.

But they too will remember you at those difficult times which no one can skip, for they are the attributes of the mountain, not the path.

No matter which way you climb it, you have to face the slope to reach a height.
जनसंख्या एवं क्षेत्रफल की दृष्टि से भारत के सबसे बड़े/छोटे, राज्य एवं केन्द्र शासित प्रदेश
By: Rajnish Yadav
Tags: Geography, Knowledge, History, Indias States

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Islands: We Are
By: Vic Winkler
Tags: Knowledge, Fragmentation, Change, Overload, Society

Within the lifetime of today’s oldest humans, more change has happened than ever before. Consider these three trends:

· Rate of Change The rate of innovation, discovery and change to society and our world gives rise to more “knowledge potential” than in earlier times;

· Information “Overload” Too much information is often met with “headline scanning”, resulting in superficial impressions and not knowledge;

· Knowledge Communicating the gist of important and complex topics is no longer effective using traditional means.

These trends contribute to a deepening “divide” in society around information and knowledge. This includes readers who scan a headline and those who read past it and comprehend the content. All of it entails interest, motivation and critical thinking skills. But it can also be difficult to grasp content when it is poisoned by disinformation, misinformation or just poorly communicated.

Not everyone is a critical thinker, disinformation isn’t new, nor are changes to society brought on by innovation or discovery. But today, we face multiple crises that are fueled by the rate of change in our world, and yet numerous disinformation campaigns are actively undermining our appropriate response. Why today?

Before we had Internet, there were far fewer sources for information: We usually had to go somewhere to obtain printed content. Later, radio and television brought information into our homes in a new way. But it was the Internet that first made access to information immediate and more interactive, followed by a multiplication of sources to pick from. We are no longer limited to printed content, or broadcasts, or in-person conversations and debates.

We live in societies where historical cultures are fragmenting, as is our conformity in attitudes, belief and behavior. Shared culture was our underlying gatekeeper. And now we can access almost any content from almost anywhere with no gatekeeper.

It was the Internet that would destabilize every human interaction and institution: Within the span of two decades, entire industries and businesses were changed to their core. The reach of any one person, of any business suddenly became global. And, that also held true to crime, deception and disinformation.

In a single generation we have gotten here. In a free society, there is no authority who decides what is “real”, “fake” or disinformation. Such judgements are best made “in the culture”, but that takes time. They can also be based on the insight of those who are knowledgeable. But in the midst of rapid change and disruption, here we are: You either have critical skills and judgement to guide your information consumption, or you don’t. We have become islands.
Why writing?
By: Oumaima Oya
Tags: Knowledge, Nature, Poetry, Writing, Reading

Hello,

this is Oumaima, and Oya is my Turkish name and I love it. In this story down below, I will be sharing my story behind writing and a little bit about me as a “person”. Enjoy reading…

As you see in the picture above, a beautiful view that combines both self comfort and mind comfort. You can say that this is my favorite place in Istanbul, and to be more specific; this place is in the Asian side of Istanbul. This latter attracts my soul and spirit every weekend. I wake up very early and very happy to hit the road so to reach there as soon as possible, so I can find empty places near the sea. By the way! For your info; I cannot live without something called WATER, OCEAN, SEA… Yeah! I am not a fish but I am related to the ocean. Please remind me to tell you about the story behind being in love with the blue.

So, as my first post in here ‘Meduim’. I want to tell something very crucial for me and maybe for you too. It is the secret behind writing. For me, to be honest I like reading a lot, specially if it is literature or something has relation with traveling and exploring new cultures, traditions and overall scouting new lands.

Thus, the best way to express what you read and to have your own style of telling so, you HAVE to write and writing comes after reading, exploring, traveling and meeting new people. This latter is my passion in life, I like to live with a purpose not as a dead body ‘Zombie’ maybe but not eating as cannibals but to eat your inner in which you have a lot to see, to discover and to know but you sleep in a deep hollow.

It is not that hard, grab a paper , a pen and start. Do not overthink things. Just Do It Because you can do it in anyways. Some people express their feelings while singing, exercising, shopping, being silent and also by looking. Yet, for me I have so many ways to do so, but the most common one is POETRY.

I am a very romantic person, I can stand hours in front of a tree that its leaves are falling down or are just swinging around and I am in the ground hearing the sound. It is totally magical feeling and not all people believe in this beauty of Silence and Nature.

If I start writing, I will never stop, so I will seal my essay for today and I will say “ The call of the wild makes me smile and hear inside for another ride and hit the road for a cooler cold, to reach the summit is not easy but to try your best is crazy, but trust me the best try is to move on for a bright tomorrow in the early Morrow” By Oumaima.
First Principles
Tags: Elon Musk, Knowledge, Aristotle, Principles

First-principles thinking is one of the best ways to reverse-engineer complicated problems and unleash creative possibility. Sometimes called “reasoning from first principles,” the idea is to break down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up. It’s one of the best ways to learn to think for yourself, unlock your creative potential, and move from linear to non-linear results.

A first principle is a basic proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. In philosophy, first principles are from First Cause[1] attitudes and taught by Aristotelians, and nuanced versions of first principles are referred to as postulates by Kantians.[2] In mathematics, first principles are referred to as axioms or postulates. In physics and other sciences, theoretical work is said to be from first principles, or ab initio, if it starts directly at the level of established science and does not make assumptions such as empirical model and parameter fitting.

This approach was used by the philosopher Aristotle and is used now by Elon Musk and Charlie Munger. It allows them to cut through the fog of shoddy reasoning and inadequate analogies to see opportunities that others miss.
Is There Another Pandemic | New coronavirus in Uk
By: Nausheen Bano
Tags: Coronavirus, Knowledge, Precautions, Safety

Is There Another Pandemic | New coronavirus in Uk

Nowadays, a new strain of coronavirus is spreading and creating a threat to the people of the United Kingdom. This current contagion is increasing rapidly. It is more dangerous for children than adults.

The cases started from southeast England. As per the professionals, a new variant of the coronavirus is highly infectious than the previous one and easily make channels.

There are few things people should learn about the mutant virus - Whether it is risky or not :

Meaning Of Mutation

In simple terms when any virus changes itself according to the environment and creates a new DNA or modifies its gene and contaminate species more powerfully is called "Mutation".

Is It Life-Threatening

As yet there is no such proof that this new strain of the virus is death-dealing. Therefore it is a part of research to find out.

Still, there is a high chance of danger because it is a transmittable virus and most contagious which can a person lead to death.

Is It circulating in populations

As compared to New Covid-19 this mutant virus is high in transmission. A very first case was found in southeast England in September and in November around 30 to 40 percent of people infected in London by this mutant of coronavirus.

Though it is a widespread disease, scientists thought that it may be riskier if people ignore the covid-19 conditions and permit it to grow.

Steps Taken By The Government

UK Health Secretary " Matt Hancock said - the new strain of coronavirus was out of control" and that is why the government of UK applied complete lockdown on Christmas.

The Indian government and several other countries decided to stop all passenger's flight connecting the UK till the 31st of December, as well as the passengers coming from the UK, should be in quarantine for 14 days.

Will The Vaccine Work

As of now, nobody knows the vaccine will stop this new strain of coronavirus or not. There is already ongoing research on the coronavirus vaccine but there is a high possibility that the same vaccine will work on this new strain of the virus because the vaccine will boost the immune system to fight with the coronavirus.
Learning what you learned and how it impacts you.
By: Harsimran Singh
Tags: Knowledge, Learning, Storyteller, Curiosity, Growth

Do you ever sit pondering what you have learnt in school/college and how much its useful?

Well, this thought comes to all of us at many points in life.

Why i needed to learn about Hydro-chloric acid? I work as a software developer.

What was the point of stressing on Pythagoras theorem if i was to sit for an interview of a sales representative?

Why do we learn?

Simple. Its the Curiosity.

We ask questions from the day we start to speak. And it never ends. We interact, we ask, we learn, we change and we move on with our lives.

The one who never asks is questioned.

If we can’t reason about something we are curious about, we need answers. And there’s always someone who knows.

How Learning starts?

For starters, i am not some philosopher who thinks about education as a full time career. This article is just about sharing my thoughts about how it turned out for me.

So the question i am trying to answer here is How learning started for me.

We go to school at the age of three and continue until our college to read on a fixed set of syllabus. From where i come , we don’t even get to experiment with what i should study in my college. I chose a stream based on the “Trend” and that’s it. Its the story of millions.

I see the whole education system trying to teach one that he should know in this world. Starting with language till the time he can decide what he wants to learn specifically about something.

Why should i learn?

This is what we never ask when we get into the jail of education system. Its only when we question it, we think its too late. And guess what, it’s never late.

Start today and after 30 days you’ll be glad you started.

Its always about asking the Right Question. But there’s no wrong question(s) — that we hear our mentors/teachers/Gurus say.

I believe Right Question leads one in right direction and that’s the key not everybody have.

There is no “should” in what we ____ learn. We learn anyway.

When learning happens, it strengthens what we understand.
3 Kunci Sukses Generasi Milenial
By: Subhan Tomi
Tags: Knowledge, Skills, Attitude, Integritas, Milenial

in In Bitcoin We Trust
Diary of a Plague Year
Tags: Knowledge, Expert, Philosophy, Covid 19, Ideas

The horizon of moral value is too low. We must look beyond it.

We’re existential failures, we’re undergoing an ecological crisis of the spiritual sphere — because beauty has been destroyed, because tangible human connections have been severed, because our physical reality has been terribly impoverished.
I am not someone I know
By: Perla Joe
Tags: Self Improvement, Knowledge, Reflections, Poem, Women

This is how I provide a space to grow

Between writing a poem, and singing a song

I see images, and I hear voices

Interlined by the void

I am not someone I know

Which always gives me rays to flow

Between capturing moments, and recreating storylines

I try not to lose the pleasure of reality

And the power of the unknown

I am not someone I know

I see me, through every reflection

I see my past, I see my future

And I keep for my present

The right to the infinite possibilities

I see you, I know me

Through what you know
INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE ASSISTANT
By: Kir Jakarta Timur
Tags: Knowledge, Productivity, AI, Google, Teknologi

in The New York Times
What are some ocean facts?
By: Sumeet Pratap
Tags: Oceans, Knowledge, Life, Education, Facts

How well do you know the oceans?

The biggest ocean waves are beneath its surface.

The largest waves that occur in the ocean are called internal waves, which take place between two fluids with two different densities. As these internal waves travel — for thousands of miles, no less — they can grow to be 650 feet tall.

The world’s largest living structure is in the ocean.

The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the world’s largest living structure is in the ocean.

Most of Earth’s volcanic activity happens in the ocean.

90 percent of all the volcanic activity on the planet happens in the ocean, and the largest known concentration of active volcanoes is in the South Pacific.

More people have been to the moon than to the Mariana Trench.

In human history, one dozen people have set foot on the moon, but just three people have managed to make it to the Mariana Trench, because of the extreme conditions there.

The planet’s biggest waterfall is in the ocean.

The Denmark Strait Cataract is an underwater waterfall in between Greenland and Iceland formed by the temperature difference in the water on either side of the strait. When the cold water from the east hits the warmer water from the west, it flows underneath the warm water, with a drop of 11,500 feet.

Pressure at the bottom of the ocean would crush you like an ant.

In the Mariana Trench (35,802 feet below the surface), which includes the deepest point on the planet, the water pressure is eight tons per square inch. If you made your way down there, it’d feel like you were holding up nearly 50 jumbo jets.

Water at the bottom of the ocean is incredibly hot.

In these deepest parts of the ocean, the water temperature may only be 2º to 4º Celsius, with the exception of water coming out of hydrothermal vents in the seafloor. The water released from these vents can be up to 400º Celsius (750º Fahrenheit). It’s the intense pressure at these depths — the same pressure that would crush you — that keeps the water from boiling.

Do you enjoy solving mysteries? Try solving a Mind Bender. It will literally break your mind. Good luck!

Enjoy your day!
The Importance of Knowledge
By: Annelise Lords
Tags: Knowledge, Learning, Sharing, Life Lessons, A Few Words

The Importance of Knowledge

The Brain. Image by Annelise Lords

Listening to a mother and son arguing.

“Your bread machine is still under warranty. When you opened it trying to fix it, you voided the warranty.”

“I didn’t know that?” her son admits.

“Didn’t you read the manual?” she asks calmly.

“No,” he answers.

“Where are the screws? I just fixed it for you, but I need the screws to put the top on.”

“I… I,” he stuttered.

“You don’t know where they are?” she asks. She continues when he didn’t respond, scolding, “I told you to secure them because I was going to fix it.”

“I think I put them on the Tv stand,” his memory recalls.

“They aren’t there,” she said in frustration. “Without the screws, I won’t be able to put it back together, and you won’t be able to make the delicious bread you enjoy so much!”

“Mom don’t argue with me about screws. It’s not that important.”

“A few days ago, when you were hungry and had no bread to make your sandwich, it was important!” she erupts.

“I put them on the TV stand, and that’s the last I see of them,” he explains.

“You didn’t think to secure them?”

“Mom, you are overreacting.”

“You don’t think what you did was stupid or wrong?” his mother vents still angry.

“No mom,” he said. “Screws can be replaced.”

“I know, but for me to replace them, I must know what they look like and their size.”

Maybe she was overreacting, but not for me.

Lesson #1: Always read what the warranty covers for everything you buy.

Lesson #2: Never attempt to DIY anything you own while it’s covered by warranty.

Lessons #3: Secure the screws from everything you open, especially if your DIY attempts are incomplete or unsuccessful.

Lesson #4: All acts of stupidity come with a cost, and sometimes, innocent bystanders suffer because of our actions, choices, or decisions.

Every bit of knowledge is important to someone. The more we know, the better we grow. The man who learns only for himself limits his potential and his ability. While the man who shares his knowledge opens the door to limitless possibilities.

If we refuse to acknowledge our mistakes, then we lose valuable lessons that will increase our wisdom and give us the power not to repeat them. By acknowledging our mistakes, we will learn something important. Then we can share our knowledge with others, thus helping someone from not repeating our mistakes. Big or small, simple or complex, life lessons are in everything we do daily.

I learn from everything I do, right or wrong. Doing the right things build confidence. While doing the wrong things cause pain and disappointment, but after lessons learned, the pain goes away.

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The Fragility of the Human Mind
By: Synthia S.
Tags: Knowledge, Personal Development, Life, Mental Health, Self

Harbouring knowledge is rather exciting. Learning about the connections between two seemingly distinct entities is also exciting as well.

In my mind, I envision knowledge as a visual map. This map is hard to describe unless I take the active effort to disseminate all of it. However, that’s a lot of information to process, let alone spill onto the page.

Knowledge always comes at a price.

We think it’s okay to share and share relentlessly, but there are times, where we want to laugh at something silly without having to drink too critically all the darn time.

It’s okay to sometimes watch something silly and mundane. It’s also okay to be doing other things to keep ourselves busy as well. It’s still knowledge, but some types of knowledge are more fun than others.
WHO OWNS AIRTEL COMPANY ?
Tags: Technology, Knowledge, New Blog, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Airtel Company

Who owns Airtel SIM? Today we are going to talk about India’s number one telecom service provider company Airtel. Today both of us and you are making full use of internet but who does not know who is the owner of the company providing internet. Everyone knows about the Jio Telecom Company, and you also know who is its owner.

But you must have asked, "Who owns Airtel?"Today we will talk on this topic. Prior to Jio, there were many such telecom companies which held their hold in the telecom sector. But ever since Jio has come in the market, people get the internet so cheap. And all these telecom companies were slowly tied up their goods and got out of the competition with Jio. In today’s market, the only one to compete with Jio is Airtel.

But do you know what? In the early days of getting telecom service, Airtel was ruling the telecom industry, very few people know that even Airtel SIM users will not know what is the name of The Owner Of Airtel. After reading this article, you will get a good information about its owner.

When was the airtel company established?

Even today, Airtel, which holds the highest name among India telecom companies, was founded on 7 July 1995 by Sunil Bharti Mittal. Sunil Bharti Mittal started his company in Delhi, India. Sunil Bharti Mittal Airtel company was able to provide its service to more than 2 million people within 1 year due to their hard work.

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