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When you see Russia get into existential war over Ukraine, or Israel bomb Syria or India battle with Pakistan or Bangladesh, it is not because of some whim. It has a historical and geographical context. That is critical to understand for analyzing geopolitics.
Dive into the shadowy world of the Deep State—its hidden structures, powerful networks, and the far-reaching impact on global events and control.
Here are the five interesting stories on how to change your life, Paths that you take, Changing literature, Countries and Love and Impact of ChatGPT
Due to a personal preoccupation, we could not send last night's newsletter. Apologies. Here it is. Hope you enjoy it.
How do you bridge the gap between the person you are and the person you wish to be? You want to work out regularly, eat healthily, learn a language, work on your novel, read more, or do something interesting instead of wasting time.
Even when you get into discipline and use your willpower to make the changes, you can slip back into your old ways. How how do you make changes in your life? By changing the small things! Here is an excellent video on how to change your life.
Paths are not a function of places. They are often a function of the people who take them. Just as people take a path, those paths become an indelible part of those people as well. Here is a very intriguing short write up.
Maria Popova
Is literature becoming more minimalistic? The urge to create an "ever greater simplification and aesthetic minimalism" - has probably robbed literature of its beauty and intricate nature. New writers have been indoctrinated into believing that monotonous boring and minimalist writing is the thing to do. Sure, Simplicity is hard to get in prose and poetry but is this the end of beauty that the intricate prose brought to the fore?
David Bentley Hart
Some 100 international scientists conducted one of the largest studies. It was published in Scientific Reports journal.
Their topic of interest?
how country-level factors such as modernization, gender equality, and collectivism were correlated with levels of love
Participants in the U.S., Italy, Portugal, and Hungary reported some of the most loving relationships, while participants in China, Germany, Turkey, and Pakistan reported some of the least.
Ross Pomeroy
With the advent of ChatGPT (and AI in general), many professions and skills are in danger of being upstaged. Teachers and the use of words - so humanities as a discipline - are under threat.
In one essay, high school teacher (and former professor) Daniel Herman declares that with the advent of ChatGPT, his life “and the lives of thousands of other teachers and professors, tutors and administrators is about to drastically change.” In another, Stephen Marche, also a former professor, offers a timeline for the coming apocalypse: “Two years for students to figure out the tech, three more years for professors to recognize that students are using the tech, and then five more years for university administrators to figure out what, if anything, to do about it.”
A very insightful and profound write up.
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