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Recommend: Professor Richard Wolff: The Economics of the Ukraine War
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‘My forefathers did something horribly wrong’: British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations. Article Observer. (Ireland: our Revolution 1916 – 1923: Question: The annuities we refused to pay the British could be said to be reparations?)
The ObserverSlavery ‘My forefathers did something horribly wrong’: British slave owners’ family to apologise and pay reparations The Trevelyans were shocked to see their name in a slavery database and a journey to Grenada confirmed the continuing impact of their … Continue reading
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TBI, stroke, amenesia, dementia: World changing so fast. ChatGBT just Google it. Start a sentence and you have an essay, get a robot and create a painting. Watch this space. Brocas along with amnesia (based on my personal experience) can make conversation, especially mobile calls very difficult and can lead people to lead solitary lives and dependent. This is a really interesting piece from Singularity hub.
AI-Powered Brain Implant Smashes Speed Record for Turning Thoughts Into Text ByShelly Fan January 31, 2023 We speak at a rate of roughly 160 words every minute. That speed is incredibly difficult to achieve for speech brain implants. Decades in … Continue reading
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“Hitlerean” and Despot Putin. 60 million people died in World War II. This piece published today by DW warns us about what can happen. Article: people with mental illness and how Hitler’s administration tried to cancel them
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Mental illness: through the years I have believed that one of the most effective ways of coping with mood disorder is to strive through bibliography, Dr Google, the mentors we choose but available via youtube. One man I was drawn to and followed his quotes, at a time when anxiety consumed by being initiating depressions so intrusive, only shattered by ECT at one time. Only today, I have re-activated his name and checked out his quotations and then gone further. I am over-awed. Evidently those quotations which because of amnesia due to TBI I cannot hold in my mind. This led to many quotations being typed out over the decades as one can see from my WordPress blog. A random choice looking for some hope and youtube has opened up a doorway of consolation and curiosity. This man, William James, is a man I would ask anyone with mental health issues to become aware of and engage with, despite the fact he was born in 1842. It is my belief that people, especially children, adolescents must be watched over because of the impact of Covid-19, the fixation with ecocide and now War in Europe with a threat of the use of nuclear weapons. I encourage a journey especially for those neglected by our cinderella psychiatric/psychology services, with half the budget allocated by other countries. This becomes your personal journey. A good place to start is to listen to this gentle voice man tell the story of William James life.
=============== Gratitude list … simply can change your thoughts.
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“Knowledge is no load”. We read of catastrophic numbers of young people in Ireland facing mental illness. Being diagnosed bipolar with anxiety manisfesting in many ways including social anxiety disorder accentuated by traumatic brain injury, I recommend a path forward. Attending lectures 20 years ago at St. Patrick’s Foundation; lectures at Trinity College Dublin; counselling CBT, I have found bibliotherapy beneficial but now we have access to people like Dr Jordan Peterson, who is controversial, but his acumen speaks volumes.
10,056,870 views Sep 28, 2022 Clinical psychologist and public intellectual Dr Jordan Peterson has sat down with Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan for an insightful and emotional interview discussing his work, free speech and the world today.
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Traumatic brain injury; stroke, poor memory, other medical conditions affecting the brain, this is a little gem for people in rehabilitation, recovery to benchmark their engagement with lifelong learning. Speech therapy after a TBI introduced techniques to assist memory. I used to watch TV and write notes, especially politics, notes in my day journal; it helped. 30 years on I have too many notebooks but the brain must be kept active; it is too easy to lean into dementia post TBI and we all have choices to make.
Pocket worthyStories to fuel your mind Train Your Brain to Remember Anything You Learn With This Simple, 20-Minute Habit This 100-year-old method has been making the rounds again—it’s worth getting around to. Inc. Read when you’ve got time to spare. … Continue reading
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ChatGPT is changing education, AI experts say — but how?Alarm bells for Google. Source: DW
SCIENCEGLOBAL ISSUESChatGPT is changing education, AI experts say — but how?Lukas Stock8 hours ago8 hours ago Experts say artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are changing the way students are taught and study. These “language model” AIs can write flawless-looking academic … Continue reading
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Neuroscience Explains Why Video Calls Are So Exhausting…Sometimes called “Virtual Fatigue”: Article from Psychiatrist.com
Neuroscience Explains Why Video Calls Are So Exhausting by STAFF WRITER JANUARY 18, 2023 AT 10:25 AM UTC Clinical Relevance: Virtual communication has its place, but meeting face-to-face is easier on your brain and helps foster communication If you’ve experienced “Zoom fatigue” after a … Continue reading
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