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Engage in some low-brow, offline activies like going to a trivia night

i’m likely dramatically oversimplifying something i don’t fully understand, but bell’s theorem tells us there’s not any model behind the scenes of quantum mechanics

Based on the data listed above, it can be concluded that the observed phenomenon of intercellular neuronal interconnection using Arc has developed in evolution as a reflection of the adaptive value of the TE transcript transfer phenomenon between postmitotic cells. It is possible that when neurons exchange virus-like mRNA particles between neurons, the ability of TEs to be integrated in a site-specific manner (Sultana et al., 2017) with a change in the expression of neuron-specific genes is used to form long-term memory. As a result, the functioning of neurons and the storage of information in the brain change (Bachiller et al., 2017). from here

This isn’t necessarily free-will, but it’s an interesting factor. It’s been observed that in some tissue development, genes essentially are shuffled like a deck of cards. At first, this seemed to happen in crops like corn. But now, we know that this also happens as brain tissues are forming. So as your brain formed, your body shuffled the deck of your genes to acieve a unique structure. Perhaps not free will, but this is strong evidence of highly nondeterministic processes influencing behavior.

Great writeup! I think I get what you’re saying. I’m honestly not sure what the answer is though.

However, I think there’s no strong reason why the west will be able to hold on to cultural hegemony. The only thing I can think of is the bourgeois nature of western art - more bourgeois people means that more people can afford to pursue arts with a financial cushion, although this isn’t the case for many instances. Rich people are the primary audience of fine art, as well. Investment seems to help, as you can see with the success of Kpop. I’m not familiar with the artistic contributions of the Soviet Union, but that could be another interesting body of evidence.

the specific reasons are actually quite opaque. of course the main reason is because these companies want to impress their wall st masters by increasing profits. there are given reasons but none of them are worth trusting. tech compensation and headcount increased a lot ($300-$400k TC for < 5 YOE) so I suspect they are colluding to suppress wages. A lot of people also point to Elon’s twitter takeover inspiring these firms to see how deep they can cut on headcount before they bleed out. there’s also mounting pressure on multiple fronts: increased competition from OpenAI and China (Temu, Tiktok), higher interest rates (can’t pay high wages without a money printer), slower top-line growth projections, etc.