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Learning into Hormesis – Part 1

In response to Dr. Rick Lippin sharing some of my work on capital-abuse with his group of doctors, Edward Calabrese, a medical science thought-leader wrote: I have been very focused on other forms of achievement and its attendant corruption that affects society.  The corruption has been led by the very people we have viewed as […]

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Emotional Learning

Our learning makes our animal emotionality human. Whatever is important is only important because it’s emotionally important. Whatever is emotionally important is only emotionally important because we learned it to be. Though emotion has is own biological logic, the context it’s operating within is always learned. What we feel as emotionally important is not an

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The United States of Agnotrocity

Agno– (from Greek agnōsis): “not knowing”, or “without knowledge”. Where the dAilogue ended: agnosia Agnosia – yes. Another term in the agno- family, but importantly, it means something quite different than agnosis or agnotology. Agnosia (noun) From Greek a- (without) + gnōsis (knowledge/perception). A neurological condition in which a person is unable to recognize or

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Do Primates Wake Up to Pee?

Do primates wake up to pee? Yes, many primates do wake up to urinate, though the frequency and patterns vary by species, age, environment, and physiological needs-just like in humans. Key Factors: Diurnal primates (awake during the day, asleep at night) generally consolidate sleep, but may wake briefly to urinate, especially if hydrated before sleeping

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Serving Whose Agency?

Consider every document on this page (https://davidboulton.com/politics-ethics-links/) consider their common contention that what most endangers the future health of human learning – our agency for learning – is that you and your future kind will be super intelligent servants of the political and economic agendas of your owners. As servants of our learning agency, Ai

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DisAgency and/or DysAgency?

Briefly describe the meanings of the words dysangency and disagency and how they differ. Dysangency and disagency both relate to disruptions in agency – our ability to act intentionally and meaningfully – but they differ in how that disruption occurs: Disagency Definition: A condition where agency is lost, blocked, or externally overridden. Core Idea: The

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What Cows Eating Nails Reveals About Our Learning

Today a fascinating news article described the discovery of a Neanderthal factory, built 125,000 years ago, for extracting the fat from bone marrow. The story was exciting on many levels. It points to what may have been the beginnings of complexly abstract social planning (100K years before agriculture). And, even more significantly, it points to

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