#human-nature — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #human-nature, aggregated by home.social.
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THAT WAS WORTH DISCOVERING 💎
I said what I needed to say yesterday.
People were kind, and I’m glad I spoke out.
But I don’t want to spend my days defending AI, arguing about AI, or making AI the subject of everything I write.
It’s a tool. I use it. That’s enough.
I learned how I want to deal with the aggro around AI. I also learned that most people are simply getting on with using it, and that when disability and accessibility enter the conversation, most people understand. And they are kind.
That was worth discovering.
But there are many more interesting things to talk about.
So, onwards. 💎
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works
@startrek#AI #Kindness #HumanNature #Community #Accessibility #Disability #Fediverse #Mastodon #people #kind
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance
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Hell has been a subject of fascination and fear throughout history. From ancient myths to modern interpretations, it serves as a powerful reminder of moral consequences. Many cultures depict it as a place of torment, while others view it as a state of being. Understanding these perspectives can deepen our insight into human nature and the choices we make. The concept of hell challenges us to reflect on our actions and beliefs. #Philosophy #Morality #Afterlife #CulturalStudies #HumanNature
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This is one of those ideas I’ve had for a long time that has often troubled me. And this one is deeply personal.
There’s a particular kind of ache in giving softness to a world that answers with indifference.
You keep offering warmth. The world keeps handing back cold.
And still the question remains: how long can one person hold the better end of that bargain?
#Compassion #HumanNature #EmotionalLabour #Wellbeing #PerformancePsychology
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...but some people practice it like an art form when they can get money for it.
It's sucky, deeply stupid art, but here we are.
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#AI
#NoAI
#education
#teens
#TeensAndAI
#ChildhoodDevelopment
#SocialSkills
#parenting
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musicians who still
musicians who still
#art #artists #beauty #create #creative #creatives #creativity #dailyPost #everyNowAndThen #haiku #humanNature #indispensable #music #musician #musicians #poem #poetry #postaday #still #time
music every now and then –
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
He who has so little knowledge of human nature, as to seek happiness by changing any thing but his own dispositions, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove.
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-04-07), The Rambler, No. 6More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/35246…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #attitude #externalities #grief #happiness #humannature #humanity #misery #pursuitofhappiness #reform #selfawareness #selfchange #unhappiness #wasteoftime #humancondition
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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of Man?
HOBBES: I’m not sure Man needs the help.Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1992-04-06)More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85386…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #adversary #belief #corruption #devil #humancondition #humannature #humanity #lucifer #Satan #selfdestructiveness #temptation
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…the skin we all live in
mijn huid lief
geleend thuis dorst naar
omarming_…my skin dear
this borrowed home thirsts
for embrace_Music: Life, life
#ryuichisakamoto#huidhonger #humancondition #humannature #oneplanet #bemindful #photography #photo
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Unlimited power is the ideal thing when it is in safe hands. The despotism of heaven is the one absolutely perfect government, and earthly despotism would be the absolute perfect earthly government if the conditions were the same; namely the despot the perfectest individual of the human race, and his lease of life perpetual; but as a perishable, perfect man must die and leave his despotism in the hands of an imperfect successor, an earthly despotism is not merely a bad form of government, it is the worst form that is possible.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85346/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #connecticutyankee #absolutepower #despotism #dictatorship #humannature #mortality #perfection #succession #tyranny
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AI-based Micro-Movie 'The Failure'
Robots are rushing to check their exam results. All robots passed the exam except this protagonist yellow robot. All other robots started mocking him for his failure. Even his own shadow literally leaves him because of it.
I have created this video using generative AI.
#Exam #Failure #AI #SciFi #fantasy #Fiction #Art #Movie #film #MicroMovie #creativity #peerpressure #psychology #HumanNature #village #robot
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It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-11-29), “As I Please” column, Tribune NewspaperMore about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #aggression #bullying #control #domination #humannature #megalomania #modernera #motivation #pathology #power #powerhungry #powermad #powerseeking
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Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
[Der Mensch vermeidet es gewöhnlich, einem andern Klugheit zuzuschreiben — wenn es sich nicht etwa um einen Feind handelt.]Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 3, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/8518…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #cleverness #enemy #excuse #humannature #opponent #selfaggrandizement #shrewdness
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VIOLA: Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we!
For such as we are made of, such we be.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 31ff (2.2.31-32) (1601)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #twelfthnight #fickleness #frailty #humannature #inconstancy #women
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@Gerd_Brodowski
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Ancient Greek
«γινόμενα μὲν καὶ αἰεὶ ἐσόμενα, ἕως ἂν ἡ αὐτὴ φύσις ἀνθρώπων ᾖ»Transliteration
ginomena men kai aiei esomena, heōs an hē autē physis anthrōpōn ēiTranslation
"[These things happen and] will always continue to happen, so long as human nature remains the same."The exact line comes from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 3, Chapter 82), written around 400 BCE during his analysis of the civil war in Corcyra.
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If you knew what people say behind your back, you would hate everyone you know in your life.
#truth #quote #reality #realityoflife #philosophy #psychology #thought #opinion #BitterTruth #DarkTruth #HarshReality #Backbite #gossip #HumanNature