#intention — Public Fediverse posts

The Placebo Button

The elevator in my building has a door-close button that does nothing. I learned this the way everyone learns it, which is to say I pressed it for years under the impression that it was speeding up my departure. The button lights up. It makes a small click when pressed. It provides every sensory signal of function. What it does not do is close the door any faster than the door was going to close on its own. The elevators in most American buildings installed since 1990 have door-close buttons wired to nothing, because the Americans with Disabilities Act requires the door to stay open long enough for a person using a wheelchair or walker to enter, and the button that overrides that requirement is accessible only to the fire department with a key.

The elevator industry has not hidden this. A 2016 New York Times piece by Christopher Mele quoted Karen Penafiel of the National Elevator Industry confirming that the buttons in non-emergency elevators do not function for ordinary passengers. The buttons remain on the panels because removing them would require rewiring, because passengers expect them, and because a button that does nothing costs less to leave in place than a button that does something. The fire department button works; the button passengers press does not. Both are labeled the same way.

The phenomenon extends well beyond elevators. A 2004 New York Times piece by Michael Luo reported that of the approximately three thousand crosswalk buttons in New York City at the time, only a few hundred still functioned. The rest were deactivated when the city moved to computerized signal timing in the decades after 1980, and the buttons were kept in place rather than removed because removing them costs more than leaving them attached to nothing. A pedestrian pressing a crosswalk button on Sixth Avenue at Thirty-Fourth Street is performing a gesture. The gesture has no effect on when the light changes. The light changes on a fixed timer that does not know the pedestrian pressed anything.

Office thermostats are the third common case. HVAC contractors working in large commercial buildings have for decades installed decoy thermostats in zones where the actual temperature is controlled from a central building management system. A January 2003 Wall Street Journal piece by Jared Sandberg reported that a significant share of office thermostats were non-functional decoys, installed because building operators had discovered that employees who had a thermostat to adjust reported feeling more comfortable than employees who did not, regardless of whether the thermostat was connected to anything. The decoy thermostat was cheaper than the actual climate complaint.

What unites these three cases is that the placebo button is engineered to produce the sensation of causation without the mechanism of causation. The Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer spent much of her career documenting what she called the illusion of control, the human tendency to overestimate personal influence over outcomes that are actually random or automatic. Her 1975 paper on the subject in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology remains the source text, and the elevator button has become an unintended memorial to her findings. The button is a compliance device. It gets the passenger through fifteen seconds of waiting without becoming the kind of passenger who kicks the door. The crosswalk button operates the same way. The thermostat operates the same way.

The object lesson is small. A button that does nothing is a minor embarrassment in the built environment. The interesting question is where else this logic operates, and the answer is most of civic life.

Public comment periods on federal rulemaking accept submissions from citizens by the hundreds of thousands. Agencies are required to read those submissions and consider them. In the vast majority of cases, the final rule reflects the draft rule. The comment did not change the outcome. Its filing was registered. Citizens who submit receive an acknowledgment. That acknowledgment was the point.

City council meetings in most American municipalities include a public comment segment during which residents address the council for two or three minutes each on matters of local governance. Council members are not required to respond. A council member is also not required to incorporate the comment into deliberation. Votes that follow get decided in committee or caucus before the comment begins. The resident goes home having pressed the button. Its light comes on. That door closes on the timer it was going to close on anyway.

Surveys distributed by employers after reorganizations, by airlines after delays, by hospitals after treatment, by universities after lectures, arrive with the implicit promise that the responses will influence future decisions. Response data gets aggregated and presented in quarterly reports to executives who have already made the next round of decisions. The survey is a button that lights up. No door closes any faster.

Electoral systems with gerrymandered district lines produce outcomes pre-determined by the shape of the district rather than the preferences of the voters. A voter in a district drawn to favor a party by twenty points is pressing a button connected to a timer set six years before the election. Ballots get counted. The vote does not change the outcome. An illusion of control persists, and the citizen who pressed the button walks out of the polling place with the civic sensation of participation.

The placebo button is not a conspiracy. No central authority installed these systems to deceive. An elevator button represents a cost-benefit decision by building owners. A crosswalk button persists as legacy infrastructure nobody retired. Public comment periods exist as procedural requirements written into administrative law in 1946. Gerrymandered districts result from partisan legislatures drawing maps within a legal framework the Supreme Court has repeatedly declined to revise. Each placebo button got there through a defensible local decision. The pattern they form together is a democracy where the buttons light up reliably and the doors close on the schedule they were always going to close on.

The dangerous version of this pattern is the one where citizens learn the buttons do nothing and continue pressing them. Compliance does not require belief. The door-close button still gets pressed by passengers who know it does nothing, because pressing it is what one does in an elevator, and because the alternative is standing silent in a small box with a stranger for fifteen seconds. Voting in a gerrymandered district still gets done by voters who know the district will produce the predetermined outcome, because voting is what one does as a citizen, and because the alternative is admitting the system is closed.

The recognition that matters is the one that separates the buttons that work from the buttons that do not, and the organizing that follows is the organizing that rewires the boxes rather than the gesture of pressing. Ballot initiatives that establish independent redistricting commissions are rewiring. Lawsuits that force agencies to respond substantively to public comments are rewiring. Municipal charters that require council members to respond to comment on the record are rewiring. The door-close button in the elevator is a lost cause and not worth the fight. A crosswalk button at Thirty-Fourth Street is not worth the fight either. Ballots and comment periods and council meetings are worth every fight we can bring, because the apparatus behind those buttons is still capable of connection, and the difference between a democracy and an elevator panel is whether the wires on the other side of the panel still reach the doors.

Ready to open things up? This 30-minute hatha practice is for you.

Move with intention. Open through the chest, shoulders, and torso. Stretch through the legs.

Support your practice with knee padding (practicing on a carpeted surface, an extra yoga mat, or a towel), two blocks (or folded towels), and a handkerchief (towel, or scarf).

https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/video/shoulders-and-chest-intentional-hatha/

#Shoulders #Chest #Hatha #Intention #Stretch #Yoga

忌わしき戦争に終止符を・・・
汝、考えよう。
逃げる事なかれ・・・

https://www.deviantart.com/poison-raika/art/Imawashiki-Sensou-ni-Shuushifu-wo-jp-1227458199

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#Ukraine #war #would #share #truly #completely #tragedy #voice #negotiate #mediate #really #problem #reliable #plan #extreme #calm #look #situation #absolutely #intention #himself #conquer #ambition #true #countries #victory

Put an end to this horrible war...
Think, you.
Don't run away...

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Покладіть край цій жахливій війні...
Подумай, ти.
Не тікай...

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死の壺　Глечик смерті
未来を壊す無自覚な罪だ
Ви не захищаєте їх.

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=27883444

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#ＡＩ生成 #into #mirror #truth #reflect #back #distort #mouth #fragility #high #thick #rampart #you #built #with #good #intention #act #mercy #silent #devour #growth #world #illustration #from #fairy #tale #time #cruel #reveal

死の壺　Глечик смерті
未来を壊す無自覚な罪だ
Ви не захищаєте їх.

https://note.com/deadly_poison_0/n/n7a1fcd9a32c7

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#ＡＩ生成 #into #mirror #truth #reflect #back #distort #mouth #fragility #high #thick #rampart #you #built #with #good #intention #act #mercy #silent #devour #growth #world #illustration #from #fairy #tale #time #cruel #reveal

忌わしき戦争に終止符を・・・
汝、考えよう。
逃げる事なかれ・・・

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=25528713

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#Ukraine #war #would #share #truly #completely #tragedy #voice #negotiate #mediate #really #problem #reliable #plan #extreme #calm #look #situation #absolutely #intention #himself #conquer #ambition #true #countries #victory

Put an end to this horrible war...
Think, you.
Don't run away...

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=25528732

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#Ukraine #war #would #share #truly #completely #tragedy #voice #negotiate #mediate #really #problem #reliable #plan #extreme #calm #look #situation #absolutely #intention #himself #conquer #ambition #true #countries #victory

Покладіть край цій жахливій війні...
Подумай, ти.
Не тікай...

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=25528746

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#Ukraine #war #would #share #truly #completely #tragedy #voice #negotiate #mediate #really #problem #reliable #plan #extreme #calm #look #situation #absolutely #intention #himself #conquer #ambition #true #countries #victory

忌わしき戦争に終止符を・・・
汝、考えよう。
逃げる事なかれ・・・

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n2ff19a6cb83a

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#Ukraine #war #would #share #truly #completely #tragedy #voice #negotiate #mediate #really #problem #reliable #plan #extreme #calm #look #situation #absolutely #intention #himself #conquer #ambition #true #countries #victory

Put an end to this horrible war...
Think, you.
Don't run away...

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n1ff0ec0db7a4

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#Ukraine #war #would #share #truly #completely #tragedy #voice #negotiate #mediate #really #problem #reliable #plan #extreme #calm #look #situation #absolutely #intention #himself #conquer #ambition #true #countries #victory

Покладіть край цій жахливій війні...
Подумай, ти.
Не тікай...

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A quotation from Brennan Manning

The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds. I drop hints about the absolute priority of meditation and contemplation to create the impression that I am a man of prayer. At some unremembered moment I have lost the connection between internal purity of heart and external works of piety. In the most humiliating sense of the word, I have become a legalist. I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8348…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #appearances #faithandworks #intention #legalism #legalist #motivation #motive #performance #purpose #sin #virtue #wordsanddeeds #works

理解の意思　Намір порозуміння
汝（相手）に理解する意思が無ければ、
Якщо Ви (інша сторона) не маєте наміру розуміти,

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#you #other #person #intention #understand #matter #hard #try #only #waste #time #effort #human #nature #help

如何にしてウクライナ戦争を終わらせる？
妾の答えはこうやん！

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n009df66eaf4c

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#Ukrainian_war #provide #necessary #weapon #troops #Russia #reason #time #nuclear #military #industry #aviation #dismantle #KGB #politic #structure #continue #occupation #clear #possible #intention #pretty #territory #people #accept #NATO #game #war #Zelensky #Self_Defense #shield #blade #counterattack #enemy

How do we end the Ukrainian war?
Here's my answer!

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#Ukrainian_war #provide #necessary #weapon #troops #Russia #reason #time #nuclear #military #industry #aviation #dismantle #KGB #politic #structure #continue #occupation #clear #possible #intention #pretty #territory #people #accept #NATO #game #war #Zelensky #Self_Defense #shield #blade #counterattack #enemy

Як закінчити війну в Україні?
Це відповідь наложниці!

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A quotation from Wallace Stegner

You can plan all you want to. You can lie in your morning bed and fill whole notebooks with schemes and intentions. But within a single afternoon, within hours or minutes, everything you plan and everything you have fought to make yourself can be undone as a slug is undone when salt is poured on him. And right up to the moment when you find yourself dissolving into foam you can still believe you are doing fine.

Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) American novelist
Crossing to Safety, ch. 13 (1987)

More about this quote: wist.info/stegner-wallace/3708…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wallacestegner #expectations #intention #plan #planning #scheme

Qui était Alex #Pretti, l’ #infirmier tué à #Minneapolis par la #police de l’ #immigration.

Il s'est pris 10 tirs : c'est ce que l'on appelle plutôt un #assassinat , et avoir l' #intention de #tuer.

https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/qui-etait-alex-pretti-l-infirmier-tue-a-minneapolis-par-la-police-de-l-immigration-20260125

À #Minneapolis, face-à-face tendu entre manifestants et policiers après un deuxième mort lors d'une intervention d'agents fédéraux , de 10 tirs : c'est ce que l'on appelé avoir l' #intention de #tuer, au prétexte qu'il possédait une arme visible et résistait.

https://www.franceinfo.fr/monde/usa/reportage-a-minneapolis-face-a-face-tendu-entre-manifestants-et-policiers-apres-un-deuxieme-mort-lors-d-une-intervention-de-l-ice_7763840.html#xtor=CS2-765-[autres]-

Raise arms, open legs wide, stretch fully, breathe deeply, & let the wind pass over skin. #HadakaShizenyoku uses these movements to #awaken subtle #awareness of energy in the #body. #Mukyōhō teaches that the #body is not an object but a medium of perception. Movement with #intention clarifies #mind. No need for clothing or adornment. #Freedom arises because the #mind is focused on sensation, #equality, & connection with surroundings. (10/17)

Raise arms, open legs wide, stretch fully, breathe deeply, & let the wind pass over skin. #HadakaShizenyoku uses these movements to #awaken subtle #awareness of energy in the #body. #Mukyōhō teaches that the #body is not an object but a medium of perception. Movement with #intention clarifies #mind. No need for clothing or adornment. #Freedom arises because the #mind is focused on sensation, #equality, & connection with surroundings. (10/17)

Raise arms, open legs wide, stretch fully, breathe deeply, & let the wind pass over skin. #HadakaShizenyoku uses these movements to #awaken subtle #awareness of energy in the #body. #Mukyōhō teaches that the #body is not an object but a medium of perception. Movement with #intention clarifies #mind. No need for clothing or adornment. #Freedom arises because the #mind is focused on sensation, #equality, & connection with surroundings. (10/17)

A quotation from Ben Franklin

’Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution;
But hard is the Task that concerns execution.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/80…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #action #determination #effort #execution #followthrough #followup #goodintentions #inertia #intention #laziness #resolution #sloth #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds

The #harmony of #truth and the truth of harmony should be the #intent of #intention…as well as (maybe/perhaps) the #seeking of #creating and the creating of seeking. #philosophy #ethics #science

Mastering Manifestation: Align Your Mind and Intentions

The art of manifestation is fascinating because it combines several interconnected principles that bridge mindset and action.

Resonance

First, there’s the principle of vibration and resonance—essentially, you attract what you embody. When you genuinely align your thoughts, feelings, and actions with your desire, you naturally start noticing and creating opportunities matching that frequency. It’s less about magical thinking and more about tuning your awareness to possibilities that were always there.

Intention

The second principle is clarity of intention. Vague wishes tend to create vague results. When you can visualize your desire with crystal clarity—down to how it feels, looks, and impacts your life—you’re essentially creating a detailed blueprint for your subconscious mind to work with.

Inspired Action

Then there’s the principle of inspired action. Manifestation isn’t passive; it’s an active partnership with the universe. While you hold your vision, you need to remain alert and responsive to opportunities that arise, even if they come in unexpected packages. Think of it as co-creating rather than just wishing.

Detachment

The principle of detachment is equally crucial. While this might sound contradictory, being too desperately attached to specific outcomes can actually block their arrival. It’s about holding your vision with passionate intention while remaining flexible about the how and when.

Gratitude & Presence

Perhaps most importantly, there’s the principle of gratitude and presence. When you cultivate genuine appreciation for what you already have, you create an abundance mindset that naturally attracts more to be grateful for. Living in constant scarcity consciousness sends a very different message to both your subconscious and the universe.

Alignment

Remember, manifestation isn’t about forcing outcomes—it’s about aligning yourself with what you seek while remaining open to how it unfolds. Sometimes what manifests is even better than what you initially imagined, because your higher self knows what truly serves your growth.

Insightful Living

The beauty of these principles is that they work whether you view them through a spiritual lens or see them as sophisticated psychological tools for programming your reticular activating system—the part of your brain that filters reality and determines what you notice and act upon. This duality allows for a rich exploration of human potential, offering insights that resonate with both the seeker of inner peace and the analytical mind. By understanding how these principles can influence your perceptions and reactions, you can harness their power to create a more intentional and fulfilling life. As you engage with these concepts, consider how they manifest in your daily experiences, guiding you toward opportunities and insights that align with your goals and desires. Embracing this holistic approach can lead to transformative changes, enhancing your ability to manifest the reality you wish to create.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vxXHVxIkbAF9I5d2Z19ah?si=yeC8fPX7R4mg1ADDm7KB2w

Welcome to a meditation that balances mindful presence with intentional manifestation, guiding you to cultivate a deep awareness of your thoughts and feelings while aligning your aspirations with the universe. This practice invites you to focus on the present moment, allowing you to fully experience the world around you, as you set clear intentions for what you desire to bring into your life. By harmonizing these two powerful aspects, you create a space where mindfulness and manifestation work hand in hand, empowering you to transform your reality and enhance your overall well-being.

#alignment #awareness #balance #detachment #experience #flow #goals #guidedMeditation #healing #howToManifest #howToManifet #insightfulLiving #inspiredAction #intention #intentionalLiving #lawOfAttraction #manifestYourDreams #manifestYourReality #manifestation #manifesting #meditation #mindful #mindfulness #moments #practice #presentMoment #raiseyourvibration #resonance #universeHasYourBack

Mastering Manifestation: Align Your Mind and Intentions

The art of manifestation is fascinating because it combines several interconnected principles that bridge mindset and action.

Resonance

First, there’s the principle of vibration and resonance—essentially, you attract what you embody. When you genuinely align your thoughts, feelings, and actions with your desire, you naturally start noticing and creating opportunities matching that frequency. It’s less about magical thinking and more about tuning your awareness to possibilities that were always there.

Intention

The second principle is clarity of intention. Vague wishes tend to create vague results. When you can visualize your desire with crystal clarity—down to how it feels, looks, and impacts your life—you’re essentially creating a detailed blueprint for your subconscious mind to work with.

Inspired Action

Then there’s the principle of inspired action. Manifestation isn’t passive; it’s an active partnership with the universe. While you hold your vision, you need to remain alert and responsive to opportunities that arise, even if they come in unexpected packages. Think of it as co-creating rather than just wishing.

Detachment

The principle of detachment is equally crucial. While this might sound contradictory, being too desperately attached to specific outcomes can actually block their arrival. It’s about holding your vision with passionate intention while remaining flexible about the how and when.

Gratitude & Presence

Perhaps most importantly, there’s the principle of gratitude and presence. When you cultivate genuine appreciation for what you already have, you create an abundance mindset that naturally attracts more to be grateful for. Living in constant scarcity consciousness sends a very different message to both your subconscious and the universe.

Alignment

Remember, manifestation isn’t about forcing outcomes—it’s about aligning yourself with what you seek while remaining open to how it unfolds. Sometimes what manifests is even better than what you initially imagined, because your higher self knows what truly serves your growth.

Insightful Living

The beauty of these principles is that they work whether you view them through a spiritual lens or see them as sophisticated psychological tools for programming your reticular activating system—the part of your brain that filters reality and determines what you notice and act upon. This duality allows for a rich exploration of human potential, offering insights that resonate with both the seeker of inner peace and the analytical mind. By understanding how these principles can influence your perceptions and reactions, you can harness their power to create a more intentional and fulfilling life. As you engage with these concepts, consider how they manifest in your daily experiences, guiding you toward opportunities and insights that align with your goals and desires. Embracing this holistic approach can lead to transformative changes, enhancing your ability to manifest the reality you wish to create.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vxXHVxIkbAF9I5d2Z19ah?si=yeC8fPX7R4mg1ADDm7KB2w

Welcome to a meditation that balances mindful presence with intentional manifestation, guiding you to cultivate a deep awareness of your thoughts and feelings while aligning your aspirations with the universe. This practice invites you to focus on the present moment, allowing you to fully experience the world around you, as you set clear intentions for what you desire to bring into your life. By harmonizing these two powerful aspects, you create a space where mindfulness and manifestation work hand in hand, empowering you to transform your reality and enhance your overall well-being.

#alignment #awareness #balance #detachment #experience #flow #goals #guidedMeditation #healing #howToManifest #howToManifet #insightfulLiving #inspiredAction #intention #intentionalLiving #lawOfAttraction #manifestYourDreams #manifestYourReality #manifestation #manifesting #meditation #mindful #mindfulness #moments #practice #presentMoment #raiseyourvibration #resonance #universeHasYourBack

#RFKJr. tried to set up #meeting with #VicePresident #KamalaHarris to discuss #Cabinet #role.

#MattCorridoni, a #DemocraticNationalCommittee #spokesman, said, "No one has any #intention of #negotiating with a #MAGA-funded #fringe #candidate who has sought out a #job with #DonaldTrump in exchange for an #endorsement."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/15/rfk-jr-kamala-harris-endorsement/74808421007/

I’m a #cis #woman but I spend my days #educating on #trans #inclusion – here’s #why.

At its most fundamental level, #allyship involves #showing enough #interest to gain a basic #understanding of what is and what isn’t #true, as well as what the #intention is behind a particular #narrative which is directly #targeted at this #minoritygroup.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Business #Allies #Representation #Culture
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/06/transmission-pr-aby-hawker-inclusion/

My prayerful intention for today: To be aware of how often I accuse others of things I am unwilling to deal with, within in myself.

#intention #awareness #consciousness #higherthinking