#usefulness — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #usefulness, aggregated by home.social.
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Some Thoughts on AI – Matt Bruenig Dot Com mattbruenig.com/2026/01/19/som… #AI #opinions #usefulness #TheLeft
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Some Thoughts on AI – Matt Bruenig Dot Com mattbruenig.com/2026/01/19/som… #AI #opinions #usefulness #TheLeft
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Some Thoughts on AI – Matt Bruenig Dot Com mattbruenig.com/2026/01/19/som… #AI #opinions #usefulness #TheLeft
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Some Thoughts on AI – Matt Bruenig Dot Com mattbruenig.com/2026/01/19/som… #AI #opinions #usefulness #TheLeft
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe,” Aside (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6556/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #functionality #technology #usefulness #utility
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe,” Aside (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6556/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #functionality #technology #usefulness #utility
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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1861-04), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 32, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 42More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliverwendellholmessr #generosity #happiness #politeness #selfappreciation #selfsacrifice #selfvalue #selfworth #usefulness
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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1861-04), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 32, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 42More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliverwendellholmessr #generosity #happiness #politeness #selfappreciation #selfsacrifice #selfvalue #selfworth #usefulness
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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1861-04), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 32, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 42More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliverwendellholmessr #generosity #happiness #politeness #selfappreciation #selfsacrifice #selfvalue #selfworth #usefulness
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A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1861-04), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 32, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 7, No. 42More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oliverwendellholmessr #generosity #happiness #politeness #selfappreciation #selfsacrifice #selfvalue #selfworth #usefulness
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AI can walk through all the doors at once - Mike Caulfield https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/ai-can-walk-through-all-the-doors (& a fun Letterman clip) #AI #usefulness
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues; but those which make a man popular and beloved are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities which render us beneficial to each other.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/78835…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #abstinence #behavior #beneficence #character #charity #devotion #faith #giving #goldenrule #goodperson #justice #loveyourneighbor #qualities #temperance #traits #usefulness #popularity
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues; but those which make a man popular and beloved are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities which render us beneficial to each other.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/78835…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #abstinence #behavior #beneficence #character #charity #devotion #faith #giving #goldenrule #goodperson #justice #loveyourneighbor #qualities #temperance #traits #usefulness #popularity
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues; but those which make a man popular and beloved are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities which render us beneficial to each other.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/78835…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #abstinence #behavior #beneficence #character #charity #devotion #faith #giving #goldenrule #goodperson #justice #loveyourneighbor #qualities #temperance #traits #usefulness #popularity
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues; but those which make a man popular and beloved are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities which render us beneficial to each other.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/78835…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #abstinence #behavior #beneficence #character #charity #devotion #faith #giving #goldenrule #goodperson #justice #loveyourneighbor #qualities #temperance #traits #usefulness #popularity
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues; but those which make a man popular and beloved are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities which render us beneficial to each other.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/78835…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #abstinence #behavior #beneficence #character #charity #devotion #faith #giving #goldenrule #goodperson #justice #loveyourneighbor #qualities #temperance #traits #usefulness #popularity
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De Bruijn notation, and why it's useful
https://blueberrywren.dev/blog/debruijn-explanation/
#HackerNews #De #Bruijn #notation #usefulness #programming #math #notation
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A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
To live beyond my greater self; to see
My faculties decaying, as the tree
Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
Let me hear rather the imperious call,
Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
Unhappy witness of its own decay.
May no man ever look on me and say,
“She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility
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A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
To live beyond my greater self; to see
My faculties decaying, as the tree
Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
Let me hear rather the imperious call,
Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
Unhappy witness of its own decay.
May no man ever look on me and say,
“She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility
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A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Let mine not be the saddest fate of all,
To live beyond my greater self; to see
My faculties decaying, as the tree
Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall.
Let me hear rather the imperious call,
Which all men dread, in my glad morning time,
And follow death ere I have reached my prime,
Or drunk the strengthening cordial of life’s gall.
The lightning’s stroke or the fierce tempest blast
Which fells the green tree to the earth to-day
Is kinder than the calm that lets it last,
Unhappy witness of its own decay.
May no man ever look on me and say,
“She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1882), “Uselessness,” Maurine and Other Poems (1882 ed.)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aging #decline #gettingold #growingold #henoed #living #oldage #senescence #usefulness #uselessness #utility
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I would prefer to lose the power of movement than that of usefulness. I would prefer death to inactivity. . . . I never tire of being useful.
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
That is why I decline to recognize the mere multimillionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country, and especially as not an asset to my own country. If he has earned or uses his wealth in a way that makes him of real benefit, of real use — and such is often the case — why, then he does become an asset of worth. But it is the way in which it has been earned or used, and not the mere fact of wealth, that entitles him to the credit.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Speech (1910-04-23), “Citizenship in a Republic [The Man in the Arena],” Sorbonne, ParisSourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/7…
#quote #quotes #quotation #asset #benefit #charity #earning #investment #money #rich #riches #society #spending #usefulness #utility #wealth
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A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.
Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1993-07-03)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4101/
#quote #quotes #quotation #pastime #patience #skill #training #usefulness #utility #reallife
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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 3rd, 2025
#arrowheads #Kruger #femur #glycosides #Psychoactive #transcending #palliative #Death #H5N1 #H5N9 #wild #reassortment #creativity #empathetic #risk-taking #usefulness #diverse #mussels #sensors #water-quality #bioindicator
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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 3rd, 2025
#arrowheads #Kruger #femur #glycosides #Psychoactive #transcending #palliative #Death #H5N1 #H5N9 #wild #reassortment #creativity #empathetic #risk-taking #usefulness #diverse #mussels #sensors #water-quality #bioindicator
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A quotation from Thoreau, Henry David:
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Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/72667/#quote #quotes #quotation #action #deeds #engagement #fulfilment #meaningoflife #selfactualization #usefulness #utility #wisdom
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In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html
#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones
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In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html
#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones
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In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html
#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones
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In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html
#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones
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In this study, we consider the actual crisis of #publictrust in the #scientificsystem as a symptom of its lack of
#sustainability and argue that #societalimpact should be measured and understood not
exclusively in terms of the #usefulness of science to solve complex social problems, but also in
terms of its capability to display and communicate its value to #differentaudiences.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-12-2023-0252/full/html
#scholarlycommunication #sustainableimpact #argumentation #epistemicjustice #MariaLugones
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Tech brands like Logitech, Nothing, and Microsoft are adding AI-related features to their gadgets, but are these features truly necessary? The rush to integrate AI raises questions about the actual benefits for users.
#TechBrands #Gadgets #Gimmicks #TechDebate #ConsumerTech #Necessity #Usefulness #AIinProducts #TechAdditions #Marketing #AIFeatures #ProductImprovement #TechInnovation #AIHype #ConsumerElectronics #AIandTech #TechIndustry #TechTrends #TechDiscussion #TechDebates #TechProducts
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi -
Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi -
Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi -
Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi -
Advantages and Disadvantages of Remote Sensing - Understanding the Limits of a Powerful Technology
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https://skywatch.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-remote-sensing-understanding-the-limits-of-a-powerful-technology/ <-- shared technical article / opinion piece
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Excellent points, which is why I shared - but one they kind of missed was misinterpretation... it is a natural system, so the algorithms and process to take EA data and interpret necessarily can never be 100% perfect, and nor should they be expected to be. Ground truthing and other checks & balances are a crucial part of any such interpretation.
[This post is not considered an endorsement of this specific company]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #advantages #disadvantages #opinionpiece #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #alldataisspatial #effectiveness #blackbox #tool #appliedscience #interpretation #limitations #challenges #usefulness #value #roi -
A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:
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Nothing reveals more clearly men’s attitude to learning and literature, and what use they think these are to the State, than the low price they put on them, and their opinion of those who have chosen to practice them.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/62723/#quote #quotes #quotation #education #learning #pay #literature #prestige #reputation #science #status #usefulness #utility
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The latest blog in our #CollectingRealUtopias series is embracing winter and darkness with a celebration of rest and #slowness.
Speaking to our addiction to #productivity, to #usefulness, about how this feeds #capitalism, colonial violence, environmental destruction and personal burnouts, Malaika Cunningham argues that rest and slowness might actually be the most important act of resistance we can enact. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/a/blog-collecting-real-utopias-no9/
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The latest blog in our #CollectingRealUtopias series is embracing winter and darkness with a celebration of rest and #slowness.
Speaking to our addiction to #productivity, to #usefulness, about how this feeds #capitalism, colonial violence, environmental destruction and personal burnouts, Malaika Cunningham argues that rest and slowness might actually be the most important act of resistance we can enact. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/a/blog-collecting-real-utopias-no9/
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The latest blog in our #CollectingRealUtopias series is embracing winter and darkness with a celebration of rest and #slowness.
Speaking to our addiction to #productivity, to #usefulness, about how this feeds #capitalism, colonial violence, environmental destruction and personal burnouts, Malaika Cunningham argues that rest and slowness might actually be the most important act of resistance we can enact. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/a/blog-collecting-real-utopias-no9/
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The latest blog in our #CollectingRealUtopias series is embracing winter and darkness with a celebration of rest and #slowness.
Speaking to our addiction to #productivity, to #usefulness, about how this feeds #capitalism, colonial violence, environmental destruction and personal burnouts, Malaika Cunningham argues that rest and slowness might actually be the most important act of resistance we can enact. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/a/blog-collecting-real-utopias-no9/
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cc #Utopia #PostGrowth #PostCapitalism #Colonialism -
The latest blog in our #CollectingRealUtopias series is embracing winter and darkness with a celebration of rest and #slowness.
Speaking to our addiction to #productivity, to #usefulness, about how this feeds #capitalism, colonial violence, environmental destruction and personal burnouts, Malaika Cunningham argues that rest and slowness might actually be the most important act of resistance we can enact. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/a/blog-collecting-real-utopias-no9/
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When a person speaks in another language, he doesn’t speak to people but to God. No one understands him. His spirit is speaking mysteries. 1 Corinthians 14.2 GW.
Without inspired interpretation in the congregation, the one who spoke in another language edified no one. Only God could understand him. That is why prophecy was to be preferred, vv. 1, 4. It always provided a useful benefit, v. 6. The miraculous gifts were ranked by their capacity to edify, or contribute to growth, 12.31.
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I love Christine! She's a blessing to me.
