In the same way as Odysseus

By Dr. Rosa Hilda Lora M. Advisor at AIU | rosa@aiu.edu

Odysseus is the concept of Greco-Roman culture identified as: Odysseus, Ulysses (Latin); He is the hero of a Greek epic poem written by Homer ss. IX–VIII BC. The Odyssey. Odysseus is a Nova-C space vehicle in the works of the company Intuitive Machines together with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) American agency of the civil space program founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 whose director Bill Nelson considered the trip of this robot: “as a great leap for all humanity” following Neil Armstrong who was the first person to set foot on the Moon in 1969. The Odysseus was sent to the Moon on February 9, 2024. The importance of Odysseus is that it’s a robot that landed on the south pole of the Moon where scientists hypothesize that there is frozen water in its craters; it’s a transcendental investigation for humanity as will be in education the World Convention on Higher Education.

How did this convention come about? The convention emerged at the UNESCO General Conference in November 2019. The convention establishes universal principles for entering Higher Education and for its quality in a non-discriminatory manner, recognizing the periods of studies carried out remotely. “By ratifying the Global Convention, countries undertake to strengthen international cooperation in the field of higher education, to improve its quality in their countries and in the world, and to contribute to academic mobility and the recognition of qualifications. become a reality for millions of people around the world”. UNESCO. World Con ven tion on Highe r Educ ation . https://www.unesco. org/es/higher-education/globalconvention March 7, 2024 The provisions of the World Convention on Higher Education have as their basic objective what costs a lot of effort to students, such as the recognition of formal studies from one country to another and professional experiences.

There are many procedures to be carried out, although it’s said that there is recognition only of studies because professional experience is not talked about. Even though they are recognized studies in an area of the world with prestigious universities, their recognition is denied and no matter how long the process is, students don’t have the opportunity to complete any procedure. The Convention aims to review formal, informal, and experiential knowledge. Therefore, the Convention will carry out the following work: “qualification that gives access to higher education: any degree, diploma, certificate or distinction issued by a competent authority attesting to having satisfactorily completed an education program, or validation of prior learning, when applicable, and that confers to its holder the right to be taken into account for admission to higher education”. UNESCO. World Con ven tion on Highe r Educ ation . https://www.unesco. org/es/higher-education/globalconvention. Extraordinary sess ion , March 7, 2024 The Convention has well established all the elements to be addressed so that Higher Education reaches more people who, being able to continue in their training, see their opportunities for growth: “Section II. Objectives of the convention. Article II. Based on the regional recognition agreements and reinforcing their coordination, reviews and achievements, the objectives of this Convention are:

1. Promote and strengthen international cooperation in the field of higher education; (sic) 2. Support initiatives, policies (sic) and innovations at the interregional level for international cooperation in the field of higher education. 3. Facilitate global mobility and merit in higher education for the mutual benefit of qualification holders, higher education institutions, employers, and any other interested parties of the States Parties -sic– to this Convention, understanding and while respecting the diversity of the higher education systems of the States Parties. UNESCO. World Con ven tion on Highe r Educ ation . https://www.unesco.org/es/ higher-education/global-convention Extraordinary sess ion , March 7, 2024 Below, we present the States that are part of the convention. Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Slovakia, State of Palestine, Estonia, Finland, France, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Lithuania, Nicaragua, Norway, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Holy See, Sweden, Tunisia, Uruguay and Yemen UNESCO. World Con ven tion on Highe r Educ ation https://www.unesco.org/es/ higher-education/global-convention Extraordinary sess ion , March 7, 2024 The countries to be part of the benefits of the Convention are registered three months after presenting the necessary documents, so there may be others that made their request and don’t yet appear on the list.

We mention Odysseus because the convention will become an extraordinary contribution for all human beings who are now in one country and tomorrow in the other or who are part of remote companies. If there is frozen water on the Moon it would be an investigation with extraordinary results, the same as if there are criteria for so many people who have studies not recognized by other countries and without the possibility of continuing, now it will be their space to do so. There were no established rules for those with unfinished programs and they stayed there. Now there is an open door for that step towards a satisfactory life, leaving behind: “this couldn’t be done.” “The entry into force of the Global Convention is a decisive event for higher education worldwide, bringing us closer to achieving SDG 4.3 on quality tertiary education. It is a powerful tool to create a more equitable, accessible (sic) and sustainable future for all. It is a call to action for teachers, policymakers (sic) and students to come together to build a world where everyone can learn, grow and succeed”.

UNESCO- The World Con ven tion on Highe r Educ ation en ters into force : A new era begins for studen ts aroun d the wo rld. https://www.unesco.org/es/articles/entra-en-vigor-la-convencion-mundial- sobre-la-educacion-superiorcomienza- una-nueva-era-para-los 8- march - 2023 Given the current development of science with Artificial Intelligence, the problems of climate change, the volatility of the labor market, another model or paradigm is needed for teaching and learning in Higher Education. Universities must welcome all people of all ages, some for training and others to continue training in the jobs they have. Firm commitments and better policies than the ones we live in are needed. A lot of science and less understanding: that is today’s world. “Offering flexible schedules, locations, and learning modalities, as well as shorter non-degree programs and alternative credentials, such as certificates and credentials, employer industry certifications, and microcredentials, (sic) can help meet the diverse educational needs of learners throughout life”. UNESCO- Highe r educ ation ins titutions mus t evolve to become benchm arks for lifelon g learning https://www.uil.unesco.org/ es/articles/ UNESCO’s objective for Higher Education means a revolution for knowledge and the development of people. A new world would open because the way Higher Education is organized continues to depend on the countries and the rulers in power. Education at all its levels today has become in many countries the instrument to create generations that support ideologies with their thinking, in many cases, outside of Human Rights. Education has always meant the level of thinking that people want to reach; today it is the level of thinking of the ruling oligarchies.

Let us hope that the Higher Education Convention that UNESCO works on has the necessary support from the people and governments so that today’s world with Artificial Intelligence and other developments in science works at the level of these works and we leave the society of hate speech and misinformation. It seems a great irony that with the current development of science what we are doing is hatred and seeing how we disappear anyone who wants to work for good. You are studying at Atlantic International University (AIU) which offers you recognition in credits of your professional experience, presenting work for participation in events related to professional practice, completion of essays, completion of multiple-choice tests and professional practices. It’s an extraordinary moment in history —benefit from it!

BIBLIOGRAPHY. NASANET – El Módulo Odysseus aterriza con Éxito en la Luna. https://www.lanasa.net/noticias/spaceflight/el-modulo-odysseusaterriza- con-exito-en-la-luna 23- 2- 2024 | UNESCO. Convención Mundial sobre la Educación Superior https://www.unesco.org/es/ higher-education/global-convention Sesión extraordinaria, 7 de Marzo de 2024 | UNESCO - Entra en vigor la Convención Mundial sobre la Educación Superior: Comienza una nueva era para los estudiantes de todo el mundo. https://www.unesco.org/es/articles/entra-en-vigor-laconvencion- mundial-sobre-la-educacion-superior-comienza-una-nueva-erapara- los 8-marzo-2023 | UNESCO - Las instituciones de enseñanza superior deben evolucionar para convertirse en referentes para el aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida. https://www.uil.unesco.org/es/articles/ las-instituciones-de-ensenanza-superior-deben-evolucionar-para-convertirseen- referentes-para-el 2–junio-2023

Emotional intelligence The catalyst for personal development and love

Skoulakis Vasilis | Doctorate in Human Resource Management

Emotional Intelligence (EI) serves as a profound cornerstone not only in personal development but also in fostering a deeper and more fulfilling experience of love. Coined by psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer and popularized by Daniel Goleman, EI encapsulates the ability to recognize, comprehend, regulate, and utilize emotions effectively. This article delves into the intersection of emotional intelligence, personal growth, and its pivotal role in fostering enriched and meaningful connections in love relationships. Goleman’s model highlights five essential components of EI: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills.

1. Self-awareness involves recognizing one's emotions, strengths, and weaknesses, leading to a deeper understanding of oneself.
2. Self-regulation encompasses managing and controlling emotional impulses, maintaining composure, and adapting to different situations.
3. Motivation drives individuals towards their goals, overcoming obstacles and setbacks.
4. Empathy involves understanding and resonating with the emotions of others, fostering better relationships.
5. Social skills include effective communication and building connections.

The development of EI is intrinsically linked to personal growth. It enables individuals to navigate life’s complexities with resilience, awareness, and adaptability. High EI individuals exhibit enhanced problem-solving abilities, effective stress management, and improved decision-making skills. They tend to maintain healthier relationships, experience greater life satisfaction, and exhibit higher levels of resilience in the face of adversity. Self-awareness, a fundamental aspect of EI, leads to a deeper understanding of one’s values, aspirations, and emotional triggers. It empowers individuals to identify their strengths and areas for improvement, facilitating personal development. Self-regulation allows individuals to manage their emotions effectively, fostering a sense of control and stability in diverse situations. Moreover, motivation as a component of EI propels personal development by driving individuals toward their goals, even when faced with challenges. This intrinsic motivation leads to perseverance, resilience, and the ability to bounce back from setbacks. Empathy and social skills further contribute to personal growth by nurturing harmonious relationships and creating a supportive network.

Emotional intelligence and love
Love, in its various forms, intertwines deeply with emotional intelligence. A strong foundation in EI is instrumental in building and maintaining healthy, fulfilling relationships. Empathy, a critical component of EI, plays a pivotal role in understanding a partner’s emotions, perspectives, and needs, fostering a deeper connection. Moreover, self-awareness within the context of a loving relationship allows individuals to understand their own emotional needs, vulnerabilities, and triggers. It enables individuals to communicate these effectively to their partners, fostering understanding and empathy in the relationship. Self-regulation in love relationships is crucial. It enables individuals to manage emotional reactions during conflicts, preventing impulsive or hurtful behaviors. The ability to maintain composure and address issues calmly contributes to the stability and longevity of the relationship. Motivation, a driving force in EI, keeps the flame of love alive by inspiring individuals to invest in the relationship, overcome obstacles, and work through challenges together. Empathy and social skills foster effective communication, intimacy, and mutual support, strengthening the bond between partners.

Developing emotional intelligence for love and personal growth
Developing EI is an ongoing journey that involves self-reflection, practice, and learning from experiences. Mindfulness, meditation, self-assessment, and seeking feedback from trusted individuals can aid in enhancing emotional intelligence. In the context of love, practicing active listening, expressing emotions honestly, and being open to understanding a partner’s feelings are vital for nurturing a healthy and thriving relationship.

Conclusion Emotional Intelligence acts as a transformative force in personal development and in cultivating fulfilling love relationships. Its five components —self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills— not only facilitate personal growth but also form the bedrock of healthy, empathetic, and enduring connections in love. Embracing and honing emotional intelligence equips individuals to lead more fulfilling lives and to experience the beauty and depth of love in its many forms.

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Schools

What are we going to do about them?

In a notorious 2003 essay, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed nerd Paul Graham addresses a question that few would ever think to ask — Why are nerds unpopular? Graham comes to the conclusion that nerds are unpopular because the schooling system is fundamentally broken. When he pulls us back to take a cold hard look at the schooling system, we see that the endemic cruelty we all witnessed as young people isn’t inevitable. “There is a strong correlation between being smart and being a nerd,” Graham writes, “and an even stronger inverse correlation between being a nerd and being popular. Being smart seems to make you unpopular.” So why, then, are smart people unpopular? Graham admits that asking such a question would seem odd to a high school student. That being smart makes you unpopular is taken as self-evident. But in the working world, being smart does not make you unpopular. It could in fact make you very popular, it can be advantageous in gaining popularity. The same, Graham argues, could be said for elementary school. Nerds aren’t bullied until they reach high school. Graham’s best guess is that nerds aren’t unpopular because they are intelligent, nerds are unpopular because, being intelligent, they don’t try enough to be popular —they are too busy trying to get smarter. Most high school children are obsessed with what their peers think. Trying to be popular is a full-time occupation for the average high school student. ... Read full text:

Resistance

The majority of people will not engage in it.

Some reasons are obvious: ingrained obedience, ignorance, and the benefits of participation in the dominant culture. But there are also psychological barriers to resistance, which have been explored in psychological research. Conformity. In the 1950s, psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments into social effects on perception. Asch set out to prove that when faced with a crystal-clear, objective question, a person’s judgment should not be affected by others. However, he found that in more than half of the trials the subjects went along with consensus, even though the correct answer was obvious. Other psychologists found that those most likely to conform tended to have high levels of anxiety, low status, a high need for approval, and authoritarian personalities (the people who are likely to boss others around are themselves psychologically pliable). Authority. Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram began a series of experiments in 1961, to understand the degree to which those responsible for the holocaust were “just following orders.” The subject was instructed by an authority to give increasingly powerful shocks to another person, an actor who pretended to be shocked. He found that 65% of people administered successive shocks all the way up to the maximum voltage. Real-world people face a worse situation than the subjects of the experiment, who did not risk censure from their family or social group, losing their jobs, or public ridicule. ... Source: A. McBay, D. Jensen, and L. Keith (2011). Deep Green Resistance, chapter 7: Psychology of Resistance.

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Dark matter

Searching for it two kilometers below the ground

As far as astronomers studying the observable universe can tell, only around 5% of it is made up of matter. The rest, or the overwhelming majority of it, is made up of dark matter (around 27%) and dark energy (around 68%). Dark matter is invisible matter that doesn’t emit its own light and only interacts with normal matter through gravity, which we can see evidence for in galaxies and galaxy clusters. But given that there appears to be five times as much of it as regular matter, scientists are of course on the hunt for direct evidence of its existence. One approach to finding it, maybe counterintuitively as dark matter explains what we see in the stars and galaxies, is to head underground. There are several underground facilities around the world where physicists look for signs of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), among other things such as measuring impacts of neutrinos. The idea is that the WIMPs must be passing through the Earth all the time as it moves through space, so to detect them we simply need detectors sensitive enough to capture those weak interactions. “In [the Stanford LUX-ZEPLIN experiment], two massive electrical grids apply an electric field across the volume of liquid, which pushes these released electrons to the liquid’s surface,” Hugh Lippincott, Associate Professor of Physics explained. ...
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Forget chatbots

AI agents are the future.

This week a startup called Cognition AI caused a bit of a stir by releasing a demo showing an artificial intelligence program called Devin performing work usually done by well-paid software engineers. Chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini can generate code, but Devin went further, planning how to solve a problem, writing the code, and then testing and implementing it. Devin’s creators brand it as an “AI software developer.” When asked to test how Meta’s open source language model Llama 2 performed when accessed via different companies hosting it, Devin generated a step-by-step plan for the project, generated code needed to access the APIs and run benchmarking tests, and created a website summarizing the results. It’s always hard to judge staged demos, but Cognition has shown Devin handling a wide range of impressive tasks. It wowed investors and engineers on X, receiving plenty of endorsements, and even inspired a few memes —including some predicting Devin will soon be responsible for a wave of tech industry layoffs. Devin is just the latest, most polished example of a trend I’ve been tracking for a while —the emergence of AI agents that instead of just providing answers or advice about a problem presented by a human can take action to solve it. A few months back I test drove Auto-GPT, an open source program that attempts to do useful chores by taking actions on a ... Read full text

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Will & Well

Adaptable collection

Singapore brand Will & Well has designed a clothing collection to enable people with disabilities to dress more easily, while also appealing to anyone who ever struggled with a clasp. Their new collection, titled Adaptable, which features clothing with easy-to-use alternatives to elements such as back zips, hook-and-eye closures, armholes and buttons — elements that everyone has struggled with at some point, even without the disadvantage of restricted mobility. Will & Well uses photography of both disabled and able-bodied models on its website and promotes itself as an "inclusive" brand rather than one strictly for people with disabilities. ‘At the end of the day, nobody can escape age,” head of communications Cheryl Tan said. “And you’re not going to be as flexible as you were when you were younger.” ... Read full text:

Magenta

The color that doesn’t exist.

There are typically three types of cone cells in humans. Cones that detect short wavelengths (blue), medium (green), and long (red). However, we do see more than just the red, green, and blue colors. The cone cells in our eyes overlap in the wavelengths they detect. When a wavelength of 570 nanometers enters the eye, it stimulates both the long and medium cones. The responses are combined and sent along the optic nerve as one signal. And it is this signal that we interpret as yellow light. An odd quirk of this system is that when two beams of light at the exact same ratio enter the eye the signal that is sent off to the brain is the same. These two combined light rays also cause us to see yellow. ... A single wavelength of light or a combination of wavelengths of light stimulates our cones in the same manner… except for one. Magenta… there is no wavelength of light for magenta. Instead, we perceive it only when the short and long cones pick up a signal from pure red and pure blue light. Our brains literally make up magenta. Why? We don’t know. It is probably quite useful, however. Much of our early primate ancestors inhabited green forests. Magenta flowers would have had the highest contrast against a green background making it easy for our ancestors to find a tasty snack. ... Watch the original video by BBC: https://youtu.be/ CtLOH_uRg-M?si=FhhOLDEm0KU-jsoE Read full text

Sustainability

what it means in design

“Designers must understand that objects must be designed to be repaired and anticipate the end-oflife process. The material assumes a new role because it must be recyclable even after being recycled,” said Marco Capellini, sustainable design consultant (www.capcon.it). Being sustainable in 2024 is assumed, both in personal life and in the profession. Small changes in our routines make us feel better, like using compostable product packaging, cloth bags at the grocery store, or driving electric. But here comes the challenging part. We all know that the problem lies in our behaviors; it’s not sustainable to simply fix mistakes and bad attitudes. Instead, we must prevent those situations to trigger a circular process. We must embrace it as consumers but also as industry actors. Designers and companies bear significant responsibility ... Read full text

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Is it a crush...

or have you fallen into limerence?

For most people, crushes come and go. But for others, the longing can last years and become addictive. A spark of interest turns into obsessive rumination sustained by a pernicious cocktail of hope and doubt. This is not a crush. This is limerence. Limerence is a state of overwhelming and unexpected longing for emotional reciprocation from another human, known as a limerent object (L.O.), who is often perceived as perfect but unavailable. This may sound similar to the lyrics of a Taylor Swift love song, a scene in “The Great Gatsby,” or the lines in a Shakespeare sonnet. The experience of limerence is timeless, but the term is relatively new. In 1979, Dorothy Tennov, an experimental psychologist and professor at the University of Bridgeport, coined the term limerence in her book “Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love,” based on a decade of research and several hundred case studies on romantic attachment. What differentiates limerence from a crush or love is the intensity, an emotional roller coaster that fluctuates from euphoria to despair. Giulia Poerio, a psychologist and researcher at the University of Sussex in England, said, “Any sign of rejection can make somebody hit a low, and any sign of interest can make somebody hit a high.” It’s an endless mind game of, “She loves me, she loves me not.” Limerents, deeply fearful of rejection, allow their self-esteem to rest in the hands of an L.O. who may not even know they exist. ... Read full text

Sleep regulation

Neurobiology of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Sleep is the cornerstone of human well-being. Nonetheless, there is a trend where some people shun sleep, resorting to alertness aids in pursuit of heightened productivity. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a brain region that helps regulate our circadian rhythms (sleep-wake cycles). Disruptions to SCN function can have adverse implications for sleep quality, health, and well-being. In modern society, circadian misalignment is common and is associated with poor health. Through its interactions with light input, neurotransmitters, hormonal signals, and clock genes, the SCN coordinates the timing of sleep and wakefulness, maintaining that our internal clock remains synchronized with the external environment. The SCN is a tiny yet sophisticated region in the hypothalamus. It plays a crucial role in regulating our circadian rhythm. The SCN comprises two nuclei (cores), each housing around 10,000 neurons. Within the SCN, there are “core” and “shell” subregions distinguished by the presence of specific neuropeptides. The retinol-recipient core contains vasoactive intestinal peptide and gastrin-releasing peptide, while arginine vasopressin- expressing cells are in the shell. The SCN acts as our body’s internal clock, helping to regulate physiological processes over a roughly 24-hour cycle, but not exactly. These processes include sleep patterns, hormone release, body temperature, and metabolism. ... Read full text:

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‘Microfactories’

Could they pave a new path forward for plastic recycling?

Phoenix —Dozens gathered in an industrial area of the city in early February to tour a recycling facility billed as a potential solution to the world’s plastic crisis. As the visitors listened, a wall of bins 100 feet long and 30 feet wide stood behind them, filled with just a week’s worth of plastics from local Goodwills. The plan, city leaders, experts from Arizona State University and community partners said, offered not a revolutionary technology but a rethinking of how the plastic recycling industry works. Common plastic products that people don’t typically recycle would be collected at local Goodwill stores and sent to this new “microfactory.” Here, they’d be washed and shredded, melted down, and then turned into pellets. From there, they can make products and sell them to the local community or just sell the pellets to larger manufacturers. Put it all together and it could be part of a circular economy that makes products out of waste materials rather than using new natural resources, with all stages of the plastic recycling process taking place under one roof, employing locals and helping to minimize the amount of traveling and emissions needed to turn a piece of broken plastic into something new rather than waste in a landfill or the world’s oceans. If they could make the microfactory work in Phoenix, the tour organizers said, it could spread a new way of recycling around the globe. ... Read full text:

Concessions

EU plans more environmental concessions to farmers.

The European Union’s executive arm Friday [March 15] proposed sacrificing even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections. Angering environmentalists across the 27 nations, the Commission proposed to further loosen rules imposed on agriculture that they said, not so long ago, were inherent parts of the bloc’s strategy to become climate neutral by 2050. That iconic challenge put the EU in the global vanguard of fighting climate change. “The main goal of these legislative proposals is to further ease the administrative burden for EU farmers and give farmers and Member States greater flexibility for complying with certain environmental conditionalities,” said a statement from Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. Under the proposals, the conditions to move farming to become more climate friendly were weakened or cut in areas such as crop rotation, soil cover protection and tillage methods. And small farmers, representing some twothirds of the workforce and the most active within the continentwide protest movement, will be exempt from some controls and penalties under the new rules. Politically, the bloc has moved rightward over the past year and the plight of farmers has become a rallying cry for populists and conservatives who claim ... Read full text:

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Diversity Spotlight

Making diverse talent more discoverable, accessible.

Content metadata specialist Gracenote is joining forces with leading advocates for equitable representation in media on a new Studio System feature, Diversity Spotlight. The enhancement leverages insights from IllumiNative, Gold House, RespectAbility, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) and Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) to highlight people and projects that meet a range of diversity-specific criteria and open new casting, funding and collaboration opportunities. By raising the visibility of diverse talent and representative projects among Studio System’s broad industry user base, Gracenote and its advocacy group partners are accelerating efforts to bring more equitable representation and authentic content to viewers. A recent Attitudes on Representation Study conducted by Nielsen found that a majority of US audiences wanted to see more of their identity group in programming, underscoring the demand and highlighting the opportunity. Despite the industry’s pledges to improve diversity, equity and inclusion, many groups still remain underrepresented in TV content compared to their respective population estimates. For example, Latinx representation in programming is only 5.7% although the group makes up 20% of the US population according to Gracenote Inclusion Analytics data. Similarly, representation of disabled people is only 6.6% despite the fact that one in four Americans has a disability. ... Read full text:

Pandemic restrictions

A place where they still remain.

For most of the world, restrictions put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic are a distant memory. In North Korea, however, key pandemicrelated restrictions are still in place. In 2020, as the global pandemic raged, North Korea’s government largely sealed its border with neighboring China. It imposed excessive and unnecessary quarantines and new restrictions on economic activity and freedom of movement. These measures have severely undermined food security in the country. Previously, many products North Koreans needed to survive entered the country from China through formal and informal trade routes. The Covidrelated restrictions have worsened the already grave humanitarian and human rights situation in the country. UN Security Council sanctions from 2016 and 2017, which limited most exports and some imports, add to the difficulties. The intention of the sanctions may have been to try to push the North Korean government to moderate some of its more unhinged geopolitical actions. However, the sanctions have had the unintentional effect of hurting ordinary North Koreans. Their economic impact has harmed people’s ability to make a living and access food and essential goods. In a sense, people are caught between the hammer of an extremely abusive government and the anvil of an international community, which is so frustrated with the ...
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Mexican wolf

Population grows for eighth consecutive year.

The wild population of Mexican wolves saw another year of growth in 2023, according to the results of the annual survey. The 2023 population census revealed a minimum of 257 Mexican wolves distributed across Arizona and New Mexico. This increase marks the eighth consecutive year of population growth, the longest continuous streak since recovery efforts began. The 2023 population minimum count represents a six percent increase from the minimum of 242 wolves counted in 2022. Survey results show the population is distributed with a minimum of 144 wolves in New Mexico and 113 in Arizona. “In the aggregate, the 2023 data points out that Mexican wolf recovery has come a long way since the first release,” said Jim deVos, Arizona Game and Fish Department Mexican Wolf Coordinator. “Each year, the free-roaming Mexican wolf population numbers increase and the areas they occupy expands. Genetic management using pups from captivity is also showing results. In total, 99 pups carefully selected for their genetic value have been placed in 40 wild dens since 2016, and some of these fosters have produced litters of their own. While recovery is in the future, examining the last decade of data certainly provides optimism that recovery will be achieved.” Mexican wolf population information is gathered from November through February by the Interagency Field Team. During this time, the field team conducts ...
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Nepenthes lowii

The carnivorous plant that evolved into a toilet.

Nepenthes carnivorous plants look like toilets, trapping insects and other small creatures in a bowl-shaped pitcher with an overhanging lid. But some species of nepenthes growing on mountains in Borneo have given up carnivory and instead encourage animals to poo in their pitchers. This toilet habit was discovered when mountain tree shrews were found sitting on the enormous pitchers of nepenthes lowii, and as the shrews licked fatty food oozing from the lid of the pitcher they plopped their droppings inside. It was later found that rats, bats and a bird also made use of the plant toilets. Other nepenthes species were also found collecting animal droppings, such as nepenthes hemsleyana, which even advertises itself to a particular species of bat using the shape of its pitchers to reflect the animal’s ultrasound calls. The pitchers provide a special ridge for the bat to cling on to while it relieves itself. All these plants grow on mountain peaks where insects are scarce, making carnivory very difficult. But the poo habit was found to be so nutritious it gave these pitcher plants more than twice the nitrogen of prey caught by carnivorous nepenthes plants. ...
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Thirteen ways of looking at ritual

Winter tea ceremony by Yōshū Chikanobu (1838-1912)

1 cause it needs them the most. The smartphone cannot be a ritualistic object. Philosopher Byung-Chul Han, in his book The Disappearance of Rituals, points out that the smartphone embodies restlessness. “It lacks the very selfsameness that stabilizes life,” he explains. “The restlessness inherent in the apparatus makes it a non-thing.” So we shouldn’t be surprised when people get upset at smartphone use in ritualistic settings — concert halls, movie theaters, shrines, etc. They instinctively feel that the phone is the enemy of ritual. I can imagine a situation in which locking up your phone in a box before an event becomes part of the ritual. But the opposite could never happen —turning on the phone would be the worst possible way to initiate a ritual experience.

2 Genuine ritual is always embedded in a time and place, and cannot be uploaded or downloaded. Go ahead, get married online, or conduct your graduation ceremony via Zoom, but these experiences will feel hollow. The virtual world creates a hunger for real ritual in an actual physical community of human beings. No website or app can satisfy this hunger on its own.

3 Memes are rituals drained of transcendence. They pathetically imitate the essential elements of ritual —repetition, symbol, shared meaning— but at the lowest possible level, namely that of a joke.

4 The largest companies today are obsessed with generating content in a completely de-ritualized context. But content always exists in tension with form. Ritual is the form we have abandoned in our relentless quest for content.

5 Internet businesses feel this void, and try to fill it with pseudorituals. But the repetition of genuine ritual is now replaced by addictive scrolling and swiping. Those open-ended processes never achieve the sense of closure which is essential to all ritual —and actually aggravate the problems of a de-ritualized society.

6 In an overly digitized world, people embrace with intensity the few remaining ritualistic activities available to them. Halloween gets turned into something extravagant —not just for children anymore, but adults too. The same is true of Valentine’s Day or Mardi Gras and other ritualized occasions. They are pushed to extremes because people have so few embodied rituals in the digital age. Many of these originated as religious observations, but are more vehemently pursued in secular online culture because it needs them the most.

7 Ritual is a source of stability, especially in our moments of greatest vulnerability —hence the rituals of mourning, coming-of-age, farewell, politeness, and remembrance. Poor and suffering communities are always the richest in ritual. If somebody tells you they don’t need rituals, they probably own many expensive things. These are their substitutes for the relics of true rituals —but are, at best, temporary and inadequate replacements.

8 If you created a community but eliminated all rituals of politeness and sociability, it would look like Twitter. Social media is the dark twin of ritual. It never achieves wholeness or closure.

9 Economic interests fear genuine ritual, because it is not about consumption. Some ritual objects last for thousands of years. They are loved all the more because they are old and have never been replaced. How can you make a buck from that? It’s not impossible to monetize ritual —many people scheme endlessly over ways of doing this— but the profit motive coexists uneasily with it.

10 When deprived of rituals, people are driven to create their own. Family rituals or daily rituals become sources of joy and stability. Even the simple aspects of our daily routine can serve as a kind of ritual —but we also need and deserve larger communal rituals.

11 Artistic performances originated as rituals. I learned this firsthand when I wrote a book on the love song, and learned that it started as part of fertility rites and sacred marriage rituals. I suspect that rock concerts resemble rituals of prehistoric hunting communities, while country music evolved from the ritualistic songs of herders. Similar ritualistic origins can be found in ancient tragedy and comedy. But the deconstructive techniques of postmodernism have used up these ritualistic elements as fuel. Postmodernism puts everything into question —that’s its purpose. But we pay a psychic price for mocking the forms and conventions that create a revered space for art.

12 Even science originates as ritual. The essence of ritual, notes René Girard, is “that things be mixed together and that something be done with them” —and the goal is always transformative and empowering. This is where the scientific method starts. “If you look at techniques of winemaking, cheesemaking, metallurgy, all of the great Neolithic techniques, you will see they are all associated with the ritual,” Girard points out. Just consider the elaborate funeral rites of the ancients —which spurred breakthroughs in everything from preservation techniques to pyramid building.

13 When technology truly empowers life and promotes human flourishing, the results are ritualistic. When the goal is mere innovation and disruption (two words that are increasingly used in tandem by technologists), the exact opposite happens —science destroys ritual and hence destabilizes life. The prudent society (or individual) recognizes the profound difference between these two types of technology, and chooses accordingly.
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