A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1958-11-05), “My Day”
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Experience has taught me that things are likely to get worse, so these will eventually turn out to be the Good Old Days, and think what a fool you’ll feel like later if you don’t enjoy them now.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Bill of Wrongs, Introduction (2007) [with Lou Dubose]
More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16762/
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The corruption of each government almost always begins with that of its principles.
[La corruption de chaque government commence presque toujours par celle des principes.]
Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 8, ch. 1 (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]
More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/80449/
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A sharp deterioration in sentiment has gripped Germany's chemical industry, signaling deepening concerns about the sector's future viability and raising questio... https://news.osna.fm/?p=22753 | #news #business #chemical #climate #deterioration
The upcoming conference of transport ministers is poised to highlight a growing rift between the federal government and state authorities regarding the funding... https://news.osna.fm/?p=20994 | #news #aid #deterioration #federal #highway
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Metropolises to Dust in Millennia - Michael Button and Joe Rogan
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However, as we have just pointed out, brains which are absorbed in some bit of wisdom, or folly, or, as it often happens, in both at once, are but slowly accessible to the things of actual life. Their own destiny is a far-off thing to them. There results from such concentration a passivity, which, if it were the outcome of reasoning, would resemble philosophy. One declines, descends, trickles away, even crumbles away, and yet is hardly conscious of it one’s self. It always ends, it is true, in an awakening, but the awakening is tardy. In the meantime, it seems as though we held ourselves neutral in the game which is going on between our happiness and our unhappiness. We are the stake, and we look on at the game with indifference.
[Du reste, comme nous venons de l’indiquer, les cerveaux absorbés dans une sagesse, ou dans une folie, ou, ce qui arrive souvent, dans les deux à la fois, ne sont que très lentement perméables aux choses de la vie. Leur propre destin leur est lointain. Il résulte de ces concentrations-là une passivité qui, si elle était raisonnée, ressemblerait à la philosophie. On décline, on descend, on s’écoule, on s’écroule même, sans trop s’en apercevoir. Cela finit toujours, il est vrai, par un réveil, mais tardif. En attendant, il semble qu’on soit neutre dans le jeu qui se joue entre notre bonheur et notre malheur. On est l’enjeu, et l’on regarde la partie avec indifférence.]
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 3 “Marius,” Book 5 “The Excellence of Misfortune,” ch. 4 (3.5.4) (1862) [tr. Hapgood (1887)]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/74854/
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New paper from researchers at #Microsoft & #Carnegie #Mellon #University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the #deterioration of #cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.”
Lee, Hao-Ping Hank, et al. "The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers." (2025).
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-study-finds-ai-makes-human-cognition-atrophied-and-unprepared-3/
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A quotation from Rogers, Will:
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Last year we said, Things can’t go on like this,” and they didn’t, they got worse.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/rogers-will/73262/
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Differentiating Cheatgrass And Medusahead Phenological Characteristics In Western United States Rangelands [remote sensing]
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224258 <-- shared paper
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![work flow graphic - Phenology method flowchart. This flowchart is the overview of capturing the phenology training data for cheatgrass (BRTE [44]) and medusahead (TACA8)
(a) The methods for extracting high probability BRTE and TACA8 pixels
(b) the decision tree analysis development using exotic annual grass (EAG) training data from Benedict et al.
(c) developing the training data
(d) developing the phenology model.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/113/556/797/383/305/767/original/d85db7ad70ec463d.jpg)
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A quotation from Chamfort, Nicolas:
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M… was talking about life and how things were going from bad to worse. “I once read,” he said, “that there’s nothing worse for everyone concerned than a reign that’s lasted too long. I’ve also heard that God is eternal. Need we say more?”
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/72921/
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Deterioration at Heavy Hell V. 📷: Wayne Edwards. More photos at FFR: https://flyingfiddlesticks.com/2024/10/16/photo-gallery-deterioration-at-heavy-hell-v-2024/ #livemusic #musicfestivals #HeavyHellV #BlackCircleMusicBar #Deterioration #heavymetal
This analysis by Engen & Sæther shows that Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection cannot be used to infer the rate of evolutionary responses to changes in the environment due to deterioration effects. Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/732159
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