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Unlearning is crucial for change. Changing our beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions involves unlearning as well as learning.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/facilitating-change/2020/01/unlearning-crucial-change

#FacilitatingChange #change #learning #unlearning #habituation

Unlearning is crucial for change: Illustration of three brain phases of learning. "Learn" (connections made inside the brain), "Unlearn" (connections removed from the brain), and "Relearn" (different connections made inside the brain).

Robert Bolton, Puritan minister, instructs on spiritual self-examination. Some will rob the poor by not giving alms, then try to corrupt God by offering up a share of the spoil. Don’t give to the church if you’ve stolen from the poor by not giving them aid.

Would we object to the idea that the poor have so firm a right to our charity that it’s robbery when aid withheld?

How can you not ask God to take part in robbed goods?

#christian #presupp #bibletime #catechisms #unlearning

ROBERT BOLTON (1572-1631) The saints selfe-enriching examination "And so wretched men think to appease God, by giving part of their robberies in alms, and go about as it were to corrupt him with presents, and call him to take part of the spoil."

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Unlearning conformist bigotry is so weird when you've been entrenched in it and brainwashed with it since you were a child. Instead of all those triggers at the world tells you you should be weirded out by, you now have to take that and flip that into celebration

It's very freeing but that freedom is also mildly anxiety inducing as you have to re-learn boundaries of what is actually unacceptable. No, the person showing their interests full blown is perfectly fine and a good thing. Yes, the "cool" people mocking people over being themselves should be viewed as toxic and are not cool at all. Etc.

#BeYourself #Bigotry #ConformistBigotry #Unlearning #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #LateDiagnosis #SpecialInterests

We are opening an independent art school!

We have named it 89 because a term is 89 days.

No professors, no grades, no credit points. Plenty of knowledge sharing, co-learning, space for development, and unlearning.

Apply now! Deadline May 1. School starts September 1.

More info on our new website: https://89sound.art

#soundart #artschool #unlearning #applynow #opencall

A black-and-white abstract artwork featuring abstract forms resembling faces with large eyes, layered patterns, and wavy lines, creating a dynamic visual effect.

A graphic design featuring bold text promoting "89 Sound Art School" with the phrase "Apply Now!" in large white letters. It includes abstract, wavy patterns and hand illustrations, all in a purple and white color scheme.

An abstract black and white illustration featuring two stylized hands, an eye, and various fluid shapes and lines. The design includes arrows and circular patterns, creating a sense of movement and connection.

A vibrant purple poster promoting the "89 Sound Art School." It includes the text "Apply Now!" and phrases: "Listen. Unlearn. Reimagine. Build." The design features abstract graphic elements and emphasizes creativity and learning.

The ability to unlearn is crucial to allow change. Here are two examples of unlearning from the Apple ecosystem: one successful, and one not.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2020/11/examples-of-unlearning

#FacilitatingChange #learning #unlearning #Apple #culture

@quadrivial with #ai only accelerating the broad scale #unlearning that has already set in : |

"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2015/12/please-remember-what-you-were-about-to-forget

#learning #remembering #forgetting #unlearning #Japan

remember what you were about to forget: photograph of two people getting off a Japanese bus

I think a lot about unlearning problematic behaviors and things society socialized into us.

The text on my graphic reads:

"We can't grow unless we are willing to be uncomfortable. If we are unwilling to be uncomfortable, then we are stagnant. Once stagnant, we run the danger of transforming into black holes, pulling those around us into accretion discs, trapped in an orbit of stagnancy, where problematic behaviors are normalized and never called out for fear of causing discomfort because discomfort and growth becomes the mark of evil rather than the mark of life.

We aren't black holes. We're stars, our light burning with the fusion of life, transforming over time into new and better human beings, but only if we're willing to let that transformation happen, to let ourselves grow." -- Aidan (Bird, ThatOneBirdWrites) of reshapingreality.org

I want to add that this thought is mostly me thinking about how so many White Cishet people get intensely upset, defensive, and harmful when they are uncomfortable to the point of hurting those around them.

At that point, they're stagnant; they are a black hole in their refusal to understand or admit that their uncomfortable feelings are rooted in shame, anger, or anxiety. No one likes to admit when they've done wrong or did a problematic thing, but we all do it at times.

(Yes, it's not just White Cishet folks that do this, but they are often the loudest. Anyone can fall into this behavior.)

We need to be able to recognize the behavior. Apologize and strive to do better. To not get caught in a black hole of stagnancy, but instead grow toward being a more loving person.

This is also why we need to be willing to stand up for others, to not let people get away with causing harm. With being bigoted.

We should not tolerate the intolerant people. Intolerant people have broken the social agreement, and thus they should not be tolerated. Their bigotry needs to be called out, no matter how much being called out might make them or others uncomfortable.

So if you find yourself defensive, think of this quote. If you're feeling uncomfortable, especially while talking with a marginalized person (Black, Indigenous, person of color, disabled folks, LGBTQIA folks, immigrants for instance), think of this quote.

Think of how you can listen to what the other person is saying.

If you don't understand what they're saying, then repeat back what you heard and ask, "Is that what you said? To make sure I got it right?"

Or ask for clarification, "So to understand, what do you mean by x?"

Take the lessons from that encounter and then look at your own core beliefs and worldviews, and consider whether they need adjusted. A lot of the time after we're called in for a hurtful behavior, we do need to adjust our worldview and unlearn the problematic thing.

Unlearning the bigotry society socialized into us from a young age is hard, and yes, it's lifelong.

But we should not balk at the labor needed to become a better, more loving, and more justice-oriented person.

Consider it an adventure. You're learning and leveling up toward a better, more just, more equitable, and more loving future.

But to build that future, we need to first build it within ourselves and our relationships and communities.

Thanks for reading.

Be safe.

#mindset #unlearning #BeingBetter
#communication
#justice #social justice

Text on a painting of a nebula. Text reads: "We can't grow unless we are willing to be uncomfortable. If we are unwilling to be uncomfortable, then we are stagnant. Once stagnant, we run the danger of transforming into black holes, pulling those around us into accretion discs, trapped in an orbit of stagnancy, where problematic behaviors are normalized and never called out for fear of causing discomfort because discomfort and growth becomes the mark of evil rather than the mark of life.

We aren't black holes. We're stars, our light burning with the fusion of life, transforming over time into new and better human beings, but only if we're willing to let that transformation happen, to let ourselves grow." -- Aidan (Bird, ThatOneBirdWrites) of reshapingreality.org

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Celebration Matters

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Slowing down matters

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Russian disinformation bots, hiring hacks, LLMs, and unlearning. Dive into my musings about the LLM prompt: "Ignore all previous instructions".

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2024/07/ignore-all-previous-instructions

#AI #LLMs #learning #unlearning

Photograph of a baseball cap with the inscription "Ignore all previous instructions". Image attribution: AI Tinkerers.

"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2015/12/please-remember-what-you-were-about-to-forget

#learning #remembering #forgetting #unlearning #Japan

Thank you for your overreach, Congress!
Without y’all, these international relationships may’ve remained strained! 🇺🇸💞🇨🇳
#Xiaohongshu #tiktokban #unlearning

I originally posted this list of books on anti-blackness and it's intersection with queer and/or disabled communities on my TheBIrd@blahaj.zone but apparently some servers marked an LGBTQIA-primary server as NSFW. Which sounds about transphobic and homophobic to me. I used that server because sharkey lets me embed links while Mastodon annoyingly does not. So here's a copy of the post for folks to read here:

Been thinking about queer communities and the inherent anti-blackness we need to exorcise. Here's some excellent books by Black authors (many queer too!) that I read that discuss this and the intersection of Leftist politics and Disability:

* Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk: there's an open access link as well as a place to buy it on her site : https://samischalk.com/black-disability-politics/

* Anarcho-Blackness by Marquis Bey: AK Press has it, but it also exists in the Anarchist Library ( https://www.akpress.org/anarcho-blackness.html or https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/marquis-bey-anarcho-blackness )

* Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorten: Available here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517901738/black-on-both-sides/

* Queer Necropolitics edited By Jin Haritaworn, Adi Kuntsman, Silvia Posocco (See Chapter 9 for a direct discussion of queer and anti-blackness): Available here: https://www.routledge.com/Queer-Necropolitics/Haritaworn-Kuntsman-Posocco/p/book/9781138915084
Chapter 9 by itself is available here: https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-04-01_5ca27b6d0ddbe_SpadeandBassichis-QueerPoliticsandAnti-BlacknessChapter9fromQueerNecropolitics.pdf

* Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: The focus is on Disability, but it also discusses the intersection of queer identity, fem identities, and impact of anti-blackness on the movement. Found here: https://www.akpress.org/carework.html

* Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies edited by Shuli Branson, Raven Hudson, and Bry Reed: there's a few chapters that covers the intersection of queerness and Blackness. Found here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1296

I'm sure there's plenty of others! Those are just the ones I read and recommend. I made sure to find ways to access them that is NOT Amazon.

Feel free to contribute to this list if y'all have read something pertinent to these topics.

#QueerCommunity #AntiBlackness #BookRecommendations #Unlearning

The rules are made up! #unlearning #ocd #mentalhealth

The Rules are Made Up! A series by @laurengottworthart x @justrught Growing up we're taught that behaviors, thoughts, decisions, objects, identities, etc. are in categories: Good or bad For girls or for boys Conservative or progressive Sacred or Evil Right or wrong Perverted or Normal Safe or Dangerous Healthy or unhealthy Valued or taboo But how do we know it’s true? Ask yourself - who told me? Who told them? Ask yourself 5 whys - “This is for girls” “Why?” “It’s pink” "0k, so why does that mean it's for girls?” ... Look at edge cases and zoom in and out - “why here but not here?” Ask yourself - is this true across all time? Across the world?