The next generation deep in Plato's cave— Keanu Reeves cannot get a modern teenager to comprehend the motivation of his character in the Matrix to escape from the false world into reality because the teenager says, "I don't care if [reality is] real."
The job market is obviously a crucible through which academic identities are forged
A straightforward aspect:
How it Induces you to brand yourself according to recognized (& hot!!) market labels
A less discussed aspect:
How *others typecast you*
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The metaverse isn’t a 3D world owned by some corporation.
It’s a permissionless market-network which respects and interconnects all user-owned and cryptographically-secured digital identities, reputations, wallets, communities, spaces, and objects.
It’s bootstrapping right now.
There is an inherent trauma to learning. Whenever you learn something you are altering your physical being around that subject, taking in permanent features into your subconscious which will imperceptibly mold you to an established aesthetic. This is true for anything you consume
The secret heart of academia is... Wikipedia.
In an experiment, this paper found that a single quality Wikipedia article written by chemistry experts influenced the content of 250 published peer-reviewed academic papers! Articles referenced in Wikipedia also become more cited.
A single bitcoin transaction uses as much power as "the average US household consumes in a month, and is responsible for roughly a million times more #carbon emissions than a single Visa transaction". What can I say?🤷♀️ #climatechange https://t.co/NpFjEVZxjs