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[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@BobLoukas @N_A_S_T_T By "Secular", do you mean to long term trends? As opposed to cyclical?

Just joined FT. Still familiarizing myself with the vernacular. Thanks for all your content so far!

[Heather E Heying @HeatherEHeying]

Flowering plants, which means almost every plant that you can think of, have seeds (which become the next generation) and many have fruits (the enticement by the plant to get animals to disperse the seeds). No plant “wants” its seeds to be eaten, whereas fruits are produced in order to be eaten by others. Seeds thus tend to be protected with toxins of various sorts to prevent the plant’s babies from being eaten.

The part of the avocado that we eat is the fruit; the pit = the seed. Thus, avocado oil is not a seed oil, but a fruit oil.

Similarly, the part of the olive that we eat is the fruit; while seeds (=pits) are not explicitly extracted before embarking on traditional olive oil making processes, most of the oil produced is from the fruit,

There is at least one traditional oil made from seeds: sesame oil. For reasons I do not yet know, sesame seeds seem amenable to having their oils extracted with non-high-tech methods.

Also: coconut oil. Coconuts are giant, ocean-going seeds. They are, as anyone who has ever attempted it knows, extremely difficult to get into, but once you’re in, all of their deliciousness and nutritiousness is easily available. Coconuts thus protect their seeds via physical rather than chemical means.

So there’s an evolutionary reason to be cautious about (most) seed oils: they are made from a part of the plant that is explicitly protecting itself via chemical means from being eaten.

More to the point though, is that in order to extract the oils from seeds of e.g. sunflower, safflower, corn, etc, many additional industrial solvents and detergents have to be added to the mix. Then, in order to cover the noxious smells and colors and to stop rot, more industrial gunk is added—artificial colors made from coal tar, for instance.

What are being called seed oils are thus industrial products, some parts of which were once part of a plant that resisted mightily the efforts to extract its oils, and has had toxic sludge of all sorts added in order to bring it into existence and to make it appear and smell and taste enough like food to trick the human sensory system.

Our digestive systems and the rest of our physiology, however, are not so easily fooled.

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@iwelsh Right. Maybe I don't mean he peaked – I still get goosebumps with Starship/chopsticks etc. Staying in his lane might be more appropriate? Spreading himself everywhere feels like an overexposure risk to one mans thought processes given his recent ideologies as you mentioned

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@iwelsh Was definitely getting the feeling that he peaked a few years back and has been in over reach since

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@iwelsh We have a model 3, when the update switched to camera only, the self driving was suddenly dogshit

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@iwelsh Yeah makes sense. Thanks

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@iwelsh Can you try explaining at least?

Noticing lots of low social intelligence / the whole “simulation selects for the most entertaining outcome” / fueling the meme fire type stuff which, to me, feels increasingly reckless.

But I’m low social intelligence myself so hard to gauge.

[6529 @punk6529]

1/ On Our Bubbles

The reaction of my circles to the election:

✅tech/crypto: euphoric
✅nft artists: muted, possibly self-censoring in some cases
✅american east coast friends: upset / some women very upset
✅europeans: utterly and completely shocked/baffled

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

All the while, the world is turning to noise

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@joshjamesworld There’s no choice for “Both”

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@NoonWithATune Little and often helps me. No huge ambitious workouts anymore, just enough to maintain baseline health.

I also find that movement - whether exercise or otherwise- actually improves my work/writing/creativity/mental alertness etc. Good to think of body as the extended brain.

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@nickredmark Excess deaths from mRNA jabs, particularly in younger adult demographic – mostly cardiac issues I think. Vaccination status redacted from mortality data since last year. Basically they knew, but have been squashing MSM from reporting.

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@elonmusk Seem like contradicting pathways, but hopefully there’s a healthy midpoint to be found?

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@elonmusk Optimize for a mix of contrary views that break>expand>improve your world model in the one hand, and up-regulate content that has high levels of bipartisan/cross-cultural agreement on the other. Avoid outrage porn, limbic hijack etc.

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

Thoughts on the algorithm...?

https://t.co/u8Ukd2Fzak

@elonmusk @tristanharris

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

Our Prime Minister talks to the nation like he’s a schoolteacher for 5 year olds.

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@YoungestReeve @Twitter Yes. Algorithms optimize for time-on-site... because 💰

[MagicBlade @magicblademusic]

@edithmmudge Could you elaborate on the second to last sentence? Also hi :) it’s been forever, hope you’re great!

[Bonnitta Roy @bonnittaroy]

Those who wish to influence the trajectory of history, might want to understand the power of narrative score

https://t.co/OGhx9cIQi3