I am surprised and happy to report that there is a new season of #TheAssembly going on, one last week - kid from Heated Rivalry - and it’s on tonight, new one, I think. 😀
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Human evolution thread:
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I typed a bunch of this as replies to someone, but there’s no reason they have to answer any of it, they didn’t say anything everybody doesn’t say.
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And this far beyond the context of what they were saying.
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Where to start? I’ll try to preface those replies with something to set the scene, then I’ll add those replies, but don’t anybody answer right away, I’ll be editing them after initially posting them.
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So the idea is that every enlightened person knows that, “survival of the fittest,” suggesting, “the strongest,” isn’t the correct take of evolution, that there is more to life than strength. People have made great cases for the functional evolution of cooperation and sharing over competition and fighting.
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But somehow, the brutal version is still the only version there is in the world, simply say “human evolution,” and everyone reacts to the brutal version, no-one thinks, “maybe this is the good kind of evo talk,” ever.
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What seems to exist for the majority is a kind of a false binary where human evolution must be either the rough sort with the perfect soldier at its pinnacle - or humans stopped evolving during the Palaeolithic - so we still have “Palaeolithic emotions,” right, isn’t that what they say?
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They seem to make evolution something the bad guys talk about - and so the good guys, when they are in charge of things, cannot manage or improve anything either, because they don’t see evolution - the effect of the environment of an evolving Human Nature - at all.
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OK, the replies:
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So, two #Autistic and #AuDHD #lifehacks I've incorporated... One is wearing headphones (unplugged) when there are noises around that cause me distress. The second one is the rewind button when I'm not paying attention to a favorite show -- which resets me and helps me focus. Go figure...
you know, my arguments about the popular ideas about human evolution can’t ever be settled with facts, it’s a matter of neurology, of type, what is a fact, and honestly, even the very context of the whole conversation can’t be agreed upon, everything misses, like the DEP, two ships passing in the night. Our objections cannot find each other, none of the arguments are even sane, in the logical sense, and while your mind apparently reinterprets my questions, your answers find no connection to the question in mine.
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It seems that it must surely be possible to create a technical and specific enough conversation to get there, but the deeper I get into that question the less likely it really seems to be. Neurotypes have premises and rules, rather they are sets of premises and rules, I don’t think we can suspend our own or include others.
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I mean, I’m not having any luck. Everyone would have to be extremely self aware and conscious, that’s for sure. And committed.
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"Who needs labels anyway?" sounds progressive, but isn't.
A 'label' can give people language for their experiences, a basis for organising, and access to a community.
The interesting question - I think - isn't whether we have categories or not (we do. Ask any librarian or linguist).
It's who gets to make and use the categories... and for what purpose.
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oh ffs, wow
I always thought
“Once there was a way
to get back homeward,”
was the greatest
lyric ever written,
that Murphy’s Law,
you can’t
but you could have
and you blew it
double whammy
but of course
that was before
I found out
there never was a way
not for me
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It's long overdue, but since I'm still out of work I figure I should put out another #GetFediHired post!
Unfortunately, compared to many of these posts I see, I'm a nobody. I've never worked for anyone you've heard of, I've never been a major contributor for any software you've used, I've never lectured at a college or university (I barely even attended!), and I've never made waves on social media.
But, from everything I've seen and experienced, I'm a better software developer than most. I care about resilience, maintainability, and sustainability; I care about understanding systems deeply; I care about how things connect; and I care about the people that have to interact with these systems! I love making things that people appreciate, that make their lives better.
I've been working with #WebDev (HTML, CSS, JS, etc.) for ~30 years, #Python for ~20, #Clojure(Script) for ~5, #TypeScript for ~4, plus dabblations in many other languages and technologies - including 10 years with #Godot! 😊 I've mainlined #Linux - on desktop and server - for over 20 years; working the stack from web apps to API services to devops to system maintenance. I've been both solo and as part of small teams - both leading and not.
I'm based in #Oslo #Norway but open to remote, and flexible on timezones and project or part-time work - English or Norwegian.
Or if you have advice for alternative career paths for an undiagnosed #AuDHD introvert, please feel free to share that too!
J'envoie probablement ma #démission de Cliss XXI lundi (même si j'irais à la médiation demandée par le reste des collègues dans mon dos suite au w-e de travail où j'ai pas réussi à compenser une 6e crise #borderline et à faire un 5 000e ajustement #AuDHD après gérer des 4 crises informatiques dans l'année (et une 5 qui nous a pété à la gueule et qui aurait pu être évité si une de mes 14 recos avait été prises en compte. Formation de l'équipe au TDAH/borderline : reportée depuis janvier 😫😭😵💫🤯🤮💔💀💀
I’m on Dad’s side now.
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That’s another NT binary that isn’t, abusers and victims - they’re all NT, no-one escapes, they all pass it on, being a victim frees them up morally, and they are all both at once. From outside the cycle, from outside of NT world, only the famous mega-abusers stand out.
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The rest are all both, sort of equally.
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Starting to wish I had the spoons or the focus to write a long one, spelling out for the majority how their deflective need to punish is forever undermining their dreams, that they are constantly shooting themselves in the foot.
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It’s a #Hockey story today, how the #MapleLeafs coach let last evening’s game slip away because he was punishing a quarter of the offensive talent for an early scrup. Of course I have no idea what earlier pain the coach was paying off, no-one ever does, but maybe he was biased that way, felt like he was, “doing something,” got a drop of dopamine for it - but lost the game.
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I mean, these are #Hockey people saying this, not some
elbow patch liberals. Even the hammerheads of hockey could see that one. 😘💜
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I feel like it wouldn’t be impossible to write a whole book of examples like that, right up to and including world wars. Trivers put it down to self deception late in life, but I suppose that’s a trait that varies across neurotypes.
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A love letter to Bill Shatner
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Dammit, Bill, I’m a phone guy, I’m not a doctor. Nobody told me there’s different sorts of people. They never even made me understand they didn’t like me. I didn’t know there are people that people don’t like for no good reason at all.
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I’m sorry I thought I was one of
them and thought I wasn’t supposed to like certain people too.
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It must have gotten so tired, people laughing about Trek, think they’re being clever and original when the whole point was all that ‘60s stuff was comedy, you all laughing at society, at them. Trek, remember the Avengers? James Bond - a Canuck made a billion dollars parodying Bond, already a parody.
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Speaking of Canucks, have you stared down Jim Carrey for his Kirk impression? I’m sorry I laughed at that shit, I was one of the oblivious idiots described above too. BTW, that Suck it Picard thing was funny. Is it better if I laughed at that too (despite who provided the ride)?
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I make jokes about the CPAP ads and bacteria from outer space, but I ain’t mad or punching you with them. For the record, I saw a bit of, was it a Movie of the Week thing, a horror movie about spiders? I thought you weren’t unrecognizable, but you seemed understated and entirely natural. It was early in the film, no spiders yet.
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Anyway, I’m sorry I added to the noise. You seem perfectly fine. Be well. 💜
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