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MrAdamJohn

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Family centered. Devoted father. Driven partner. Business builder. Big thinker. Technology leader. Solution specialist. Always happy to help. Involved, proficient &/ interested in MOST aspects of #technology including and beyond full stack development, IAM, DevOps, #Cybersecurity, #OpenSource, RAID, DNS and much more. Likes: Coffee - Culture - Nature - Wine | Knights of Columbus | Scouting BSA | Community Volunteer | We have the power to create the world we wish to see; lets get started now.

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futurebird , to random
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I decided to find out if any progress had been made on the science behind why some ants are attracted to electrical fields. After filtering out exterminators (it's so demoralizing to search for information on creatures you love and find nothing but people who know nothing about them boasting about how they will kill them all) I found what looked like a blog. But, who the heck is "James Brown"? Never heard of the dude. Maybe he could be my new friend if he likes ants enough to blog about them!

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@futurebird @medley56 @wmd This is the core of the problem IMHO... Summing up this thread in my own words: There is an erosion of Trust, an undermining of Human connection and an en-garbage-ification of information. I fear the permutations on today's known "attack vectors" and the results that will be manufactured...

ethanjstark , to random
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The latest Plura-List newsletter from @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/11/for-you/

dives into the economic concept of the Ulysses pact: “when you take some possibility off the table during a moment of strength in recognition of some coming moment of weakness.”

In the excellent book Dopamine Nation, psychiatrist Dr. Anna Lembke dives into the Ulysses pact on the individual behavioral level, calling it “self-binding”.

#AskFedi Curious to hear your self-binding strategies? I’ll share mine (in reply)

MrAdamJohn ,
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@ethanjstark @pluralistic this concept is great. Instead of thinking of it as self-binding by itself, I've always positioned the tactic in a broader strategy as "setting up for success"...In other words if sweets are a path that leads to behaviors one wants to curb, what are the ways we can change the opportunities to allow for a successful behavior or avoid a negative one? It's broader in its implementation and impact, but incorporates elements from this article/concept. Thank you for sharing!

futurebird , to random
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My current radical take that is driving the principal insane is the idea that to better educate our students about social media, online safety etc. we should have them set up and run their own social media on the school intranet.

And I get why. But, why do we just throw young people out into the wilds of the internet where they are surrounded by ads, creepy people, criminals etc.?

Part of why social media can be chaotic and destructive is because too many adults hope it just wont exist.

MrAdamJohn ,
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@futurebird this is a recent discussion we're having too (heads up Sharon @ienvision let's loop in others!)

MrAdamJohn ,
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@ienvision @futurebird Fantastic point - Phenomenal question, Sharon ... I have a thought. Back when X was Twitter, folks would have weekly or monthly "open meetings" on certain topics at an appointed time, typically following a given hashtag. We could start such a group here using an appropriate hashtag. (for all I know people already have done this) ... maybe ? :)

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