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Jevon's paradox is the observation that as you make things more available and efficient demand for those things goes UP.
Examples: 1) Fuel efficiency advances in the 70s and 80s created the monster SUVs and Trucks of today full of features that use MORE fuel. 2) The cotton gin was though to use cotton so efficiently that slavery would be abolished.
... See more“con-sequence” translates to “with sequence.” We see this word negatively (“there will be consequences”), but the word is about causality.
semantic drift: the slow change in words’ meanings over time. This principle also applies to cultural symbols, which can often come to mean the very opposite.
W. David Marx • Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
WIP definitions:
Aganippe : In Greek legend, a fountain of Boetia at the foot of Mount Helicon, dedicated to the MUSES because it imparted poetic inspiration. Hence the Muses are sometimes called Aganippides. Also the NYMPH of this fountain.
ages: Hesiod (8th century BC): golden, silver, brazen, heroic, iron (also planets) — Shakespeare's 7 ages in
nebulous : misty, foggy, cloudy, formless
moksha. : not escapism, but to transcend mundane loops
kairos : opportune moment, a fleeting turning point
faith : on the right course, not “belief”
prophet : one who corrects the course of culture, not “future seer”
cosmic tide — the idea that the whole life of the universe—from the big bang to the collapsing of the universe—is just one wave in an “ocean” that’s beyond space time. What if the comedy and tragedy and all possible beautiful and all potential forms of life within our plenum is just the crashing of a single wave? It is a loop, a wave, a heartbeat,
... See moreWIP words: affiance, affirmations, afflicted, affront, aficionado, afraid, alienate, alienation effect, all-over painting, allegory, Allen’s rule, allusion, als of, altruism, deconstruction, deep structure, defamiliarization, differance, high dawn / low dawn
WIP (AI) definitions:
Alabaster: A fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often used for carving and decorative objects.
Alacrity: Brisk and cheerful readiness; eagerness.
Albatross: A large seabird known for its ability to fly long distances. In literature and symbolism, it represents a burden or curse, often related to guilt or
concrescence: the act of turning abstract potential into something tangible.