#life evolution

Quality 10 minute run-through of 6 millions years of human evolution by Kurzgesagt.

Apply this sort of statement liberally to anything that you think upset you, big and small.  Do not discriminate.  Do not overlook any small upsets in favor of big ones, or vice versa.  Search your mind for whatever upset you can dig up.

What have you learned?  What can you share with the rest of us?  Leave me  a note in the comment section.

Alan Watts

Here's a short practice in manifesting your wishes: Take your age. Add 2 to that age. Write the following down on a new sheet of paper: Before I reach the age of xx, I will have done these 3 things... List the three things you will love to accomplish in that span of time. Put the list up in a space you are mostly likely to pass during the day. If you like, you can fill the page up with photos and drawing and clippings that represent your plans. And finally, work your hardest to accomplish them as soon as possible. That is; BE expectant, HAVE faith, DO the work. Let me know some of the things you'd like to see for yourselves over the next bit of time. Leave a little note below.

This is an evolutionary landscape. It’s one of my favorite scientific concepts, because it uses intuitive mathematical concepts to help visualize the forces behind evolution. Different locations on the horizontal plane correspond to different genetic combinations. Two dimensions is a gross simplification, but it still works.   The higher vertical points correspond to genotypes, or even species, which are more “fit” for survival and reproduction.  If conditions in the habitat shift, the landscape shifts with it. That is, if an ice age or rapid global warming comes, suddenly the species that were really well adapted may not be so fit, and the peaks and valleys change.   Where on the landscape a species sits will determine how it evolves, being inevitably pulled towards the peak whose slope it is already on. You can’t get from the top of one peak to the peak of the next one without becoming much less fit, a transition that no species could survive. This has a lot of interesting philosophical implications which can be applied to life. Ponder that one for now, I'll return to the topic shortly.