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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • And remember that despite some unique large scale issues we have today, there were much, MUCH worse times to be alive. “Majority of Americans live a peaceful life and die at 70-80” is not reportable news but still largely true.

    Things are far from perfect, there are major issues, but I’d choose to live today than almost the entirety of human existence previously.

    There were definitely way more violent times in the US: there were pandemics, there were revolts, there were wars. We live in an amazing time but it takes a bit of grand perspective to realize that all the bad news is easy to see in a matter of minutes. You can have death and destruction delivered right into your home in a matter of milliseconds. It’s much much harder to see all the wonderful things happening in the world









  • Don’t most plants sense light and interact with their environment?

    Tardigrades have been observed reacting defensively to danger, even offensively. I know they’re not plants, but do they feel pain? What about brine shrimp?

    Jellyfish are super weird because they really blur the lines between plant/animal. It’s a really interesting question to ask honestly.