Sweet Brainchild of Mine!
What’s happened to the toys in your attic?
– #A Fragmented Provocation on an Unsubscribed[1] Contraindication to Being Human –
Hello? / Hello? Hello? Hello? / Is there anybody in there? / Just nod if you can hear me / Is there anyone home? / Come on now / I hear you're feeling down / Well I can ease your pain / Get you on your feet again / Relax / I'll need some information first / Just the basic facts / Can you show me where it hurts? / There is no pain you are receding / A distant ship smoke on the horizon / You are only coming through in waves / Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying / When I was a child I had a fever / My hands felt just like two balloons / Now I've got that feeling once again / I can't explain you would not understand / This is not how I am / I have become comfortably numb (Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb)
Time will tell ... – The future will tell if ... – As for the future ... – Let's see what the future holds ... .
What’s wrong with these meaningless ... sorry ... medieval phrases?
How about substituting AI[2] ... Neuroscience[3] ... Business Folks[4] for time and future …Time and Future meaning New Age of (In)Corporate(d) Plasticity[5]?! – ain’t this old hat?!
The last thing he learned was that death is the end of pain. (Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Marching Morons)
How about attaching an us to tell?! – ... tell us ... .
How about substituting convince, persuade for tell?! – ... convince, persuade us ... .
The most dangerous worldviews are the worldviews of those who have never viewed the world. (Alexander von Humboldt)
Probably, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush is supposed to mean Advancing a sudden idea of yours is worth all the plans for the future.
Who has ever thought of depression[6], well-educated helplessness[7], retirement[8] in terms of boredom?
Who has ever thought of burnout[9] in the sense of challenged if not overwhelmed, i.e. non-competitive lameness?
Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul. (Friedrich Froebel)
Who has ever thought of voluntary social services in terms of the caregiver-syndrome[10], i.e. people proving incapable of fulfilling themselves, hence inevitably serving others obsessively?
Children have an absorbent mind. They absorb knowledge from the environment without fatigue. This is the moment in the life of man when we can do something for the betterment of humanity and further brotherhood. (Maria Montessori)
When do Children, being producers and natural sculpturers[11] of their mind, practioners of fast and slow sensory[12] enlightenment, i.e. Athletes, Cavorts, Climbers, Divers, Jumpers ... Explorers, Litterbugs, Scientists ... Drawers, Painters, Sculpturers ... Riddlers, Scribblers, Writers ... Dancers, Musicians, Singers ... Daydreamers, Lovers of Leisure ... creepingly start regressing to Teenage Epitomes of Digital[13] Idleness ... Digitised[14] Examples of Exaggerated Idiocies ... InstaFace[15] Influencers[16] ... at best Multi-Media Moppet Monsters[17] ... Spotify Billionaires[18]?
Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. (Reggio Emilia)
When will these Youngsters be turning into Marching Morons[19] of Forced Labourers, coercively consumptive Nine to Five Adults of Limited Success, cheaper by the dozen on Easy Credit Policies and Easy Terms of Pay-As-You-Go-to-Death, called Retirement?
Well, I think it's fine / Building jumbo planes / Or taking a ride on a cosmic train / Switch on summer from a slot machine / Yes, get what you want to if you want / 'Cause you can get anything / I know we've come a long way / We're changing day to day / But tell me, where do the children play? (Cat Stevens, Where do the Children Play?)
Do you get it?!
Learning by doing … emphasis put on doing (!) doesn’t suggest turning into an insulated digital homebody, a poor artifical surrogate of your God-given presence, persona and personality.
Music was my first love / And it will be my last / Music of the future / And music of the past / To live without my music / Would be impossible to do / In this world of troubles / My music pulls me through (John Miles, Music)
Remember, the best things in life are free![20]
To educate the whole child, his heart and his will must be reached, as well as the mind. If a child has been able in his play to give up his whole loving being to the world around him, he will be able, in the serious tasks of later life, to devote himself with confidence and power to the service of the world. (Rudolf Steiner)
How about reviving and vivifying the Plasticity of Your Natural Being by means of enjoying Arts[21] ... (Day) Dreams[22] ... Foreign Cultures and Languages[23] ... Poetry[24] ... Writing[25] ... Love[26] ... Music[27] ... Dancing[28] ... Sports[29].
When I think of all the worries that people seem to find / And how they're in a hurry to complicate their minds / By chasing after money and dreams that can't come true / 'm glad that we are different, we've better things to do / When others plan their future, I'm busy loving you (The Grass Roots, Let's live for Today)
Be yourself!
Why don’t you do it again?!
Frame of Reference
[1] Child poverty | UNICEF: An estimated 356 million children live in extreme poverty. ––– The forgotten 3 billion | Brookings: There are 3.4 billion people who are seemingly forgotten, not extremely poor, not part of the middle class, and not rich. Who are they? The missing group is perhaps best described as the “vulnerable.” They are not poor enough to feature prominently in the poverty and inequality discourse ... .
[2] Ray Kurzweil (Wikiped) | Transcendent Man 2009 - YouTube ––– Neuralink ––– Brain Chips Like Elon Musk's Neuralink Can Change Your Personality (businessinsider.com) ––– Neuralink: Story of Elon Musk's Brain-Microchip Company (businessinsider.com) ––– The Science Behind Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip | WIRED - YouTube ––– Musk says brain chip to begin human trials soon – and plans to get one himself | Elon Musk | The Guardian ––– U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans (reuters.com) ––– Mark Zuckerberg Introduces VR Work Meetings - YouTube ––– Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Starts With Virtual Reality Meetings | WIRED ––– Facebook's Metaverse Dream Is a Conference Room? It Sounds More Like a Nightmare | Inc.com ––– related as follows: Daniel F. Galouye, Simulacron-3 (freeshell.org) ––– World on a Wire (1973) | The Criterion Collection ––– BrainStorm - YouTube ––– The Thirteenth Floor (1999) - FilmAffinity ––– WarnerBros.com | The Matrix | Movies
[3] Nita Farahany: The Battle For Your Brain : Internet Archive ––– Positioning : The Battle For Your Mind : Ries, Al : Internet Archive
[4] Ray Kurzweil (Wikiped) ––– Elon Musk (Wikiped) Mark Zuckerberg (Wikiped)
[5] Neuroplasticity The Ultimate Brain Rewiring Formula 3.0 : Internet Archive ––– Rewiring the Brain: The Promise and Peril of Neuroplasticity - YouTube ––– Rewiring the corporate brain : using the new science to rethink how we structure and lead organizations : Zohar, Danah, 1945- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive ––– The new brain : how the modern age is rewiring your mind : Restak, Richard, 1942 : Internet Archive
[6] Major depressive disorder (Wikiped) ––– Depression and associated physical diseases and symptoms - PMC (nih.gov) ––– Depressive disorder (depression) (who.int)
[7] Opposites: Learned helplessness (Wikiped) ––– Learned helplessness - PMC (nih.gov) ––– Learned Helplessness | Psychology Today ––– Learned helplessness: Examples, symptoms, and treatment (medicalnewstoday.com) ––– Learned Helplessness: Seligman’s Theory of Depression (positivepsychology.com) ––– Learned Helplessness Theory in Psychology (seligman): Examples & Coping (simplypsychology.org) ––– What Is Learned Helplessness, and How Do You ‘Unlearn’ It? (betterup.com)
[8] From the cost of living to sheer boredom: Why so many people are rethinking retirement (worklife.news) ––– Retired, Financially Stable, and Bored as Buggery (altusfinancial.com.au) ––– The Hard Parts of Retirement: Boredom and Other Problems | NewRetirement –––Retirement Just Might Be Boring – Center for Retirement Research (bc.edu)
[9] Burn-out an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases (who.int) ––– Occupational burnout (Wikiped)
[10] Opposites: Caregiver stress (Wikiped) ––– Helper theory (Wikiped)
[11] Neuroplasticity (Wikiped) ––– Norman Doidge - The Brain that Changes Itself (brainmaster.com)
[12] Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow (dspace.vnbrims.org)
[13] Demencia Digital : Manfred Spitzer : Internet Archive ––– Manfred Spitzer: Digital dementia: What We and Our Children are Doing to our Minds (cognitive-remediation-journal.com) ––– The mind within the net : Manfred Spitzer : Internet Archive
[14] Opposites: How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy | The New Yorker ––– Children and parents - media use and attitudes report 2022 (ofcom.org.uk) ––– Constantly Connected: How Media Use Can Affect Your Child - HealthyChildren.org ––– Daily Media Use Among Children and Teens Up Dramatically From Five Years Ago | KFF ––– Kids Are Using Social Media More Than Ever, Study Finds - The New York Times (nytimes.com) ––– Social Media Day 2023 - Postive and Negative Effects of Social Media on Children (firstcry.com)
[15] The “Instaface Effect”: How Social Media Shapes Plastic Surgery Expectations (saberplasticsurgery.com) ––– The Age of Instagram Face | The New Yorker ––– Follow, filter, filler? Social media usage and cosmetic procedure intention, acceptance, and normalization among young adults - ScienceDirect ––– Influence of Social Media on the Decision to Undergo a Cosmetic Procedure - PMC (nih.gov) ––– Influencers exchange cheap cosmetic surgery for promotion on Tik Tok, but at a cost (nbcnews.com) ––– Social Media and the Rising Trend of Cosmetic Surgery | Psychology Today ––– Social Media Opening Youth Up to Cosmetic Surgery? | MedPage Today
[16] Opposites: Kid influencer (Wikiped) ––– Child Influencers in the Creator Economy (acis.aaisnet.org) ––– Kid Influencers: How Kids Are Becoming Famous on Instagram | Influencer Matchmaker ––– The Influencer Impact - Children and Screens ––– The Terrifying Rise of the Child Influencer and the Parents Who Profit | by Zulie Rane | OneZero (medium.com) ––– Nothing Is Protecting Child Influencers From Exploitation | WIRED ––– The US Is Finally Dealing With the Exploitation of Child Influencers - CNET ––– | ––– Facebook: Facebook Account for Kids | GoStudent | GoStudent ––– Facebook 'no place' for young children - BBC News ––– | ––– Instagram: Influencers and celebs regret putting kids on social media (nypost.com) ––– The 'sharent' trap – should you ever put your children on social media? | Parents and parenting | The Guardian ––– Instagram under fire over sexualised child images | Online abuse | The Guardian ––– | ––– TikTok: How many kids use TikTok? Should I let my kid use TikTok? - CyberPurify ––– How TikTok’s algorithm ‘exploits the vulnerability’ of children | TikTok | The Guardian ––– TikTok Is Fined $15.9 Million Over Misusing Kids’ Data in Britain - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
[17] Midget Apexes of Acting N Beauty Queens: Child actor (Wikiped) ––– Child beauty pageant (Wikiped) ––– | ––– Smartass Kids: Art Linkletter Show Let's Visit The Kids HD - YouTube ––– Diff'rent Strokes (Wikiped) – Gary Coleman (Wikiped), Todd Bridges (Wikiped) ––– Full House (Wikiped) ––– Mary-Kate Olsen (Wikiped), Ashley Olsen (Wikiped) ––– | ––– Celebrities: Our Gang (Wikiped), Shirley Temple (Wikiped), Mickey Rooney (Wikiped), Judy Garland (Wikiped) ––– Natalie Wood (Wikiped), Elizabeth Taylor (Wikiped) ––– Ron Howard (Wikiped), Kurt Russell (Wikiped), Jodie Foster (Wikiped) ––– Michael Jackson (Wikiped), The Osmonds (Wikiped), Donny Osmond (Wikiped) ––– Marie Osmond (Wikiped) ––– Leif Garrett (Wikiped), Tatum O'Neal (Wikiped), Kristy McNichol (Wikiped), Brooke Shields (Wikiped) ––– Whitney Houston (Wikiped), Kris Kross (Wikiped), Bobby Brown (Wikiped), Justin Timberlake (Wikiped), Britney Spears (Wikiped), Miley Cyrus (Wikiped), Justin Bieber (Wikiped) ––– | ––– Star Search N Got Talent Clones around The World: Star Search (Wikiped) ––– 19 Celebrities Who Got Their Start on "Star Search" — Best Life (bestlifeonline.com) ––– Got Talent Kids around the world
[18] BILLIONS CLUB - playlist by Spotify | Spotify
[19] The Marching Morons : Kornbluth, C. M. (Cyril M.) : Internet Archive
[20] The Best Things In Life Are Free (1949) - Frank Sinatra - YouTube
[21] How art changes the brain - The University of Sydney ––– How The Brain Is Affected By Art - Rehabilitation Medicine (acrm.org) ––– This is your brain on art: How music, dance and poetry can help your brain : Shots - Health News : NPR
[22] Brain Plasticity and The Reason Why We Dream | by Vinicius Monteiro | ILLUMINATION | Medium ––– Neuroplasticity: The Key to Why We Dream — Catalyst (utcatalyst.org) ––– Frontiers | The Defensive Activation Theory: REM Sleep as a Mechanism to Prevent Takeover of the Visual Cortex (frontiersin.org) ––– Why Do We Dream? A New Theory on How It Protects Our Brains | Time
[23] Neuroplasticity & Language Lab | University of Washington | Department of Linguistics (uw.edu) ––– Neuroplasticity as a function of second language learning: anatomical changes in the human brain - PubMed (nih.gov) ––– The Impact of Learning a Language on Brain Health (news-medical.net) ––– How Learning a Language Changes Your Brain | Discover Magazine
[24] This is your brain on art: How music, dance and poetry can help your brain : Shots - Health News : NPR ––– The science and poetry in learning (and teaching) to read - kappanonline.org
[25] How Writing Affects Your Brain, According to Science | by Kristina Segarra | The Writing Cooperative ––– Frontiers | Neuroplasticity-Based Cognitive and Linguistic Skills Training Improves Reading and Writing Skills in College Students (frontiersin.org) ––– Brain Matter: How to Use Neuroplasticity to be More Creative | by Brandi Fleeks | Medium ––– The Neuroscience of Creativity: A Q&A with Anna Abraham - Scientific American Blog Network ––– Lessons in Writing — From Neuroscience | by Emily Payton | Medium ––– The Writing Brain | Academic Editing Services (writersfriend.org) ––– How does learning new genres impact students’ identies? (wac.colostate.edu)
[26] The neuroendocrinology of love - PMC (nih.gov) ––– The Brain in Lust and Love - Positive Neuroplasticity ––– Rewire Your Brain for Love - Mindful
[27] Frontiers | How Musical Training Shapes the Adult Brain: Predispositions and Neuroplasticity (frontiersin.org) ––– JAL | Free Full-Text | Enhancing Neuroplasticity Is Urgent: Music and Dance for the UN/WHO Decade of Action for Healthy Ageing for All (mdpi.com) ––– Listening to favorite music improves brain plasticity -- ScienceDaily ––– Music and Brain Plasticity: How Sounds Trigger Neurogenerative Adaptations | IntechOpen
[28] Dance for neuroplasticity: A descriptive systematic review - PubMed (nih.gov) ––– Dance for neuroplasticity: A descriptive systematic review - ScienceDirect ––– Dance training is superior to repetitive physical exercise in inducing brain plasticity in the elderly - PMC (nih.gov) ––– Frontiers | Evolution of Neuroplasticity in Response to Physical Activity in Old Age: The Case for Dancing (frontiersin.org)
[29] Movement and the Brain: Moving Our Bodies to Move Our Brain! (coordikids.com) ––– Neuroplasticity and motor learning in sport activity (efsupit.ro) ––– Neuroplasticity in Sports Person (alliedacademies.org) ––– Neurodiagnostics in Sports: Investigating the Athlete’s Brain to Augment Performance and Sport-Specific Skills - PMC (nih.gov)