2026-04-14T14:05:20Z https://yabu.me Leisureguy https://yabu.me/npub1px7676rar0cqdnnkevgkd9zaxj52n5xvkgydh5xdxx4tjgd8sdcshcsqcs https://s3.c.im/accounts/avatars/110/549/305/228/784/201/original/07815d6a987e2e0e.jpg https://s3.c.im/accounts/avatars/110/549/305/228/784/201/original/07815d6a987e2e0e.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd5khq5tqkcx0w9mp88efhd3tw365ycwpe6y9fct8ra36peqnuy2szyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phz62ecdg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzk343w8w2g3k5wazana8ga026etczp0200uvclylyz426502xcgxdfqtx'>nevent1q…fqtx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is strange is that the US has already tried permanent DST and people hated it. Those who don&#39;t know history are doomed to repeat it.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States#1973%E2%80%931975:_Year-round_experiment">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States#1973%E2%80%931975:_Year-round_experiment</a> 2025-11-03T05:20:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9k3fxmwefnt5gmvy4sk034vx5hm66s8cfhv09deqek2vkcvdsuvgzyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phzha67z2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz0nppk2g9jl8eyystxzaw9k6f2htstaj65wnv92hf7mz4qrpdcmsataf8k'>nevent1q…af8k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Regarding the too-narrow focus of meme-complexes (such as corporations but other meme entities as well) on profit: I just came across this relevant caution:<br/><br/>Don&#39;t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. - Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist (17 Oct 1915-2005) 2025-10-17T13:16:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf4nwhu9mqd5d2mjf7mwqnf4v2f5ujt9xnmwl34qqe8n75t56tfpgzyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phzzl2tyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrwrzqprujns56c8dzl95ysrfq9c4tg85l5t35k97hyvyu4w4hzeq9xyxnu'>nevent1q…yxnu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My working definition of a meme is anything someone learned from you or you learned from someone. Thus, the first rock deliberately chipped to make a sharp edge was a discovery and not a meme, but when the chipper was taught to someone or someone learned it by seeing the chipper in action, then it became a meme: a thing learned from another and potentially passed along to others. 2025-10-16T21:27:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsww8pvsdxaj7yxqux8cn3gepjtukmngdvp5ha7mmn5axw2vxrphjqzyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phz3mjkxh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspekkk6tndq78rpjzv9cpn54k3fxck2n6amrluvq5rhvf7xkec5jspt9prq'>nevent1q…9prq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unless it&#39;s the Roman Catholic church, I presume. 2025-10-16T20:06:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpva3ef4flj65qzezcqrgqs0duald9ulph7ste9lzcww747l2ucszyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phzqsc6un In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzk96nh3e8fex0hzm3mlmle32jr0wncs7hucrc4jtxhcjn48j43suzk393'>nevent1q…k393</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It occurred to me that another risk is habitat degradation. Corporations generally prospered when their habitat included things like beneficial government controls that ensured a level playing field and restricted unfair competition (and monopoly power), and kept fraud out of securities. The more tentative regulatory environment today affects corporate health and survivability.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ekj4xpv39xq62cqvjf95hlz4n49v82kcl2r5g8d6dclnnw4yxlwq8vwjxt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cy</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ekj…wjxt</span>)</a></span>, I appreciate your letting me know you won&#39;t read Blackmore&#39;s essay, but informing me is not necessary. It was an offering, not an assignment. Read or not, as you please.<br/><br/>I also enjoy condemning the wrongs the Roman Catholic church has committed, and they are legion, but I introduced that organization into this discussion because it has survived for a long time and is sustained not only by money but also by the devotion and efforts of its adherents. 2025-10-16T19:52:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0nppk2g9jl8eyystxzaw9k6f2htstaj65wnv92hf7mz4qrpdcmszyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phzs8qtys In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw79r7flsdfn48mazk34u0et32kw97j66lw5eptp6enwncd7ksrjcymklmy'>nevent1q…klmy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Susan Blackmore&#39;s essay is interesting in this context: <a href="https://www.susanblackmore.uk/chapters/dangerous-memes-or-what-the-pandorans-let-loose/">https://www.susanblackmore.uk/chapters/dangerous-memes-or-what-the-pandorans-let-loose/</a><br/><br/>One problem might be the diet (source of energy) of modern corporations. Organisms whose diet has become overspecialized (koalas, pandas, etc.) are at a survival disadvantage, so perhaps complex memes with too narrow a diet also are at risk.<br/><br/>Some complex memes (e.g., Roman Catholic church) have a broad diet, getting energy from multiple sources, but today corporations and society more broadly have narrowed their diet/focus to one nutrient: money/profit. By focusing solely on money, they develop blind spots and become more vulnerable. 2025-10-16T19:21:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw79r7flsdfn48mazk34u0et32kw97j66lw5eptp6enwncd7ksrjczyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phzxwhh3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dt9w7ykl6ere503fepx68evfzurs7r8cdt4gzk5gju943p4n98glnlwrz'>nevent1q…lwrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Corporations are an evolved organism-like entity (a multiple-meme thing, like a multicellular organism, &#34;meme&#34; in the Richard Dawkins sense). Such entities show a lot of organism-like behavior (e.g., immune systems) and often have long lifespans (cf. Roman Catholic church). Just as organisms can fall prey to parasites that evade the immune system and kill the organism, so can corporations. I am thinking of the zombie-ant fungus: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis</a>. 2025-10-16T16:24:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyuk7v25qdm5nhl2gyx80d3dx543y4wn34w869kwe980q8t6tzq9czyqymmtmg05dlqpkwwm93ze55t56232wsejeq3k7se5c64wfp57phzvdrch4 This is somewhat scary: AI capabilities have been doubling every 7 months for the past six years. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-can-handle-tasks-twice-as-complex-every-few-months-what-does-this-exponential-growth-mean-for-how-we-use-it">https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-can-handle-tasks-twice-as-complex-every-few-months-what-does-this-exponential-growth-mean-for-how-we-use-it</a><br/><br/>#AI #Singularity 2025-04-27T14:27:02Z