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“The meaning of life is service to others. That’s it, he said. When you are a service to others that will vanquish your own inadequacies, your anxieties, your depression. It brings you into the moment. And not only that, it makes the world a better place. And there is a lot of people that need a lot of service right now. So shifting humanity’s entire focus from self-interest to other interests, you know, instead of selfishness, otherness was his entire thesis of the meaning of life. And I thought that was I mean, it just it’s so true. It doesn’t get better than that.”- Rainn Wilson #humanityAgents #humanliteracy #literacy21 #huot #claimyouragency

There have been many rock songs written in the past century that perfectly encapsulate the feeling of sadness. Be it a melancholy melody that stirs sorrow and remorse from within, or lyrics that tug at the heartstrings, something about a really sad tune awakens a different side to humanity that, when explored, can allow one to feel multiple emotions at once, and in the case of an extremely well-written song, cause them to heal and overcome whatever made them seek out the track in the first place. According to a list compiled by Far Out Magazine, the absolute saddest song ever recorded is Nirvana's "Something In The Way." The tragic tune, written entirely by lead singer Kurt Cobain, is featured on 1991's Nevermind as an "ode to solitude." #humanliteracy https://lnkd.in/egMeUu2B

Join Us at #ImpactFest 2024 for a Conversation on Active Citizenship! 🌍 On 7 November Humanity of Things Agency will be at ImpactFest hosting a Table Talk titled "Active Citizenship: The Role of Citizens in Building Resilient Communities" and we want YOU to join us! We’re thrilled to bring together public and private perspectives to explore how active citizenship can drive innovation and resilience in our communities. Led by our own 🦋Marisa Monteiro Borsboom and Dirk Bloem, we’ll discuss Impact Cities & Regions, and how policy, technology, and public-private partnerships can foster greater citizen involvement and build resilient societies. 📅 Date: 7 November 2024 🕒 Time: 12:15 - 13:00 📍 Location: Table 8, Fokker Terminal, The Hague 🔗 Get your ticket: https://lnkd.in/drE4M3q This session will also be supported by CCINP - Chamber of Commerce and Industry NL-PT and Miguel Henriques to bring a truly international perspective to the session. Join us at ImpactFest to connect, learn, and contribute to the conversation. Let’s co-create resilient cities where active citizenship thrives! #ImpactFest2024 #HumanityOfThings #ActiveCitizenship #ResilientCommunities #Innovation #PublicPrivatePartnerships #Sustainability #TalentForTheFuture #DoingBusinessAndDoingGood

Time to know what we need to know https://lnkd.in/edH5Yn37

On #humanliteracy and schools https://lnkd.in/e3awxCk7

“Hello curious minds “ #briancox Source: #intotheUnknown YouTube https://lnkd.in/e8CgRk_v

“Can we get serious now “ and talk about the human factor ? While machines rise our human intelligence must be ready to show its brilliancy . Human wisdom, experience and genius are the core of our own humanity and we must protect it, safeguard it and empower it . AHI - Augmented Human Intelligence https://lnkd.in/ewFDBZ9S

“If you have a loaf of bread and I have a euro, and I use my euro to buy your bread, at the end of the exchange, I will have the bread and you will have the euro. It seems like a perfect balance, doesn’t it? A has a euro, B has a loaf; afterwards, A has the bread and B has the euro. It’s a fair transaction, but purely material. Now, imagine you have a Verlaine sonnet or know Pythagoras' theorem, and I have nothing. If you teach me, at the end of that exchange, I will have learned the sonnet and the theorem, but you will still have them as well. In this case, there is not just balance, but growth. In the first instance, we exchange goods. In the second, we share knowledge. And while goods are consumed, culture expands infinitely.” Michel Serres, French Philosopher #humanityagents #huot #claimyouragency #humanities #literacy21 #humanliteracy #doweknowwhatweneedtoknow

If anything, #AI has got us thinking about what traits are exclusively #human. Anthropologist Donald E. Brown found 211 “features of #culture, #society, #language, #behavior, and #psyche for which there are no known exception”—characteristics that represent the evolution of our species’ mental adaptation to communal life universal human traits that we all share." But being human is changing and to know how much, a good exercise is to delve into this list and cross out how many traits are interpreted by #AI services. My count today was 24.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Horace Mann #accomplishment, #achievement #humanity, #victory #humanityagents #claimyouragency https://lnkd.in/ecjmzJsY