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DRC life lesson #2: it is human to like and need material things, but the less you have, the more you value the few things you do possess.
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DRC life lesson #1: don’t ever be afraid to get dirty. You’ll miss too much if you are.
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“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It’s good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.” — Sixo, Beloved
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Why Americans Are the Weirdest People in the World Joe Henrich, Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan are shaking up psychology and economics with their view of how culture shapes human thought and behavior.
And here is the rub: the culturally shaped analytic/individualistic mind-sets may partly explain why Western researchers have so dramatically failed to take into account the interplay between culture and cognition. In the end, the goal of boiling down human psychology to hardwiring is not surprising given the type of mind that has been designing the studies.
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Things I learned during my sixth visit to Joshua Tree: the plant above is NOT a Yucca, it is a Giant Nolina (Nolina parryi)!
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Tardigrades: Adorable extremophiles
This guy is kinda annoying, but ummm… this is cool! Where have I been that I haven’t heard of these little motherfuckers
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“Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.” — (via shelbyisms)
(Fuente: stevenrosas, vía takeeacy)
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“ FOLK NEUROSCIENCE Popular misconceptions
■ The “left-brain” is rational, the “right-brain” is creative
The hemispheres have different specialisations (the left usually has key language areas, for example) but there is no clear rational-creative split and you need both hemispheres to be successful at either. You can no more do right-brain thinking than you can do rear-brain thinking.■ Dopamine is a pleasure chemical
Dopamine has many functions in the brain, from supporting concentration to regulating the production of breast milk. Even in its most closely associated functioning it is usually considered to be involved in motivation (wanting) rather than the feeling of pleasure itself.■ Low serotonin causes depression
A concept almost entirely promoted by pharmaceutical companies in the 1980s and 90s to sell serotonin-enhancing drugs like Prozac. No consistent evidence for it.■ Video games, TV violence, porn or any other social spectre of the moment “rewires the brain”
Everything “rewires the brain” as the brain works by making and remaking connections. This is often used in a contradictory fashion to suggest that the brain is both particularly susceptible to change but once changed, can’t change back.■ We have no control over our brain but we can control our mind
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The mind and the brain are the same thing described in different ways and they make us who we are. Trying to suggest one causes the other is like saying wetness causes water.— Vaughan Bell debunks the myths of “folk neuroscience.” Also see how neuroscience became popular culture. (via explore-blog)
(Fuente: , vía explore-blog)
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It’s been a while since I’ve stopped to recapitulate my life, even to myself. Recent events have led me to reach out again, and in doing so I’ve conceptualized a lot of thoughts I hadn’t allowed to reach the forefront of my consciousness. It’s easy to stagnate out here, at least in the sense of my traditional ways of growth— but I know I’ve changed. How could it be otherwise? In the past five months, I’ve eaten and inhaled more dirt and sand than I’d ever thought possible, I’ve slept in weather that makes my water bottle freeze over, I’ve baked desserts over a camp stove, I’ve built erosion structures and planted bushes and installed steps into a trail, I’ve tasted creosote tea, I’ve had more alone time than I know what to do with, I’ve been around the same people constantly so they now feel like siblings, and I’ve met someone who will scramble up every rock with me, engage me in countless deep conversations, and share life’s little moments with me in the most fulfilling way. Though a series of misfortunes have thrown a wrench into our budding story, it’s going to be okay. Challenge accepted. The journey continues.
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Post-workday relaxation time: Warm sunshine, cold wind, breathtaking desert.
