top image = probably 2 species of caterpillar...next image is metal lid from a container of axel grease...from back when there were wagons crossing this area...the next image is of 4 small obsidian flaked tools all of which have a similar small half circle flaked spot which I think was used to scrape sinew clean for use...just conjecture on my part...
I have been able to listen to a lot of YouTube presentations over the last month or so, and I am amazed at how didactic these scholarly offerings are...I do however take umbrage at some of the comments I have heard about "social media"...it is buffet and it ain't all healthy...so choose well and nourish your mind...or not...there is a fellow who goes by the moniker "internet anarchist' who has said about Lex Fridman..."he rarely adds anything meaningful to the conversations and even when he does it's rarely anything interesting..."....this is the opposite of my impression of Dr. Fridmans many presentations...and he probably also has the best screen in screen additions...he is a master of making things clear for his viewers...he had an interview (# 482) with a mr Pavel Durov who founded "TELEGRAM" which is a messaging application I think...it is known for being able to transmit information without being hacked by others than the intended recipient...supposedly....mr. Durov spent some jail time in France while the French authorities tried to convince him to turn over his "keys" to the kingdom as it were...he allegedly resisted...this interview which is 4 hours and 34 minutes long is interesting in that mr. Durov explains his history as an academic in Russia as a teenager and his decision to create this popular application which has brought him some wealth and fame...his image online without upper body clothing illustrates the result of his intense exercise regime...and also may account for his attractiveness to women and his 106 offspring...some of which were as a sperm doner...Dr. Fridman seems to be enthusiastic about folks who are disciplined in their exercise routines...however, since I also exercised daily at my labor jobs I cannot but wonder if some of these folks might not be more "useful" while expending energy... as Capt. Elon Musk often says "BE USEFUL"...towards the end of this interview Durov says with some enthusiasm that he is a fan of "Snoop Dogg" and mr. Dogg has a telegram account with which he managed to sell a lot of snoop dog gifts otherwise known as useless plastic crap...in his latest "musical?" offering mr Dogg seems to be suffering from the effects of a lifelong pot addiction...amazingly Mr. Durov does not use drugs or alcohol or even coffee...so what his attraction is to the the pimp and pothead mr dogg I cannot imagine....however, one of the things that mr Durov holds sacred is "anonymous communication"...that is to say no restrictions on communication...this is the opposite of what Ralph Nader advocates,,,who says no anonymous communication on the internet is best...something between these two views might be best..."Communication= from the latin "communicatio"= making common...a fundamental concept in the study of behavior, whether by humans, animals, or machines that acts as a frame of reference for the concept of language. Communication refers to the transmission of information (a message) between a source and a receiver, using a signaling system.""Communicative Shift"= speech developed 50 to 60 thousand years ago... Script developed 5500 years ago...Print developed 500 years ago and now artificial intelligence which is less than a decade old and which appears to be poised to dominate human communication...a phase shift in what humans can expect to encounter...
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