Bold prediction on Alzheimer's by a Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth College:
Not only have there been more than 200 failed trials for Alzheimer’s, it’s been clear for some time that researchers are likely decades away from being able to treat this dreaded disease. Which leads me to a prediction: There will be no effective therapy for Alzheimer’s disease in my lifetime.The rest of the article gives some strong arguments as to why this might be the case.
I had no idea the extent China was investing in the rest of the world. I really need to start learning more about China if I am going to understand the future.
Speaking of China, Jimmy Carter had this to say
“Since 1979, do you know how many times China has been at war with anybody?” Carter asked. “None. And we have stayed at war.” The U.S., he noted, has only enjoyed 16 years of peace in its 242-year history, making the country “the most warlike nation in the history of the world,” Carter said. This is, he said, because of America’s tendency to force other nations to “adopt our American principles.”Carter is one of those rare people who gets more radical as he gets older. And I love it.
#generative on twitter makes me happy, especially this.
How Seven Nation Army became an anthem chant.
The Outline making the case that the Trump presidency has been good for psychedelic drug research. In our politically polarized climate, neglect has probably been optimal.
Check out the Degringolade Dreamwidth journal. The dictionary definition of degringolade is "a rapid decline or deterioration (as in strength, position, or condition) : downfall." Here's a good post to start with. And here is the older blog before it was moved to Dreamwidth.
Aphorisms and Shorts
When neither side engages in good faith, any instance of being correct is purely coincidental.
Corollary: I refuse to praise tribe-D or tribe-R at this point.
Related: be very suspicious of any take-down that assumes each and every thing someone else stated is wrong.
"We hyper[-]manage our identities. We hurt each other. We go out and buy some shit. Bonus points when we do all three at once." td0s of Pray for Calamity
Rick Sanchez says ". . . being nice is something stupid people to hedge their bets." But really, intelligence is a way that dark people keep going in darkness longer than they should.
Boston is a riddle. New York City is an explanation. (Cribbed from C.K. Chesterton on London versus Paris).
