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  • ¡POR FAVOR SEÑOR! - The World Cup - USA-MEXICO-CANADA 2026 - World Cup 2026 - World Cup Alert!!

    Here you have, my fiends!… MY GUIDE TO THE BEST SPORTS, MUSIC, FOODS, COMEDY AND WRITING AND PEOPLE IN ALL 16 HOST CITIES IN 2026 FIFA WORLDS CUP IN UNITED STATES AMERICA, CANADIA & MECXICO!

    January 22, 2026 - By Dave

    Guess What, my fiends!! I do you big favour and do travel guide to all 16 host cities for 2026 FIFA World cup in USA, Canada, and Mexcico/. All the best sports – Boom! All the best food -bang! All the best comedy and comedians – blop! All th best music – boom bang! All the best writing and writers…

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  • On Knowledge of Self - On learning - On Socrates - On the Ancients - On the philosophy of...

    Maybe the truth is unattainable, but it’s possible to at least get close to it… and further away from what it’s not (The philosophy of: Plato’s Cave)

    July 29, 2018 - By Dave

    In Y Tu Mamá También, as part of their manifesto, the Charolastras believe that ‘The Truth is cool, but unattainable’. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try to attain it. And it may not be about learning what’s truth and then confirming it over and over, it might be more important to eliminate what is not. So think of the perfect relationship,…

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  • On learning - On the philosophy of...

    The Philosophy of: Tim Minchin (& Example) – A life of learning, teaching and helping is a complete one (and the life of a playful kid)

    February 3, 2018 - By Dave

    Take a leaf out of Peter Pan’s manual… – From Example – 10 Million People Professional sportspeople have it nice. They get to live the life of a kid into their 20s, 30s and even 40s (Tom Brady, Jaromir Jagr etc.). Playing games well into their adulthood. Then they coach sometimes and tell others how to play games. Musicians have…

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  • On Being Human - On Existence - On learning - On Pain - On the Brain - On the Mind - Why you watch it

    The Philosophy of: Lucy – Who you are, what you want to be… it’s all obstacles.

    January 24, 2018 - By Dave

    All the (created) anxieties around life, like ‘You have to find your passion’, you have to be successful, you have to own a house as young as possible, you need to look cool, or hot, or young… it’s all bullshit… and as Lucy says, it’s all obstacles. All of that stands in the way of unlocking the true power of your…

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  • Deep Dives - on AI - On Knowledge - On learning - On the philosophy of...

    A Deep Dive into: AI [pt.4] – The formula: Humans making huge inroads in AI + AI can learn at a much faster rate than we can + We understand barely anything about the brain + AI doesn’t give a fuck about emotion or sympathy = Get ready for the most ironic and awkward thing in the history of the universe ever (& the Philosophy of: Funnybot)

    December 15, 2017 - By Dave

    As humans we’ve pretty much run our course. We’ve been going thousands of years to make advances in weapons, agriculture, engineering, all to build up to getting amazing as shit at making technology that is faster, better, can do more calculations quicker and ultimately smarter than us. All this is going one way. And it’s hard to argue against it……

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  • On Knowledge - On learning - On Socrates - On the Ancients - On the philosophy of...

    Was Socrates taking the piss? [pt.2] – Does saying ‘There’s only one thing I know – that I know nothing’ actually mean you’re saying you know TWO things?

    November 26, 2017 - By Dave

    This is something my girlfriend suggested to me after yesterday’s post on the better way to approach knowledge and whether Socrates was taking the piss. If Socrates said ‘There’s only one thing I know – that I know nothing.’, doesn’t that mean that he’s saying he actually knows TWO things? The fact that he knows nothing and 2. The actual…

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  • listening
    On learning - On people

    Simultaneous experiment #3 – Listening to what people say

    September 12, 2017 - By Dave

    While someone’s telling you something.. do you ever already start putting together your response, or thinking about what you’re going to say back, while they’re saying it? As they’re making a point or telling you something about their life, are you ever already formulating a cleverly-crafted or funny remark in response? This is from the COMMUNICATION entry in The Onion Book of…

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  • On learning

    Fuck passion. Give a shit, but don’t be passionate.

    August 1, 2017 - By Dave

    When you’re passionate about something, you become blind to any evidence or opinions against it. It’s easy to start thinking yours is the only way. There’s a difference between giving heaps of fucks about something and being passionate about something. ISIS are passionate, the KKK too. You think they see the other side? Hells to the shit nahs. They’re right,…

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  • On learning - Why you watch it

    Being a teacher’s not about giving a fuck about teaching, it’s about giving a fuck about learning (and this is one who did) [+ the genius of Idiocracy]

    July 26, 2017 - By Dave

    I’ve talked before about a past teacher of mine who gave heaps of fucks about learning. This is another one: Dr. Howard Good. Professor Good’s another one of my top 5 favourite teachers of all time. I took his ‘Press in America’ class at SUNY New Paltz in New York State, back in ’07 (almost 10 years to the day, actually).…

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  • on language - On learning

    NO, ACTUALLY… yo no sé nada en inglés, sé menos que nada en español y ESCUCHO NADA en ambos idioma

    July 13, 2017 - By Dave

    Take #3. Yesterday, homeboy Esteban from Colombia ripped apart and patched back up my first-ever attempt at writing Spanish. And I did pay attention, but I still went ahead and just made the same mistakes or even dumber ones (‘Esta es mi primer tiempo bez…’? The fuck is that?) Anyway, today, another one of my Spanish-speaking students tore apart my even…

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  • on language - On learning

    ACTUALLY… yo no sé de nada en inglés y sé MENOS QUE NADA en español

    July 12, 2017 - By Dave

    Today, one of my Spanish-speaking students tore apart my first ever attempt at writing in Spanish yesterday. Thanks to homeboy Esteban from Colombia, this is the much-improved and non-demented version of it: Esta es mi primer tiempo bez escribendo en español, después de e 9 diás aprendiendo de el idioma (más or menás). Es muy importante preguntarte siempre ¿Por qué lo…

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