the only "Osborne" I can think of off the top of my head is the fictional Norman Osborne (aka the Green Goblin) [and I guess to be fair his equally fictional son Harry Osborne]
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1.You must strive to avoid bad experiences at all costs.
2.You must always trust your emotions over reason.
3.The world is a black-and-white battle between good people and bad people; there is no middle ground.
The content of that book made me feel some very visceral contempt (which I realize is not good for ME) tfor the administrators/university bureaucrats that are basically poisoning/corrupting tens of millions of minds every year*.
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/the-coddling...
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Coddling-of-the-American-Mind...
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*I wasn't sure how many people are enrolled in post-secondary educational institutions around the world so I asked chatGPT and it's response was:
me: approximately how many humans are enrolled in college or university in any given year
chatGPT: As of recent data, there are typically over 19 million students enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States alone. Globally, the number of students enrolled in colleges and universities is much larger, estimated to be in the hundreds of millions. These numbers can vary slightly from year to year due to factors like population growth, economic conditions, and educational policies.
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2020?amount=1
$1 in 2020 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1.19 today, an increase of $0.19 over 4 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 4.48% per year between 2020 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 19.17%.
This means that today's prices are 1.19 times as high as average prices since 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 84.034% of what it could buy back then.
gas was $3.22 in 2020 but is 42.17% higher in 2024, so by that metric rent is proportionally lower (than the 20% increase in rent)
Things changed rather dramatically, theoretically,because of different presidential puppet-string-pulling in terms of the FTC: https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2021/06/lina-k...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55738746
After less than 24 hours in office Biden signed 15 executive orders whereas Trump had signed 8 after two weeks (Obama had signed 9 after two weeks).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55738746
information that comes from government agencies is almost always data that has been arranged in such a way as to make those in power look like they're the good guys.
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/economic-fac...
Historically, students had consistently opposed administrative calls for campus censorship, yet recently Lukianoff was encountering more demands for campus censorship, from the students.
"There always is this fallacious belief: 'It would not be the same here; here such things are impossible.' Alas, all the evil of the twentieth century is possible everywhere on earth." -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The emergence and popularity of "woke" ideology and DEI is the beginning of this sad, disturbing, cruel, potentially deadly trend.
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/the-coddling...
https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Coddling-of-the-American-Mind...
"Sure, positive and negative self-talk can have significant effects on various aspects of mental health, performance, and well-being. Here are some scientific research findings on this topic:
Impact on Stress and Coping Mechanisms:
Research suggests that positive self-talk can help individuals cope with stress more effectively by promoting adaptive coping strategies and reducing negative emotional responses. Conversely, negative self-talk is associated with increased levels of stress and maladaptive coping behaviors such as avoidance (Hanssen, M., Vancleef, L., Vlaeyen, J., & Peters, M., 2013).
Influence on Performance:
Studies have shown that positive self-talk can enhance performance in various domains such as sports, academics, and professional settings. Positive self-talk is associated with increased confidence, motivation, and persistence, leading to improved performance outcomes. Conversely, negative self-talk can undermine performance by inducing self-doubt, anxiety, and distraction (Hardy, J., Hall, C., & Hardy, L., 2004).
Effects on Mental Health:
Positive self-talk is linked to better mental health outcomes, including higher levels of self-esteem, resilience, and subjective well-being. On the other hand, negative self-talk is associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and lower overall psychological functioning (Marshall, S., Parker, P., Ciarrochi, J., Sahdra, B., Jackson, C., & Heaven, P., 2015).
Physiological Responses:
Research suggests that self-talk can influence physiological responses such as heart rate, cortisol levels, and immune function. Positive self-talk is associated with reduced physiological arousal and stress reactivity, whereas negative self-talk can trigger a stress response and impair immune function (Penley, J., Tomaka, J., & Wiebe, J., 2002).
Neurological Correlates:
Neuroimaging studies have identified neural correlates of self-talk, showing that positive self-talk activates regions of the brain associated with reward processing, cognitive control, and emotional regulation. In contrast, negative self-talk is linked to increased activity in brain regions involved in threat perception and emotional reactivity (Morin, A., & Uttl, B., 2013)."
Anyway, I'm sure you're not beating yourself up all the time about being a dummy, but like I said in the beginning of this response, just a friendly suggestion about mindset and word-choice :)
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/retailers/ten-reasons-avoid-...
https://www.greenamerica.org/blog/10-reasons-not-shop-amazon
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/12/08/11-reasons-t...
https://financebuzz.com/avoid-shopping-on-amazon
I realize AMZN employs a huge number of people around the world and that is "good" for the world economy and I am extremely cynical about both unions and gov intervention in business, so idk what the ideal solution is aside from somehow magically convincing people to not use it and choose options that are less easy/convenient.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-20/apple-goo...
https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/11/35888191/apple-google-wa...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/technology/apple-google-s...
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-apple-deal-default-se...
the sources go on and on, which makes sense, I guess. when two of the world's biggest and most powerful companies have interests that overlap (exclude any OS that isn't Android or iOS) collusion seems like a natural choice.