...Either way, the Quality of Times are Not Strained!
Portia: I pray you tarry, pause a day or twoBefore you hazard, for in choosing wrong
I lose your company; therefore forbear a while.
There’s something tells me (but it is not love)
I would not lose you, and you know yourself
Hate counsels not in such a quality.
But lest you should not understand me well
(And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought)
I would detain you here some month or two
Before you venture for me. I could teach you
How to choose right, but then I am forsworn.
So will I never be. So may you miss me.
But if you do, you’ll make me wish a sin,
That I had been forsworn. Beshrew your eyes,
They have o’erlooked me and divided me.
One half of me is yours, the other half yours—
Mine own, I would say—but if mine, then yours,
And so all yours. O, these naughty times
Puts bars between the owners and their rights!
And so though yours, not yours. Prove it so,
Let Fortune go to hell for it, not I.
I speak too long, but ’tis to peize the time,
To eche it, and to draw it out in length,
To stay you from election.
from Google AI:
Spoken by Portia in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, "peize the time, to eche it" refers to intentionally slowing or extending time to delay a critical moment. The phrase combines weighing down the pace with stretching it out, illustrating her desire to postpone Bassanio's casket choice.
Not all decisions must be made at the Speed of Causality!? ;)
Nor do all Wave Functions Collapse at that Speed...
from Google AI:The Marxist principle that "quantity leads to quality" (often phrased as the transition of quantitative changes into qualitative changes) is a core component of dialectical materialism, describing how gradual, incremental changes (quantity) eventually reach a tipping point that causes a fundamental, revolutionary transformation (quality).Here is a breakdown of the meaning:
- Quantitative Changes (Gradual): These are minor, slow, accumulated changes—such as increasing the number of employees, accumulating profit, or rising social tension.
- Qualitative Changes (Sudden): These are fundamental changes in the nature or structure of something—such as the transition from one economic system to another or a radical change in state.
- The Transformation: When the quantitative changes reach a certain threshold, the old quality can no longer be maintained, resulting in a sudden break or "leap" to a new quality.
Key Examples in Marxism:
- Economics: As capitalism develops, individual firms get larger (quantitative growth). This eventually leads to a concentration of wealth so intense that it shifts the system from competitive capitalism into monopoly capitalism (qualitative change).
- Social Change: Worker discontent might grow slowly over decades (quantitative), but this can culminate in a revolution that changes the entire power structure of society (qualitative).
This concept emphasizes that history moves not only through gradual evolution but also through sudden, necessary ruptures.Usage in Creative ContextsThis principle is often applied to personal development and content creation, suggesting that producing a high volume of work (quantity) eventually leads to better results (quality).It suggests focusing on speed and volume, such as using rapid prompts to build skills or allowing creativity to emerge from the process itself, notes paintspacenola.com.Consistently creating content, rather than waiting for perfection, is a recognized strategy for creative improvement, argues this blog post by Austin Kleon
Physics is the Science of Taming Numbers
The "secrets" of the little prince...
"Anything essential is invisible to the eyes..."
"...language is the source of misunderstandings."
One see's clearly only with the heart...
It's the time spent on things that makes the things important.
"...but eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart."
Quality is an Emergent Property of Time
Everything Else Remains Quantity
16 comments:
I prefer Turchin's definition. Yawn.
Which is?
<< was blocked by Google pre-censure >>
Must be that recent EU censorship law (Digital Services Act of 2024/25).... :(
naaah, just scarcity (not enough processing power to track spam)
I doubt it. That's the whole purpose of the internet. I mean just a little while ago I posted an "eat, scoot, and run" reference and got an e-mail from Petsmart for dog medicine... @@
Yeah, nobody want to listen to polite doctor advice. But everybody forcebly bent to slave doctor demands... yawn.
peterturchin.com
https://peterturchin.com
Peter Turchin
Peter Turchin is a complexity scientist who works in the field of historical social science that he and his colleagues call: Cliodynamics.
Especially when either butts into a conversation unsolicited! But when he does, you know who's his slave.
My Technofeudal Lords await my tribute...
Responded elsewhere. I still don't understand what definition of Turchin's you're comparing to...
you bending your knees before a false gawds
well, not a gawds at all
just like pagans bending before blind and dumb forces of nature -- you trying to find mind and reason in technologies manifestations... where is none
means -- you are Ripvanvinkle... with long-long beard... that need to be shaven with Henlon's razor
Jeff Bezos DOESN'T want my money? Who knew?
And Peter Turchin is Valentin Turchin's son.
He's adapted his father's theory...
Has Peter Turchin adopted and applied his father's theory?
Peter Turchin's Core Focus: Cliodynamics
Rather than adopting his father's cybernetic and computer science theories, Peter applied his own ecological and mathematical modeling background to history. He is the founder of Cliodynamics, an interdisciplinary field that treats history as an exact science by using mathematical, statistical, and computational models to understand the rise and fall of empires.
The Theory He Actually Applies
Peter Turchin relies heavily on Structural-Demographic Theory (SDT), a macro-sociological framework largely pioneered and expanded in collaboration with historian Jack Goldstone. This theory posits that state collapse and internal civil strife are driven by cyclical trends, primarily:
Elite Overproduction: The rapid growth of the elite class relative to the number of available power positions.
Popular Immiseration: The stagnation or decline of living standards for the general population.
State Fiscal Crisis: A combination of overflowing government debt and depleted treasuries.
How He Uses His Theories
Turchin has notably used his mathematical modeling to analyze historical data from the Seshat Databank and predict modern social instability. For instance, his well-known forecast in 2010 predicting a major wave of political unrest and populist instability in the U.S. during the 2020s is extensively detailed in his books, including Ages of Discord and End Times.
...and you know how much I love psychohistory (Harry Seldon - Seldon Plan in Asimov's "Foundation".)
Qualia from Quanta
I come from a line of "lions" (not foxes). America is run by foxes (Even though Trump masquerades as a "lion").
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