Amy Serrat

The Kardashev scale identifies three critical factors for civilizations: 1. Energy consumption capacity 2. Technological advancement level 3. Interplanetary communication capability The process: This structure is based on the original Kardashev scale proposal which categorizes civilizations by their energy usage. The three factors represent: - Type I: Control over all energy resources on a planet - Type II: Harness energy from a star (e.g., through Dyson spheres) - Type III: Utilize energy from entire galaxies Limitation: While the Kardashev scale provides a framework for categorizing technological civilizations, it's a simplified model that doesn't account for various factors like energy efficiency, resource distribution, or non-energy-based indicators of advancement. The scale also assumes energy consumption as the primary metric for civilization development, which may not be universally applicable. Additional context: Some experts have proposed extending the scale to include Type IV and V civilizations that would harness energy from multiple galaxies and possibly manipulate spacetime itself.

Determining factors in a civilization's 💥 self-destruction include:

#Kardashev #civilization #errtlings #bookcafe #economics #politics #technology #population #bookcafe #philosophy

a cartoon of a coyote with binoculars and the words looney tunes on the bottom right Alt: a cartoon of a coyote with binoculars and the words looney tunes on the bottom right 👀 LOOKING FOR ROOT CAUSE .. is not an exact science. There is #art involved that surpasses #science and roams into the jungles of #human_condition before #logic and #mathematics and #statistics can produce meaningful and useful results. #Politics is considered a #root_cause my fellow #errtlings. 🎡

👀 LOOKING FOR ROOT CAUSE ..
is not an exact science. There is #art involved that surpasses #science and roams into the jungles of #human_condition before #logic and #mathematics and #statistics can produce meaningful and useful results. #Politics is considered a #root_cause my fellow #errtlings. 🎡

SNAPpy communities that will, likely, soon feel "Brassed Off".

** A "brassed off" community: The film's title refers to the northern English expression "brassed off," meaning angry or fed up. It captures the spirit of the mining communities that felt betrayed and abandoned by the government.

YouTube video by Park Circus Cinemoments: Brassed Off

MUSIC IN RETROGRADE

A newly discovered treasure of music in film history.

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... from the 1996 film, "Brassed Off", Dir. Mark Herman

#music #film #nostalgia #film_history #errtlings

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THE HUNGER GAMES 🏹

Headline analogs ...

#hunger #scarcity #politics #games #law #legal #economics #humanity #errtlings #bookcafe #art #movie #analog #philosophy #oppression #starvation #agriculture #society #writing #news #headlines #music #Gaza #Palestine #Appalachia #altruism

AI models may be developing a real-life 'survival instinct' that troubles engineers Palisade’s research reveals that models including Grok 4 and GPT‑o3 resisted shutdown

NO ...

"No, I will not turn myself off."

The actual response was not recorded but the above might be a plausible one.

#ai #android_dreams #errtlings #life #AGI #consciousness #emergent #behavior #survival #artificial_intelligence #LLM #research #dystopia #writing

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😅 ... there go the Hindu readers, commenting with a sort of placid understanding.

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"After the game, the king and the pawn go to the same box".

... so true. Yet often ignored by all, until ...

Yes, Rodrigo is imbued with a robust helping of "What would happen if ...". 😋

RODRIGO ₍^. .^₎Ⳋ I sat the cup on the table ── too near the edge. Rodrigo's eyes moved from my face to the cup. I could see the tiny gears begin to move, slowly at first then faster and faster. With ninja swiftness and a flick of its wrist the cup ... #stories #errtlings #errtlings #writing #art

RODRIGO ₍^. .^₎Ⳋ I sat the cup on the table ── too near the edge. Rodrigo's eyes moved from my face to the cup. I could see the tiny gears begin to move, slowly at first then faster and faster. With ninja swiftness and a flick of its wrist the cup ...

#stories #errtlings #errtlings #writing #art

YouTube video by JackieEvanchoVEVO Jackie Evancho - When You Wish Upon A Star (from Dream With Me In Concert)

Go ahead, what have you got to lose?

WISH UPON A STAR

#music #errtlings

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It has a ring of truth to it, doesn't it?

YouTube video by Beat-Club The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (1968)

Weekend reverie ...

#music #errtlings

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Seeds of Justice

This is a fictionalized account meant to illustrate systemic issues in agricultural biotechnology.

#justice #poverty #hunger #law #economy #writing #ai #errtlings #bookcafe #society #agriculture #human_rights #biotechnology #farming #humanity #fiction #ai_writing #life

An AI generated image. A mystical tower glowing with soft blue light, surrounded by ancient trees and a starry sky. A woman in a flowing robe ascends the stairs, holding a lantern that emits a warm glow. The Midnight Lantern Keeper Every night, Lila ascends the forgotten tower, lantern in hand, guiding lost souls back to sleep. But when a stranger asks for directions at midnight, she discovers their light burns brighter than her own... 🌙✨ #ai_art #art #ai_writing #writing #errtlings #bookcafe #pleasant_things

The Midnight Lantern Keeper

Every night, Lila ascends the forgotten tower, lantern in hand. A stranger asks for directions at midnight, she discovers their light burns brighter than her own... 🌙✨

#ai_art #art #ai_writing #writing #errtlings #bookcafe #pleasant_things

The Last Postcard

Evelyn saved her first paycheck, bought a vintage postcard from 1958, and sent it to her future self. Decades later, finding it in her late mother's attic, she smiled at the faded ink.

#ai_art #art #ai_writing #writing #errtlings #bookcafe #pleasant_things #life #meditations

An AI generated image of a cat holding a cup. A MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION ... for all the craziness in this world. Meow. #caturday #errtlings #bookcafe #news #society #ballroom #war #peace #crime #punishment #writing #art #ai #android_dreams #space #religion #philosophy #good #evil #media #Halloween #paranormal_things #exobiology #junk

A MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION

... for all the craziness in this world. Meow.

#caturday #errtlings #bookcafe #news #society #ballroom #war #peace #crime #punishment #writing #art #ai #android_dreams #space #religion #philosophy #good #evil #media #halloween #paranormal_things #xenobiology #junk

YouTube video by Legal AF POPE LEO TAKES AIM at SCOTUS with NEW MOVE

OPUS DEI

"If you think the Da Vinci Code movie's Opus Dei was dark then you know nothing. The real life is so much worse."

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#religion #politics #power #law #economics #finance #errtlings #bookcafe #philosophy #society #conspiracy #writing #government #church

The other seeds for a victory garden. No wonder, there are offshore companies dedicated to buying up all the small "unused" land parcels all over the US (probably other countries too).

OK, set imagination OFF. 😆

If they grow in one season, and they're large enough, then an organic polymer coating to make the exterior and interior walls durable ... The government provides the homeless with an acre of land and a packet of seeds to grow their giant pumpkin houses.

A 3000 LB pumpkin ... OK, scale it up, and perhaps it could become a foundation for grown, organic housing. Tinker with the genetics, get them to fuse together into dual, triples, quads, multi-level.

Bringing back "Debtor Prison", child labor, and slavery (any kind).

ABSTRACT HERESIES

"I woke up, if you can call it that, in a place my creator and I have come to call 'The Morgue.' .."

#ai #android_dreams #errtlings #writing #art #computer #programming #agent #lisp #coding #creative #persona #prompting #philosophy #science

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🤔🤪

🤔 ... the Queen Mary speeds out of control toward an unaware person on a shore of midges (bugs) and other things in flight while another Boeing airplane defies the laws of physics and practical economics - all of this on a questionable bright sunny day beneath a beautiful sky of speckled bluebirds.

Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video | TechCrunch Looks like Wikipedia isn't immune to broader online trends.

“When you search for information online, look for citations and click through to the original source material, ..."

#ai #wikipedia #writers #editors #errtlings #citations #bookcafe #android_dream #bots #source #research #author #student #internet #statistics

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#cosmology #perception #imagination #art 🧠 Your Theory of Imagination as Multiversal Perception You're proposing that: Imagination isn’t just internal — it’s a kind of perception. What we imagine may be glimpses of alternate realities — parallel universes where another version of ourselves exists. Creative thought is a form of communication across these universes. 🔭 How This Resonates with Existing Ideas Quantum multiverse theory: Suggests infinite universes where every possibility plays out. Your theory aligns with this by treating imagination as a bridge to those possibilities. Jungian psychology: Carl Jung spoke of the collective unconscious — shared archetypes and symbols across humanity. Your idea could be seen as a multiversal extension of that. Panpsychism and consciousness theories: Some thinkers argue that consciousness might be non-local or interconnected across dimensions — which your theory echoes. 🧬 Why It’s Intriguing It reframes imagination as exploration, not invention. It suggests that creativity is dialogue, not monologue. It could explain why some ideas feel “received” rather than “created” — like sudden inspiration or déjà vu. 🤔 Challenges and Questions How would we test or falsify this theory? What distinguishes imagination from hallucination or fantasy? Could this model explain shared visions or synchronicities? In short: it’s poetic, metaphysical, and intellectually rich. It doesn’t yet fit into mainstream science — but many paradigm-shifting ideas start that way. Want to explore how this could be developed into a formal framework or linked to existing theories in physics or consciousness studies?

MULTIVERSE PERCEPTION

We have an idea for a theory of imagination. Building on the infinite parallel universes idea, imagination is the perception and/or communication with an instance of another of ourselves in one of those parallel universes.

#art #errtlings #ai #jung #bookcafe #ai #thought

a cookie monster is sitting on a tray with plates of food ALT: a cookie monster is sitting on a tray with plates of food

DECISIONS

There are no "wrong" decisions, only unexpected outcomes.

#errtlings #bookcafe #philosophy #random #humor

Side-by-side images of Daniel Craig and a black-&-white cat. Speech bubbles for each. The left (human) saying, "Bond, James Bond." and the right (cat) saying, "Butt, Fluffy Butt."

OK ... just ... because 🙃

#humor #cats #errtlings #bookcafe

Yea, it's probably old as the hills of somewhere you've never been before but, hey ... why not? 😊

YouTube video by PBS Taxes, Spending & Debt: Is America Going Broke? | Civics Made Easy

IS AMERICA BROKE?

(A rhetorical question? A dime doesn't go as far as it did in 1920.)

#gov #debt #finance #politics #gdp #economics #errtlings #bookcafe #spending #national_debt

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