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Brainrot
What is one thing you would change about yourself? Now?
Timelines and more like Bilderbogen Bert Brecht
Born into the houses and farms of two farmers and teachers in Holstein (Landkreis RD)
I finally gave up teaching.
Why? Good question, indeed. What means Brainrot?
Teaching does not work, and most students around the globe either love or hate their teachers.
Why? Good question, indeed.
Read about #brainrot and more!
Just writing my #eBook on Brainrot and Potatoes and Famines and Crops and Culture and Wars and more.
The Impact of “Brainrot” on Communication and Cognitive Gaps
In recent years, the term “brainrot” has emerged as a popular way to describe the mental fatigue and cognitive decline associated with excessive consumption of low-quality, repetitive digital content A. This phenomenon, often linked to the rise of social media and short-form content platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels, has significant implications for communication and cognitive gaps.
Understanding Brainrot
“Brainrot” refers to the mental fog and reduced attention span that result from prolonged exposure to trivial or unstimulating media A. It’s characterized by a sense of being mentally drained or dulled after hours of scrolling through social media, binge-watching shows, or engaging with material that doesn’t challenge or stimulate the mind A. This state of mental saturation can lead to difficulty concentrating, reduced productivity, and a sense of dissatisfaction or guilt about wasted time A.
Implications on Communication
The constant bombardment of low-quality content can stifle creativity and critical thinking, leading to a homogeneous way of communicating B. When individuals spend most of their time engaging with online content, they may begin to lose touch with more meaningful, real-world interactions B. This can result in a decline in the quality of interpersonal communication, as people become more accustomed to brief, superficial exchanges rather than deep, thoughtful conversations.
Cognitive Gaps
One of the most concerning aspects of brainrot is its impact on cognitive development, particularly among younger generations C. Children and teens who spend excessive time online are at risk of developing cognitive gaps, where their ability to focus, think critically, and engage in complex problem-solving is compromised C. This can have long-term effects on their academic performance, social skills, and overall mental health.
Combatting Brainrot
To combat the negative effects of brainrot, it’s essential to promote digital wellness and balance. Encouraging breaks from screen time, engaging in offline activities, and consuming high-quality, intellectually stimulating content can help mitigate the cognitive decline associated with brainrot A. Additionally, fostering environments that prioritize meaningful communication and critical thinking can help bridge the cognitive gaps created by excessive digital consumption.
Conclusion
While brainrot may seem like a humorous term, its implications are serious and far-reaching. By understanding and addressing the impact of brainrot on communication and cognitive gaps, we can work towards a healthier, more balanced digital life. It’s crucial to recognize the importance of quality over quantity when it comes to media consumption and to prioritize real-world interactions that foster genuine connection and cognitive growth.
More here soon starting with political implications like banning Social Media in Australia or banning smartphones in German Middle Schools, High Schools, Secondary Schools or in University Classes.
Blogger P H Bloecker
Ex – High School Teacher in Berlin, Namibia and Australia.
The Wall & Pink Floyd.
We don‘t need no education …
Music Is The Only Language (We do understand).
#Education
#Music
#Blues
Form, artist, do not speak! (Goethe)
Write poems, do not comment! (Goethe)
I want to paint you in the nude, said the Artist (Picasso) to the young student.
Oh no, she replied, pls keep your pants on!
Why some people are very smart and others not at all.
What is SMART?
What is stupid?
What is Love?
What is Sex?
Are you a late comer?
Who the F*** is Alice?
Updated on 09:14am on Thu 5 Dec 2024.
Why read Goethe?
Why read Kafka?
Why read at all?
Can you read? Can you spell long words backwards? Rather not?
What is mental?
What is cognitive?
What is a sign?
What is a signal?
And the writings on the Wall?
#Banksy
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Not Time To Die – Bond University Gold Coast OZ.
About Rats and other Masters of Survival.
About Ghost Riders and Free Spirits.
About Hegel, Marx and Feuerbach and Precht and ZDF.
About Babylon Berlin.
About Freedom.
About Merkel.
What means do not merkel, pls …
About Obama, Biden & Trump.
About Hunter.
About Ulysses.
Interested now?
Good!
Different!
#Marketing
#Musk
#MUSIC
Author #phb THE TEACHER
Music Is The ONLY Language
About US
About USA
#Form
Xmas in the Summer 2024
Christmas for my Brazilian Family is quite different from my North German Background.
The Four Sisters
Maria Ines is very proud to have her four daughters here with us at the Gold Coast: They meet more or less every day and Saturday is reserved for coffee outside the house.
Check out Casa Da Vovo Burleigh & the Brazilian Community at the Gold Coast.
Her Facebook Account with photos and infos, about her bilingual Stand Alone Child Care.
Updated on Wed 27 Nov 2024.
Just listening to Freedom written by Angela Merkel, which was published in English today as well.
Audiobook on Audible included in my monthly credits for only 10 Euro.
Find this very impressive and believe, the media frenzy in Germany are all missing out on the relevant parts of this book:
Authentic, honest, clear, no hybris at all.
Down to earth, VW beetle and country life at its best.
Two parts, life before and after becoming chancellor of Germany.
1989 Angela was 35 years old, now she is 70 years old.
Angela Merkel in einer Goethe Schule in Templin.
„Wer schreibt die Geschichte einer Kanzlerin wirklich?“, fragt Anne Will zum Schluss.
Kinder von Lehrern und Pastoren, egal wo … besonders auf dem Lande:
Sie alle haben einen gemeinsamen Nenner.
Besser sein als andere …
Die Geschichte einer Kanzlerin entsteht aus der Vielfalt der Geschichten über die Kanzlerin inklusive der Geschichte von der Kanzlerin und Frau Baumann über die Kanzlerin.
Ihr Satz:
Wir schaffen das …
Schlicht und einfach, ihr Leitmotiv und an sich und andere glauben.
Attitude und Haltung zum Leben.
Hindernisse müssen überwunden werden wie beim Hürdenlauf.
Updated Wed 27 Nov 2024.
Australia
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Coming from a small village north of Hamburg, where I was born in 1949, I have decided after I retired to live in Queensland Australia, for my wife from Rio Brazil the place to be. Maria Ines managed to convince her four daughters to live here with us, nearly there after more than 10 years.
Ampel
#Germany
Ampel
WHY?
cui bono
Warum alles ein Ende hat (ausser Wurst, die bekanntlich zwei hat). End of the Red Green Yellow Project in Berlin (Ampel).
King Olaf fires The Yellow (liberal) Prince Christian Lindner. (FDP)
The Green Prince Robert stays at the Court (Berlin).
Annalena, the Green Princess, is abroad or on the Plane.
Now the Narratives and Confusion and Stories at the Court following the Shakespearian Concept:
Who betrayed whom?
Whose Head was on the Block and why?
Treason and more like Macbeth and other great plays.
We shall see …
No Drama.
Only Politics, while the rest of the world moves on.
Our Globe is still rotating.
The Sun Also Rises.
Like before not possible,
Green now with Merz (Black)?
Yellow (Liberals) will certainly try to survive the next election in early 2025 in Germany, and then try again with CDU / CSU (Merz).
Interesting indeed, plus the new Trump Government (USA).
Exciting, in fact.
Peace now in sight with Putin and Peace in Palastine as well, once Hamas and other Terrorists have been crushed.
Hopefully once and for all.
Kindly yours from the Gold Coast in Queensland
Peter H Bloecker
Updated Thu 7 Nov 2024 at 09:19am.
Nachlese
FDP und Lindner, der unzuverlässige Partner
Trump
I am not so much interested who wins the US elections in 2024, but rather why people there vote Trump at all.
In any Democracy the Majority of the population (The People) vote the Government they deserve.
USA
Electorate and Popular Votes
The Blue Wall States
Is the Blue Wall going to hold?
I find the discourse and comments on the US elections 2024 very interesting, for various reasons.
What is Democracy?
Democracy is coming to the USA (Leonard Cohen)
Music Is The Language
What are the expectations?
Why this Hype before and trend analysis?
My vote would be Kamala Harris, but one vote in millios of votes does not count at all. Only the total numbers are of any relevance counted in per cent.
Not voting is a vote: Like I had no time or would not know who to vote for.
Voting in Australia is compulsory, Pflicht , for many good reasons: The more votes the clearer the popular view. like 100 % have voted and 52 voted for Trump and 48 for Harris: This would be a very clear popular vote.
This does not mean, 48 % of the voters would be happy, but they would accept they lost.
The majority is not always rigt.
Only the Ocean is right, always right.
So why would people vote for Trump at all?
What are Swing States?
I would contact people in the country and ask them why Trump?
The answer would be more or less: We know what he stands for. We would neither agree with his behaviour nor his views.
But he sends out clear messages, he would not deceive us.
Do we know what Harris stands for?
The answer would be rather a clear NO.
Has she performed during the campaign? In fact Biden has not performed, and she had to replace him suddenly.
Was she a good Vice President?
No clue, in fact!
And she is a city person.
We do not like and trust people there in the Big Cities.
Brisbane in Queensland is called The Big Smoke.
Elon Musk und Trump und Zuck und Cäsar
Trump und Putin
Comment from Munich before Election Day in SZ App | Author Heribert Prantl: (Example)
Die Lüge war und ist für Trump das Mittel für den Machterwerb. (Macht)
Schwindel, Betrug, Fälschung, Unverschämtheiten: Das alles hat es seit jeher in der großen und kleinen Politik immer wieder gegeben – aber selten so dreist, so unverfroren, so alltäglich und drecksfrech wie bei Trump.
(Trumpet Trump)
Zwar hat schon Niccolò Machiavelli vor fünfhundert Jahren das Lob der Lüge gesungen. Er war der politische Philosoph, der lehrte, dass zur Erlangung oder Erhaltung politischer Macht jedes Mittel erlaubt sei, unabhängig von Recht und Moral: Wer ein großer Mann werden wolle, der müsse ein „gran simulatore e dissimulatore“ werden, ein großer Lügner und Heuchler.
(SIC!) = SICK!!!
Man hatte bisher gedacht, das sei in Demokratien anders, man hatte gedacht, dass in Demokratien die Lüge den Lügner immer schneller einholt.
Trump widerlegt diese These! (Bisher)!
Dem Mann gebührt nicht die Wiederwahl, sondern die Verdammung seines Angedenkens.
Aber einen gewissen Dank hat sich selbst der Trompeter Trump verdient:
(Was lernt ein Krieger des Lichts von seinem ärgsten Feind?)
Trump hat den bequemen Glauben daran zerstört, dass Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit in den Kernstaaten der sogenannten freien Welt sich, und sei es auch nur langsam Step by Step, quasi weiterentwickeln zur Wahrheit hin.
Das Sichergeglaubte ist nicht sicher, weil Aufklärung nicht ein einmaliges und immer bleibendes Ereignis darstellt.
Aufklärung ist immer notwendig.
Immer und nicht nur manchmal oder von Zeit zu Zeit:
Immer wieder neu!
Wie notwendig sie ist, zeigt die Faszination, die ein Dauer-Lügner wie Trump auf eine Vielzahl von Wählerinnen und Wählern ausübt.
Vor 240 Jahren, im September 1784, hat Immanuel KANT einen seiner berühmtesten Sätze zu Papier gebracht: “Aufklärung ist der Ausgang des Menschen aus seiner selbstverschuldeten Unmündigkeit”.
Der Hype um Donald Trump zeigt heute oder morgen, wie wichtig dieser Ausgang noch und gerade im Herbst 2024 ist.
This Text was copied from my SZ App and the Author is Heribert PRANTL.
Adapted and re – edited by myself.
Ver – dichtung.
Die Wahrheit kommt immer ans Licht!
On Sundays Maria Ines and myself love to explore our Backyard stretching from the Southern Gold Coast to the Northern Rivers and the Tweed Valley to Byron Bay and the Byron Shire or Hinterland:
Many people and tourists do not have the time to explore the Hidden Valleys, they rather prefer the Gold Coast Beaches and the Bars and Restaurants and Parks.
As a man from the Country, I tend to explore the Farms with Animals and Vegetation and Crops and always come back to Farm Life and Country People for many reasons:
Country people are generally said different from City People.
Why?
This is another smart question…
Kindly yours from the Gold Coast plus it’s Hinterland wishing my reader a good and successful week
Peter H Bloecker
Retired Director Of Education
Truly Northern & born between the Horizons
Of Denmark and Hamburg and North Sea and Baltic Sea (From Kiel in S – H).
Wir leben in spannenden Zeiten …das ist sicher!
We all live in disruptive days for sure!
Certain is only uncertainty.
Carpe Diem!
Family First!
Education Second!
In a Nutshell: Why does Donald Trump become the POTUS of the USA a second time?
In these days of Uncertainty and Disruptions the United States population has voted clearly for a strong and white Man: In these days a vote for a non – white woman in the White House?
Obviously not at present, Kamala Harris has performed in the big cities, however not enough in the Country and smaller towns and communities in the United States.
But one day, Democracy will come to the USA as well (Leonard Cohen)
And Music Is The Language.
Peter Hanns Bloecker, Director Of Studies (Retired)
Updated Wed 6 Nov 2024 at 15:39pm.+++++
Nachlese
Kopiert aus der SZ App
Sehr clever – indeed:
In seiner Rede sprang Trump von Thema zu Thema. Dass er jetzt hier stehe, nachdem es mutmaßlich zwei Anschlagsversuche auf ihn gab, sehe er als Zeichen. Er sagt: „Gott hat mein Leben verschont, damit ich unser Land rette und Amerika zu seiner Größe zurückführe. Und jetzt erfüllen wir diese Mission zusammen.“ In seiner Ansprache erwähnte Trump auch den Unternehmer Elon Musk, hob dessen Unterstützung heraus und lobte Musks Raumfahrt- und Satellitenfirmen, um die China und Russland ihn beneiden würden. Trump sagte, nun sei es an der Zeit, das, was die USA spalte, beiseitezulegen und zusammenzukommen, wie es schon während seiner ersten Amtszeit der Fall gewesen sei.
Cognitive
What will your life be like in three years?
Hmmm …
Not very different from now: I have managed 75 years successfully, and there may be 21 more years to come.
Or 7 or 14 …
Who knows?
I will be three years older and wiser for sure.
And reading and writing and blogging like in the last 21 years:
On Higher Education and Life Skills.
I might publish my first eBook …
Or even better: I might have published my first eBook successfully.
What do you think?
What is Time? How does it work? Tik Tok …
What does Time DO with us?
Read more about Cognitive Development
Now …
Cognitive
History
What historical event fascinates you the most?
When leaving the German Army at the age of 21, I visited a seminar in History at the University in Kiel:
History is Bunk. Title of the book we read and discussed.
99% of the time the Lecturer was talking.
No questions were asked.
Students were listening and writing their notes, this I do remember.
After a few sessions I gave up studying History.
Before I had tried a session Law, but gave up as soon as possible.
The following semester I tried a few sessions of Social Studies or Politik und Wirtschaft.
I read a whole book and had to summarize it: The comments of my fellow students and the lecturer were more or less encouraging.
But I gave this school subject up as well!
Why?
Teaching how to read a book on Social Studies or how to read Newspapers was obviously not my key interest.
So what next? Medicine? Business?
I never gave up studying English Literature and Drama and British Studies, though.
More about my life as a student and teacher here soon …
Not easy what to study at all, there are many options, indeed.
From the Gold Coast living a good life in Retirement
Kindly yours
Peter H Bloecker
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Taking risks in life is pretty normal.
All it needs is a portion of self awareness and some courage.
What have you been working on?
As I am retired, I have time now to work on everything I have not been able to do before.
I can read and study and take notes and write for myself.
All this with a target: Experience Life as much as you can and be adventurous as well.
A bit if courage and outside the box and my bubble.
Getting to know myself as much as I can.
And appreciate sincere and honest feedback.
Not more, but not less either.
The Name of the Rose
Historical fiction murder mystery set in an monastery in 14th century Italy Reading this book has been a long time coming. When I was in year 12, I …
The Name of the Rose
Only one of my favourite novels, Umberto Eco worked as a Linguist.
The film is quite well done with Sean Connery as the main actor and his young disciple …
Adaptions from Goethe: Der Zauberlehrling.
Kindly yours
Peter H Bloecker
Hoi An
All day visit of the old town centre of Hoi An from Da Nang, about 35 km away (one way).
There are hundreds of tourist shops along the river, however reaching the Local Market Area after a brief walk, I found the places where the locals meet and buy there food and shoes and more:
Again: One picture tells more than 1000 words.
Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Vietnam, is renowned for its well-preserved ancient town that dates back to the 15th century. This charming town is a cultural melting pot, reflecting its historic role as a trading port. The narrow streets are lined with beautifully preserved architecture, showcasing influences from Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and European styles.
Cultural highlights include the iconic Japanese Covered Bridge, traditional wooden houses, and vibrant temples like the Quan Cong Temple. The town is also famous for its colorful lanterns, traditional crafts, and bustling night market.
Hoi An’s rich heritage is not only in its buildings but also in its vibrant traditions, festivals, and culinary delights. The town is known for its unique cuisine, featuring dishes like Cao Lau and White Rose dumplings.
In a nutshell, Hoi An offers a captivating blend of history, culture, and scenic beauty, making it a must-visit destination for travelers.
Peter Hanns Bloecker
Updated Thu 10 Oct 2024 at 15:54 pm local time.
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