A challenge we are dealing with
Last week, while hiking, my wife sadly tripped over a rock. Since she had our baby strapped to her, her mom instincts kicked in, which is totally awesome and I’m truly thankful we are biologically designed this way. But unfortunately for my wife, that meant she landed full-force on her elbow, fracturing the head of her radial bone.
Boom. 6 weeks recovery time.
We have a toddler and a baby at home, and we both work full-time. It’s put a dent in our day-to-day routine to say the least. We are quite literally down to three arms for the time being.
On the bright side my wife is, for the most part, not experiencing much pain, and I might patent a new design for a baby onesie with a grip handle, so she can safely pick up the little one with one arm. She’s got full range of motion but with her primary hand out of commission she’s constantly frustrated. Mothing gets her down though; my wife is a winner and has a positive attitude about this whole situation.
An article I discovered
More uncalibrated Google technology… While this incident may not be as infamous as Bitcoin Pizza Day, Google’s new AI instructed a user to put glue on pizza. This is attributed to a joking comment a user left on Reddit. And the Reddit thread is outrageous. Enjoy.
Selfish Generosity
Joe Rogan said in a recent podcast episode, “It’s good for you, selfishly, to be generous.” And it made me think.
Actually, if generosity is not self-serving, if it does not benefit the generous person, then it’s dangerously close to insanity. Isn’t it? Even altruism is seen as benevolent because it’s good for the giver, whether it’s for the feeling one gets from helping others, or the optics of doing good deeds in the spotlight. And I can speak from experience, it feels good to give.
So if we are selfishly motivated to generosity, then it’s just a shade of gray from the person who is selfishly motivated to greed. Which begs the question: what is the difference between “selfish generosity” and “authentic generosity?” Is there a difference? It quickly becomes spiritual for me. Morality and faith guide me to understand there is absolute right and wrong, and possessions are not eternal. I am generous because it’s the right thing to do. Everything else is added benefit.
Bonus: the *real* history of the Ninja
This video by TheShogunate on YouTube provides an overview of the history of the Shinobi (aka Ninja), dispelling many of the myths and telling a great many fascinating details about this mysterious role in feudal Japanese society.
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