Josh Fisher
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Explicit instruction, technologist, arteest.
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Josh Fisher, A Function-First Account of Human Social and Individual Consciousness as Cultural Evolution Engine - PhilPapers
This article advances a function-first account of social and individual consciousness as the engine of cumulative cultural evolution. At the social level, joint attention (a We-mode) objectifies share...
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What I should have said here is that this is a clue (bsky.app/profile/text...). Consciousness is a mystery in part because it lies in between behaviorism and individualistic psychologism. It was BUILT for and functions through communicative sociality.
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Publisher Collections on JSTOR are now live! 📚
This new acquisition model was built with #libraries and publishers to support sustainable access to scholarly ebooks, including DRM-free use, perpetual access, and integrated open access.
Learn more in the blog: https://bit.ly/4pPgIku
This new acquisition model was built with #libraries and publishers to support sustainable access to scholarly ebooks, including DRM-free use, perpetual access, and integrated open access.
Learn more in the blog: https://bit.ly/4pPgIku
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Publisher Collections on JSTOR are now live! 📚
This new acquisition model was built with #libraries and publishers to support sustainable access to scholarly ebooks, including DRM-free use, perpetual access, and integrated open access.
Learn more in the blog: https://bit.ly/4pPgIku
This new acquisition model was built with #libraries and publishers to support sustainable access to scholarly ebooks, including DRM-free use, perpetual access, and integrated open access.
Learn more in the blog: https://bit.ly/4pPgIku
There is a deep clinical-psychological effectiveness to good explanations. In adult counseling, they are arrived at mostly via mutual inquiry because there is no other way to reach them. But good explanations are the end result. They are just as powerful—and perhaps prophylactic—when taught.
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 AM
There is a deep clinical-psychological effectiveness to good explanations. In adult counseling, they are arrived at mostly via mutual inquiry because there is no other way to reach them. But good explanations are the end result. They are just as powerful—and perhaps prophylactic—when taught.
Knowledge is a composition that can be meaningfully decomposed, sequenced, and its teaching enacted over time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBwB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBwB...
Reena Esmail's Malhaar: A Requiem for Water, performed by Yale Choral Artists
YouTube video by YALEGLEECLUB
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January 20, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Knowledge is a composition that can be meaningfully decomposed, sequenced, and its teaching enacted over time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBwB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBwB...
This book, Radical Cartography, is so good (www.amazon.com/Radical-Cart...). I'm going into Chapter 4 mostly a believer in Betteridge's Law, but I suspect I'm not going to come out of it that way.
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This book, Radical Cartography, is so good (www.amazon.com/Radical-Cart...). I'm going into Chapter 4 mostly a believer in Betteridge's Law, but I suspect I'm not going to come out of it that way.
I'm sure there's a way to describe 'competitive' people non-pathologically, but my brain struggles to do so, maybe because I grew up a twin. I'm all for ready-set-go and friendly competition, but there are many who basically live inside a giant game and I am one of the pieces. You win. Now go away.
January 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I'm sure there's a way to describe 'competitive' people non-pathologically, but my brain struggles to do so, maybe because I grew up a twin. I'm all for ready-set-go and friendly competition, but there are many who basically live inside a giant game and I am one of the pieces. You win. Now go away.
I feel like a lot of good writing is showing people how deep they already are.
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I feel like a lot of good writing is showing people how deep they already are.
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Interesting debate on the earliest evidence of mathematics:
“Like everything in human development, aspects of mathematics also developed in an evolutionary way from the simple to the more complex,” he said.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/s...
“Like everything in human development, aspects of mathematics also developed in an evolutionary way from the simple to the more complex,” he said.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/s...
These ancient designs may be the first evidence of humans doing math | CNN
Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.
edition.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Interesting debate on the earliest evidence of mathematics:
“Like everything in human development, aspects of mathematics also developed in an evolutionary way from the simple to the more complex,” he said.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/s...
“Like everything in human development, aspects of mathematics also developed in an evolutionary way from the simple to the more complex,” he said.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/s...
I'm coming home today from the hospital after suffering two heart attacks on Christmas. I may write about this in one way or another, I think. An elusive "Type 3C" diabetes was part of the problem.
January 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I'm coming home today from the hospital after suffering two heart attacks on Christmas. I may write about this in one way or another, I think. An elusive "Type 3C" diabetes was part of the problem.
Jesus.
Photograph of Princeton students after a snowball fight between freshman and sophomores, 1893.
More images of snowball fights through history here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/snowball-fights
More images of snowball fights through history here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/snowball-fights
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Jesus.
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WTF? I was discussing a possible webinar about how we learn for an educational publisher with an LMS that uses AI. Everything OK until I said that I'd also discuss the downside of AI. I was told that this was not an option. Needless to say, I'm not giving the webinar!
a man covering his face with his hand in front of a wall with sticky notes
ALT: a man covering his face with his hand in front of a wall with sticky notes
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January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
WTF? I was discussing a possible webinar about how we learn for an educational publisher with an LMS that uses AI. Everything OK until I said that I'd also discuss the downside of AI. I was told that this was not an option. Needless to say, I'm not giving the webinar!
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Neurodiversity, Indigenous knowledges and learning
I gave a talk on why understanding Indigenous ways of memorising vast amounts of information shows the value of a neurodiverse population - why evolution favoured neurodiversity for every human population.
www.lynnekelly.com.au?page_id=6643
I gave a talk on why understanding Indigenous ways of memorising vast amounts of information shows the value of a neurodiverse population - why evolution favoured neurodiversity for every human population.
www.lynnekelly.com.au?page_id=6643
Neurodiversity – essential for communal knowing
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January 15, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Neurodiversity, Indigenous knowledges and learning
I gave a talk on why understanding Indigenous ways of memorising vast amounts of information shows the value of a neurodiverse population - why evolution favoured neurodiversity for every human population.
www.lynnekelly.com.au?page_id=6643
I gave a talk on why understanding Indigenous ways of memorising vast amounts of information shows the value of a neurodiverse population - why evolution favoured neurodiversity for every human population.
www.lynnekelly.com.au?page_id=6643
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One of our colleagues recently traveled to Antarctica. ❄️
We’ve seen 48 instances of JSTOR being accessed from the continent, and while we can’t say for sure who those #researchers were, we’re choosing to believe at least a few had flippers.
Photo credit: Aparna Bankston
We’ve seen 48 instances of JSTOR being accessed from the continent, and while we can’t say for sure who those #researchers were, we’re choosing to believe at least a few had flippers.
Photo credit: Aparna Bankston
January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
One of our colleagues recently traveled to Antarctica. ❄️
We’ve seen 48 instances of JSTOR being accessed from the continent, and while we can’t say for sure who those #researchers were, we’re choosing to believe at least a few had flippers.
Photo credit: Aparna Bankston
We’ve seen 48 instances of JSTOR being accessed from the continent, and while we can’t say for sure who those #researchers were, we’re choosing to believe at least a few had flippers.
Photo credit: Aparna Bankston
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NEW The freedom trap open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
The Freedom Trap
What we get wrong when we talk about freedom, choice and autonomy in schools
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
NEW The freedom trap open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
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On St Knut’s Day, January 13th, Finns take to the streets dressed as “nuuttipukit” (draped in goat skins and horns) to procure beer and leftovers after Christmas. Photos from 1928 of the folk tradition here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nuuttipukki/ #onthisday
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
On St Knut’s Day, January 13th, Finns take to the streets dressed as “nuuttipukit” (draped in goat skins and horns) to procure beer and leftovers after Christmas. Photos from 1928 of the folk tradition here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/nuuttipukki/ #onthisday
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America needs more nurses, electricians, welders…but this isn’t reflected in the labor market because these jobs pay less…which is why many people prefer to go to college…so the plan is to…allow more people to enter these professions without having to go to college which will…depress wages further?
January 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
America needs more nurses, electricians, welders…but this isn’t reflected in the labor market because these jobs pay less…which is why many people prefer to go to college…so the plan is to…allow more people to enter these professions without having to go to college which will…depress wages further?
I wrote this and some people liked it:
The buttery shuffle
And cold steaming of morning’s mute gloaming.
Perhaps we will fish
And drink coffee
We are free to do as we wish.
Perhaps we will again fish.
The buttery shuffle
And cold steaming of morning’s mute gloaming.
Perhaps we will fish
And drink coffee
We are free to do as we wish.
Perhaps we will again fish.
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I wrote this and some people liked it:
The buttery shuffle
And cold steaming of morning’s mute gloaming.
Perhaps we will fish
And drink coffee
We are free to do as we wish.
Perhaps we will again fish.
The buttery shuffle
And cold steaming of morning’s mute gloaming.
Perhaps we will fish
And drink coffee
We are free to do as we wish.
Perhaps we will again fish.
Iko Iko
open.spotify.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Cultures without writing store vast amounts of pragmatic information through song, story, dance - essential for survival. Memory devices (such as skulls) are involved.
Why is the role of knowledge systems not included when interpreting performance sites?
www.iflscience.com/neanderthals...?
Why is the role of knowledge systems not included when interpreting performance sites?
www.iflscience.com/neanderthals...?
Neanderthals Repeatedly Dumped Horned Skulls In This Cave For An Unknown Ritual Purpose
We don't know how long they kept up the tradition, but it certainly persisted for a prolonged period.
www.iflscience.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Cultures without writing store vast amounts of pragmatic information through song, story, dance - essential for survival. Memory devices (such as skulls) are involved.
Why is the role of knowledge systems not included when interpreting performance sites?
www.iflscience.com/neanderthals...?
Why is the role of knowledge systems not included when interpreting performance sites?
www.iflscience.com/neanderthals...?
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Amid the images of swordplay, jousting, and wrestling, some 15th-century “fight books” (Fechtbücher) depict scenes of fierce combat between women and men, the latter stood waist-high in holes or barrels. What was going on? https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fechtbucher
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Amid the images of swordplay, jousting, and wrestling, some 15th-century “fight books” (Fechtbücher) depict scenes of fierce combat between women and men, the latter stood waist-high in holes or barrels. What was going on? https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fechtbucher
