The Polythróna with Hadrian Archo

  Introduction It was October 2021, and I was perusing my favorite investment-related website, Seeking Alpha. All the sudden, there was an interesting bit of news that appeared on the right-hand side of my screen. It said, “Facebook has a new corporate name: Meta” and I thought to myself that this seems reasonable given the high amount of negative publicity Facebook was getting at the time regarding issues with censorship, discrimination, data integrity, privacy, and anti-trust issues [1] [2] [3] . But around this time, the term Metaverse appeared everywhere in the financial news, and I found this to be odd, and almost astroturfed [4] [5] [6] . It seems my assumption at the time seems spot on judging by the Google Trends Analysis chart shown below. So, I’m not sure how every financial media outlet and some mainstream media outlets became so enamored with the term. Some part of me thinks that Facebook gave money to outlets to run a campaign to popularize the concept. Quick...

  Originally written: 3/14/17 Living life on the curve. What does it really mean? The basics comes down to this: Principle 1 - The earth provides a 7-billion-person sample size which means that every person falls on a bell curve somewhere, right? Principle 2 - There are variable curves and robust curves in life. For example, personal traits/attributes are more dynamic, as the principal size is oneself. A more robust bell curve is something such as height, income, education, etc. revolving around genetic factors and sociofactors. Principle 3 - Changes in dynamic curve may have or have not any impact on more robust cell curves. But how do changes in the curve happen then? Is it a matter of changing the right dynamic variables, or is it changing enough dynamic variables? 2021 additions I remember vividly how this thought came to be. My first large professional setback happened, and I didn’t take it very well and fell into a large slump where I didn’t write for some time....

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Introduction About a month ago, or so an extension of the 2019 COVID19 pandemic entered the US. I call it an extension at this point only because it’s got people triggered to near early pandemic behavior despite current reports from South Africa and the US showing that this new variant, dubbed “Omicron,” is milder onto the scene [1] [2] [3] . Although nothing has changed in my now heavily appreciated hometown in the country, it’s my current city that continues living in dystopia. This applies for many other cities around the country as they adopt the next round of draconian measures. Many places have seen mask mandates come back into place, and many employers continue to press their employees on vaccines. Lastly, another dose of the vaccines has seen a massive revival in importance, and social pressure to consider another round of lockdowns have been proposed by politicians and commoners alike. What’s driving dystopia? It’s the testing. Over in my current city, there’s a social u...

  Tis supposed to be the season to be jolly But I find it ruined by corporate folly By this mean, I groan and sneer Meanwhile, all the normal people smile and cheer For what comes soon is entertaining But for me, I’m stuck with corporate trainings They search for gifts or something new, maybe crafts and trinkets too But for me, I have certificates to renew Many others get fuller shelves But for me they added something else? They say it’s for our good and safety but they’ve been taking so much more time lately “Did you submit this completement slip?” My father’s Christmas gift just shipped! Letters and packages loom While I’m watching this lecture on Zoom They stop on purpose to ask us questions I give them all the wrong answers did I mention? I get a chuckle or a laugh But unfortunately, it didn’t pass They ask someone else the exact same question Hoping to get the correct expression I see someone else did comply And gave the host the e...

  Premise Throughout the pandemic, there have been a small collection of strange cases or phenomenon that I have been taking notes on, but do not really exist in the literature. Some with an academic or questioning personality may approach such a blog post with a lot of skepticism. To try and alleviate this, I’ll provide some details about myself that should help with the legitimacy of my hearsay. I’m a mid-career scientist at a large research organization on the Eastern half of the United States. I previously worked in neuroscience, but I now work on clinical trials related to HIV and COVID19. We currently work on four clinical trials on COVID19, and two of them involve us reaching out to local hospitals in our region for current cases of COVID19. Our other two studies involve people who have recently recovered from COVID19 as we follow them over time. In other words, just trust me, bru. Tale 1: COVID-19 Vaccines and Surgery One of the nurses that I work ...

  With recent escalation in events between Ukraine and Russia [1] [2] [3], my friend sent me an article written this past summer outlining Putin’s view on the affair. Although I’m not an expert in Slavic politics and foreign relations, that doesn’t stop me from delivering a half-baked opinion on the issue of Ukrainian independence from Russia. I highly recommend that you as the reader read the full article below, it’s surprisingly well written and in a more-or-less heartfelt tone: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181 The Putin article is very interesting. I have only an elementary understanding of the region, and only from the viewpoint of the Russian Orthodox Church. While it's true about the history of the old Slavic lands, Holy Rus, and the shared use of Church Slavonic (the old language) [4], how does the former KGB agent of all people not realize how bad the extent of USSR propaganda is [5] [6]? This is the same theme that replays con...