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Industrialization is not a bad thing. Industrialization is one of the most positive things - Core Philosophy of which (as i see it) is to Engineer and Produce Quality Products, Resources and Services (in other words Make/Build Useful Things) as efficiently (using creative engineering and manufacturing solutions) as possible such that they can be made available to anyone at very affordable means/prices. The fundamental objective is to add value to the world.
However, some people as is always the case use this immensely powerful mechanism of industrialization such that their malpractices and disregard to the consequences of their actions leads to destruction/deduction of value from the world. Their industrialization practices are essentially devoid of any true meaning/value (and thus devoid of Humanity).
Ex: Products are actively designed to break apart after a certain amount of time.

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Earth is nearly 6000 to 7000 meters deep to its core most of which is magma/lava and for the sake of simplicity we could say that our atmosphere extends upto 100 kms above sea level and yet all the Life that has ever existed falls between at most 2-4 km below ground/ocean and few hundred meters in the sky. Biosphere occupies such a small patch of Earth. Everything that has ever happened has happened within this patch. Our Human world mostly exists between 1-2 kilometers below ground and 10 to 12 km in the air due to aeroplanes. Within last fifty years our world has rapidly expanded outward in the Sky. We stepped foot on the Moon, sent spacecrafts to all the major planets of our Solar System, landed rovers on Mars, touched a star (the Sun) - Parker Solar Probe, launched Space Telescopes that can peek billions of years in the past. Satellites have become essential part of our daily lives. This is unprecedented time not just in the history of Humanity but that of Life itself. If we manage to colonize Mars, it will be the greatest accomplishment in the history of Life.

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Water: Taking a cold shower, Soaking is rain, Swimming in the ocean is like millions of beads of cool pure freshness glossing, brushing, splashing all over you every second. What a refreshing sensation and an awesome feeling. No wonder all life comes from Oceans.

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Space: Everywhere, Everywhen, all at once. No matter where you look/go its already there. Its so everywhere that you can't even tell where, and its so everywhen that you can't even tell when.

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When you look at something you are seeing the past state of that object and never the exact present since by the time light reflected by that object falls on your eyes a small amount of time has passed. And the further you look the greater amount of time has passed between reflection and perception and therefore the further back in time you see.

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I realized the reason water rises within a container is that the lower level of water (closest to heat source) converts to steam and thus exerts pressure on the upper level of water and pushes it upward. This upper level acts as a thin film because it is cooler compared to the lower level and furthermore it also acts as a resistance to escaping steam. Same holds true for other liquids like milk.

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Human Civilization is apparently powered by *drumroll* PAPERWORK!

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If the solution to Fermi Paradox is Rare Earth Hypothesis i.e. If there are no other advanced life forms in the Universe then We (Humans) must be the most complex form/arrangement of matter in the Universe.

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Education systems across the world focus extensively on the specific details of subjects. These come across as a string of seemingly useless facts (whether they are or not becomes immaterial) for many students. The better approach would be to focus on problem-solving skills in general and beyond that they should be able to choose specific subjects based on their natural aptitude - this not only improves general intelligence but since students under the knowledge that they chose specific subjects will likely work harder at their respective schoolwork. Our brains just haven't evolved to remember "seemingly random" facts, but they have evolved to learn how to solve puzzles and have fun while doing so! The amount of time kids spend playing games - physical or video games should be evident of this fact. They also spend significant time exploring their surroundings. Since many education systems are not designed to leverage these simple facts is very counter intuitive.

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All straight lines are curves, however, not all curves are straight lines.

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