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Hi everyone! This was an amazing experience. Talking with Jaya Mallik, M. Ed., saying *all* the things, felt incredibly invigorating. That's what happens when you speak your values out loud. Especially to someone so aligned, passionate, warm, and brilliant as Jaya. Timestamps below, mentioned resources in the comments. 0:13 Introductions and housekeeping 3:00 The story of how I came to study whiteness 9:15 Examples of when I felt fear in this journey 11:47 The values that guide me 13:35 How I use the whiteness-as-a-coat metaphor to counter defensiveness 17:37 What I think can motivate white people to act in harmful ways 25:30 Jaya connects what she's learned from the book Caste to the recent election results 27:32 The role of relationships in showing up better as a white people 31:49 How fear shows up in our choices as white people 35:34 Jaya links perfectionism to white people's and BIPOC folks' action or inaction 36:49 The goals of race conscious white spaces 37:51 5 ways to show up as a white person 41:14 Jaya discusses curiosity and mistakes when taking action 42:20 Whether or not white people already know what to do 47:79 How I deal with negative comments from white people 49: 23 How Jaya advises BIPOC folks to deal with negative comments 50:02 Using the 20/60/20 rule to make a strategic impact

What is a standard deviation? One standard deviation away from the mean in either direction on the horizontal axis \(the two shaded areas closest to the center axis on the above graph\) accounts for somewhere around 68 percent of the people in this group. Two standard deviations away from the mean \(the four areas closest to the center areas\) account for roughly 95 percent of the people. And three standard deviations \(all the shaded areas\) account for about 99 percent of the people. If this curve were flatter and more spread out, the standard deviation would have to be larger in order to account for those 68 percent or so of the people. So that's why the standard deviation can tell you how spread out the examples in a set are from the mean. Why is this useful? Here's an example: If you are comparing test scores for different schools, the standard deviation will tell you how diverse the test scores are for each school. Let's say Springfield Elementary has a higher mean test score than Shelbyville Elementary. Your first reaction might be to say that the kids at Springfield are smarter. But a bigger standard deviation for one school tells you that there are relatively more kids at that school scoring toward one extreme or the other. By asking a few follow-up questions you might find that, say, Springfield's mean was skewed up because the school district sends all of the gifted education kids to Springfield. Or that Shelbyville's scores were dragged down because students who recently have been "mainstreamed" from special education classes have all been sent to Shelbyville. In this way, looking at the standard deviation can help point you in the right direction when asking why information is the way it is. Of course, you'll want to seek the advice of a trained statistician whenever you try to evaluate the worth of any scientific research. But if you know at least a little about standard deviation going in, that will make your talk with him or her much more productive. Youtube video: https://lnkd.in/dZzDS-EZ \#nikolays_genetics_lessons

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(Part 2) About predictions of imminent catastrophe, cut and pasted here... There is little to do about this in any political or social process. These foibles are not only omnipresent in the human species, they are being manipulated by powerful vested interests, like politics (including the non-traditional), media (especially legacy media), the marketplace (advertizing). These folks exploit beliefs and over-the-fence gossip to their economic benefit. The only thing that is eminently doable is to recognize the process on a personal level and act independently of its direction and momentum. Alarmism and ostracism are things that can be easily recognized. They are out in the open. We are taught to turn a blind eye to them in public schools, and in families bound to generational teachings, but every-other-generational teaching slightly bypasses some of this. So, kids, it might behoove you to listen more to your grandparents than your parents. When you hear those end-of-the-world memes, cultivate a modicum of doubt. This doubt will lessen the cognitive trauma of them not coming true. And it will likely make you a better citizen, and maybe voter.

"A Country Obsessed with Grades" 🎓✍️ In my latest piece for NEWS247.gr, I delve into an issue that has shaped generations of Greeks—our obsession with grades. From childhood to adulthood, the idea of "measuring up" often seems tied to a single number, a grade, a ranking. But what happens when this fixation on academic performance overshadows the deeper purpose of schooling? 👉 Is our education system fostering creativity, critical thinking, and resilience—or are we just training our kids to excel in the art of test-taking? 👉 How does this culture of evaluation spill over into our professional and personal lives, shaping how we define success and failure? #Greece is a country that counts grades, but are we truly counting what matters? 📖 Read my full take here: https://bit.ly/3V1TP0B #LearningOverGrades #RedefineSuccess #GrowthMindset #EducationReform

The mainstream news pours fear and anxiety into the majority of us. What is our practice of resilience, civic imagination, and cooperative action? Are we doomed to produce and create what our attention focuses on? Or can we liberate our minds from negative feedback loops to create local and global realities that are care-based, inclusive to all, and anti-fragile against toxic elements of nature and humanity? #news #attentioneconomy www.CosmicLabyrinth.world