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Jim Mason

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What is a Sunset?

Sunsets happen every day. They can invoke feelings of beauty and awe in all of us. But what, really, is a sunset?

Philosophy

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What is a Sunset?
What is a Sunset?
Philosophy

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My Most Important Conclusion

It might help us all to acknowledge it

Humanity

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My Most Important Conclusion
My Most Important Conclusion
Humanity

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My Most Important Conclusion

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Reflections

Some make us look foolish, and some make us look wise. We are imperfect mirrors for each other’s lives. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Read every story from Jim Mason (and thousands of other writers on Medium): https://jmason37-80878.medium.com/membership

Reflections

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Reflections
Reflections
Reflections

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Reflections

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Some make us look foolish,

and some make us look wise.

We are imperfect mirrors

for each other’s lives.

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Read every story from Jim Mason (and thousands of other writers on Medium):

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Published in Age of Awareness

·Jan 12

Seventy Different, Colored Squares

How they can teach many lessons, including benefits of diversity and cooperation — About 40 years ago, when my sons were young, I made a set of the squares shown in the picture above. …

Creativity

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Seventy Different, Colored Squares
Seventy Different, Colored Squares
Creativity

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Published in Woodworkers of the World Unite!!!

·Jan 10

Reading Aloud Together

Stories and poems are best when spoken to each other With my grandson I have recently rediscovered the joys of reading stories to each other — not our own stories (that could come later), but classics that have stood the test of time. There are several benefits to that practice. …

Stories

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Reading Aloud Together
Reading Aloud Together
Stories

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Jan 3

It’s Year 1 in the Reign of King Charles III

Historical inertia has both its drawbacks and its benefits Here in Canada it seems anachronistic to still have an English monarch as our head of state. Yet it is also very difficult to change that circumstance. …

Governance

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It’s Year 1 in the Reign of King Charles III
It’s Year 1 in the Reign of King Charles III
Governance

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Jan 2

Where is it 2023?

What that question reveals about ourselves Most of us humans have just celebrated a New Year, and as usual our global media enjoyed reporting how it “arrived” in different time zones around the world. But, of course, 2023 is only a shared psychological construct, its physical reality existing primarily in…

Time

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Where is it 2023?
Where is it 2023?
Time

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Published in Woodworkers of the World Unite!!!

·Nov 8, 2022

English Country Dancing

An almost perfect balance of physical, mental, and social exercise English Country Dancing is a social activity that too few people know about. It has a history of several hundred years. (People knew how to enjoy themselves in groups even hundreds of years ago!) It is fairly easy to learn…

Dancing

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English Country Dancing
English Country Dancing
Dancing

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Sep 30, 2022

Are Hurricanes Sentient?

Yes, but they are not self-aware With Hurricane Ian in the news these days, it provides an interesting, albeit devastating, example of the differences between what we generally mean by “sentient”, “self-aware”, “conscious”, and “living”. …

Sentience

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Are Hurricanes Sentient?
Are Hurricanes Sentient?
Sentience

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Published in Age of Awareness

·Aug 25, 2022

Speech and Appearance

What we look like and how we talk has as much effect as what we say — We humans are very unusual social animals. In addition to having extraordinary ability to communicate with language, we have abilities to alter our physical appearance — mainly with clothing, but also by applying colors to our skins and colors and shapes to our hair — in ways that no other…

Language

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Speech and Appearance
Speech and Appearance
Language

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Jim Mason

Jim Mason

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I study language, cognition, and humans as social animals. You can support me by joining Medium at https://jmason37-80878.medium.com/membership

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