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1. Russia and the West are as "bad" as each other
2. Russia and the West want the same thing
3. Russia was promised that NATO would not enlarge
4. Russia is not in a conflict with the West
5. We need a new pan-European security architecture that includes Russia
6. We must improve the relationship with Russia, even without Russian concessions, as it is too important
7. Russia is entitled to a defensive perimeter - a sphere of "privileged interests" including the territory of other states
8. We must drive a wedge between Russia and China to impede their ability to act in tandem against Western interests
9. The West's relations with Russia must be normalized in order to counter the rise of China
10. The Eurasian Economic Union is a genuine and meaningful counterpart to the EU
11. The peoples of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia are one nation
12. Crimea was always Russian
13. Liberal market reform in the 1990s was bad for Russia
14. Sanctions are the wrong approach
15. It's all about Putin - Russia is a manually run, centralized autocracy
16. What comes after Putin must be better than Putin

1. Adopt strategies based on an honest appraisal of the evidence of Russia's capabilities, intentions and actions.
2. Remember that the Kremlin is not the West's friend.
3. Do not accommodate or appease Russia in return for assumed benefits. These will not materialize!
4. Expect to be disappointed by Russia!
5. Don't give up. Keep the pressure on Russia!
6. Accept that an unfriendly relationship with Russia is appropriate at present and dictated by the realities we face.
7. Place security above economic gains.
8. Resist the temptation to compromise interests and values in pursuit of cooperation.
9. Expect noisy, angry and vituperative responses from Moscow.
10. Build expertise.

Иностранец (эстонец/японец) спрашивает дорогу у местного в России (Питер/Москва) по-русски, а в ответ получает хамство на его собственном языке (эстонском/японском).

Обе истории популярны: 2е и 1е места за день.

Both English and Russian have just one word for Knowledge: to know/знать. All other terms, like familiarity/знакомство, convey connotations that can also be expressed by the main word, possibly with an adverb.

However, in French and Hebrew, there are two words for knowledge, and the difference between them appears to be identical:

savoir/לָדַעַת

to know something one has learned, and never a human being (outside of the biblical context)

connaître/להכיר

to know about something or someone by having met them

What about other languages?

1. Hominid brains were getting bigger, but around 70kyo they plateaued, and have been shrinking ever since. Over the last 20k years, human brains have shrunk from 1,500 cubic centimeters (cc) to 1,350 cc.


2. The encephalization quotient, EQ, is the proportion of brain size to body size.
   (The more muscles one has, the more brain one needs to control them).
   Human 7.4, dolphin 5.6, whales 2.9.
   Brain shrinkage moving much faster than our body shrinkage.


3. Human brain uses around 25% of the energy but accounts for only 2-3% of body weight


4. Synaptic pruning is the process of synapse elimination that occurs from the time one is born until mid 20’s.


5. Idiocracy: As population density increases, humans don’t have to be as smart to stay alive because they can rely on other people to support and protect them.


6. Dysgenic pressure: education and birth rate are inversely related


7. Domestication: domesticated animals have a brain 10-15% smaller than its wild ancestors.

• Netflix has 6-7k movies, series, and shows


• Amazon has 24k movies and 2.1k shows to choose from


• Average person watches TV ~ 3.5h per day


• 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute worldwide


• Average household has three streaming services (according to Likewise Inc.)


• 70% agree they often struggle to figure out what to watch


• Viewers need more than 15 mins trying to decide what to watch

1. Freedom of Speech
2. Scientific Method