The Guardian for this meeting was Yakuzza Lethecus. The comments are by Yakuzza Lethecus.

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Yakuzza Lethecus: wb :)
Bleu Oleander: hi again :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: today it was also interesting that russia stopped adoptions to the usa due to political reasons
Bleu Oleander: oh yes I saw that
Bleu Oleander: what do you think about that?
Yakuzza Lethecus: well, if our media is right then it was because russian politicans money was frozen in the states and travelling rights been taken
Yakuzza Lethecus: even tho the offical reason was due to mistreatment of adoptees
Yakuzza Lethecus: well, politics are hard to understand i guess
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey san
Bleu Oleander: yes!
Yakuzza Lethecus: how are you today san ?
Bleu Oleander: hiya san :)
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "san".
Santoshima Resident: hi ~ sorry slow rezzing
Bleu Oleander: np, how are you?
Santoshima Resident: well thanks ~ you?
Bleu Oleander: very well thanks
Yakuzza Lethecus: same here, just been talking about books at the voice session
Santoshima Resident: books? ones you are reading?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Santoshima Resident: oh, please continue
Yakuzza Lethecus: or the ones that i started and never finished :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: well, i started with the honest truth about dishonesty by dan ariely
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Yakuzza Lethecus: there are a lot of interesting subjects but at the moment i like contemporary issues the most
Bleu Oleander: what are some of your favorite issues?
Yakuzza Lethecus: economical, social questions
Bleu Oleander: did you read Daniel Kahneman's book?
Yakuzza Lethecus: think fast and slow ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: no
Bleu Oleander: there are some interesting talks by him on the internet
Bleu Oleander: at Edge.org
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, i recognize him from a ted talk
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: I mentioned Oliver Sacks new book also
Bleu Oleander: Hallucinations ... fascinating
Bleu Oleander: World Science Festival in NYC posted a great talk with him
Bleu Oleander: on the non-science side ... read a great novel "the senses of an Ending" by Julian Barnes
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://worldsciencefestival.com/webcasts/sacks
Bleu Oleander: 2011 Man Booker prize
Bleu Oleander: some great videos on that site
Bleu Oleander: my brother gave me "the Passage of Power" ... big book!
Bleu Oleander: might get to it in the next few weeks :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: is the london administration famous for something particular ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: johnson
Bleu Oleander: hi Eos :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey eos
Santoshima Resident: hi eos
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Bleu, Yaku, san
Eos Amaterasu fills heart with season songs... (thnx Bleu)
Bleu Oleander: :) yw!
Bleu Oleander: not sure I understand your question Yaku
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Bleu Oleander: oh Johnson Admin .... see your correction :)
Bleu Oleander: well, civil rights ... for one
Bleu Oleander: but will report back after reading hehe
Bleu Oleander: struggle for power after Kennedy's death
Bleu Oleander: actually has gotten great reviews
Bleu Oleander: so looking forward to reading it
Yakuzza Lethecus: what are you lately reading eos ?
Bleu Oleander: we've been talking about books we're reading Eos
Eos Amaterasu: Hmm....
Bleu Oleander: how is your part of the world?
Eos Amaterasu: Here's one of the most significant articles I've read in the last few years: http://www.thenewatlantis.com/public...-code-delusion
Eos Amaterasu: about epigenetics
Bleu Oleander: ty! yes fascinating subject
Bleu Oleander: we've had a few talks on that in rl
Bleu Oleander: we also have a talk coming up on quantum biology
Bleu Oleander: also very interesting
Eos Amaterasu: fascinating re starting at the end... the cell develops its own systems for reading code hints from which to construct itself
Bleu Oleander: cells are pretty fascinating!
Bleu Oleander: I was telling Yaku about George Church's new book "Regenisis"
Eos Amaterasu: I had a living room in Berkeley, when I lived there, which had a "chromosmome arch" over the doorway
Eos Amaterasu: meiosis
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eos Amaterasu: biology seems to be the ongoing question of how to re-invent ourselves
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eos Amaterasu: here I am, somehow identifying myself in the billions of inter-independent organisms making me up
Bleu Oleander: exactly
Bleu Oleander: pretty wild to think about
Eos Amaterasu: each of us is the "my name" experience making itself up: the yakuzza lethecus experience, playing now live :-)
Bleu Oleander: at a theater near you .... haha
Eos Amaterasu: I guess that's one of the things about environments like this (SL) - it makes it a bit more obvious that we are playing ourselves
Bleu Oleander: playing ourselves in many roles
Eos Amaterasu: maybe that echoes into opening our RL playing as ourselves a bit
Bleu Oleander: I think so
Eos Amaterasu: (just a sec - must check fireplace...)
--BELL--
Eos Amaterasu: (back)
Bleu Oleander: have to go feed the pups ... have a 100lb dog on my lap who's hungry lol
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Bleu Oleander: hard to type!
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: thx for being here bleu
Eos Amaterasu: bye bleu - ciao!
Bleu Oleander: take care
Bleu Oleander: nice to see you both
Bleu Oleander: bye
Eos Amaterasu: skateway (dire straits)
Eos Amaterasu: I have a book on my shelf I want to read, "the survival of the beautiful"
Eos Amaterasu: ie, not just "the fittest", but the most beautiful, survive
Yakuzza Lethecus: david rothenberg ?
Eos Amaterasu: yes
Yakuzza Lethecus: well that brings back daniel kahneman thinking fast and slow
Yakuzza Lethecus: how we shortcut thinking and stereotyping and think beautiful people must also be more successful
Yakuzza Lethecus: but i haven´t read that either, bleu also just mentioned him before
Eos Amaterasu: I think "Life of Pi" was the _____est movie I've seen this year
Eos Amaterasu: ____ means I don't know what the right word is
Eos Amaterasu: "deepest" + "true storytelling" + "genuine inception"
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
Eos Amaterasu: + a rare good use of CGI in a movie (how to have it help tell the story rather than take it over)
Eos Amaterasu: need to go... seasonal cheers, Yaku!
Eos Amaterasu: ciao!
Yakuzza Lethecus: thx very much eos
Yakuzza Lethecus: interesting message from the monorail
Yakuzza Lethecus: [13:55] Monorail flyer 5.95 whispers: Our path is obstructed. Attempting to reverse.