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  • Philosophy Notes
    • Philosophical Concepts
    • Western Philosophers
      • Kant
      • Hegel
      • Understanding Philosophy: Figures, Problems, and Ideas
    • Western Philosophy 50 Questions
    • Applied Philosophy
      • How Civilizations Remain Themselves: Series Overview and Reading Map
      • The Future Has No Representative
      • Who Maintains the World?
    • Everyday Philosophy
    • Sustenesis Theory
      • Daily Sustenesis Structure
      • Sustenesis Daily Briefing
      • Sustenesis Research Brief
      • My Philosophy
      • AI Philosophy Observations
  • Mind & Psychology
    • How Everyday Psychology Takes Shape: Season One Overview
    • How Do We Read Other People? — How Everyday Psychology Takes Shape, Season Two
    • Everyday Psychology
  • Reading Notes
    • Daoist Notes
    • Bible Notes
    • Jung’s The Red Book Reading Notes
    • 100 Works of World Literature
    • Modern European History: From Revolution to World War
    • Other Reading Notes
    • Daily Fun with Maths, Physics and Chemistry
    • One Classical Chinese Sentence a Day
    • One Concept a Day
  • Reflections
    • Knowledge Life
    • How a Person Builds a World
    • Toy Memoir
  • AI
    • AI Technology Observations
    • How Digital Life Actually Works
    • Judgment in the Age of AI: 50 Everyday Questions
    • After AI Enters the Workflow
    • Choosing the Right AI Tool
    • Daily AI Observation
    • When Numbers Start Making Decisions — Season One Overview: Life on Either Side of the Threshold
    • AI and the Way People Work
  • Australian Life
    • How Australian Systems Work
    • Why Do Australians Say It This Way?
    • One English Sentence a Day
    • Australian Towns
  • Projects
  • Piano
    • Hear the Chord
    • Piano Sheet Music
    • A Listening Map of 50 Piano Works
    • 88 Pianists
    • Building a Piano Piece: From First Reading to Reliable Performance
    • Hearing Mathematics
    • Notes on Adult Piano Learning
    • Western Music
  • A Map of Ideas
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Author: Geoffrey Chen

An IT expert passionate about reading, writing, photography, and piano.

How Did Palm Leaves Become a Woven Grasshopper?

自制玩具, Homemade Toys, Leaf Weaving, 叶编

What Do Eight-Foot and Four-Foot Organ Stops Mean?

管风琴, 音栓, Organ Stops, Pipe Organ

When Literature Crosses Its Own Boundaries — The Changing Roles of Literature in China and the West, and How We Think Today

critical thinking, Literature and Knowledge, Oral Literature, Reasoning and Evidence, 口头文学, 批判性思考, 推理与证据, 文学与知识

AI Technology Observations | 12 October 2026, 07:00

AI Infrastructure, AI Research, AI Technology, AI 基础设施, AI研究, AI技术, artificial intelligence, 人工智能

Why Does Your Own Perfume Fade from Awareness?

Habituation, Olfactory Adaptation, Smell Perception, 嗅觉适应, 嗅觉感知, 习惯化

Is “It Will Rain Tomorrow” Already True or False?

真理, Future Contingents, Necessity, Truth, 必然性, 未来偶然命题

Why Can a Hot Road Look Covered in Water?

蜃景, Mirage, Optics, Refraction, 光学, 折射

Principal–Agent Problems: Why Can Someone Acting for You Choose Differently?

Incentives, Information Asymmetry, Principal–Agent Problem, 委托—代理问题, 激励, 信息不对称

From Cliff Young to an Underground Piano Concert: Australia’s Taste for the Unusual

Australian Humour, Bendigo, cliff young, 澳大利亚文化

Sustenesis Daily Briefing — 11 October 2026: China, Australia and the United States

Australia, China, 美国, Daily Observation, Sustenesis, United States, 中国, 澳洲

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