Arranging the dots https://wikiofbabylon.org/ 2026-09-03T19:07:37+00:00 https://wikiofbabylon.org/ https://wikiofbabylon.org/_media/logo.png text/html 2026-07-04T01:10:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/incandescent-bulbs-versus-led?rev=1783127428&do=diff Incandescent bulbs vs LED We are sold LED bulbs as amazing achievements in energy efficiency (after a couple of other generations of 'energy-saver' bulbs to get us used to the idea). The lighting that comes from these bulbs might appear to be the same, but it is not. Incandescents are a piece of metal filament glowing from having current pushed through it. So you're looking at hot metal essentially. LEDs are diodes flashing on and off very quickly. text/html 2026-07-17T06:03:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/entertainment?rev=1784268229&do=diff Entertainment Entertainment exists to distract and subdue the masses, and takes many forms. Why are celebrities surrounded by death? The evolution of influence They have always been delivery mechanisms for propaganda - from the town cryer riding into town, ringing a bell and telling the peasants what 'news' the King wants them to be aware of, to today's full-spectrum 24-7 cultural engineering delivery to the entire population via the cellphones in our pockets. text/html 2026-07-07T02:03:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/lying-to-children?rev=1783389784&do=diff Lying to children There are a number of ways that cultural pressures (deliberately, by design) induce parents to lie to their children. The Santa Lie Group pressure Through the social momentum of Santa Claus (and The Easter Bunny and the Tooth fairy), parents who send their children to mainstream schools and other activities will inevitably be obligated to lie to their children in order to not spoil group harmony of all the other parents who may (or may not) want to push these falsehoods … text/html 2026-07-04T06:32:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/modern-medicine-is-designed-to-make-you-sick?rev=1783146772&do=diff Modern medicine is designed to make you sick It's not about money The level 1 understanding of this is that these industries exist to make money, and “there is more money in the treatment than the cure” but this is not the whole picture. These systems exist text/html 2026-07-06T07:52:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/movie-genres?rev=1783324350&do=diff Movie Genres Movie genres, just like music genres and TV show formats, do not arise spontaneously or organically but are created and popularised (through repeatedly producing films which follow certain archetypes and tropes) for purposes of mass cultural engineering. Below are some examples of genres and (some of) their downstream effects. text/html 2026-07-04T00:21:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/removal-of-earphone-jacks?rev=1783124467&do=diff Removal of earphone jacks Remember when cellphones had earphone jacks and you'd use wired earphones with a little mic and they would just.. work? Then the iPhone 7 came out and you needed to use a little adapter to go from lightning to 3.5mm, which everyone immediately lost and gave up on. text/html 2025-09-09T19:13:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wikiofbabylon.org/wiki/syntax?rev=1757445222&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing <span class="wss-nowiki-section">~~NOTOC~~</span><span class="wss-nowiki-section"> 8-) </span><span class="wss-nowiki-section"> 8-O </span><span class="wss-nowiki-section"> :-( </span><span class="wss-nowiki-section"> :-) </span…