Kurzweil book

The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/29/ray-kurzweil-google-ai-the-singularity-is-nearer

His bestselling 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near, sparked imaginations with sci-fi like predictions that computers would reach human-level intelligence by 2029 and that we would merge with computers and become superhuman around 2045, which he called “the Singularity”. Now, nearly 20 years on, Kurzweil, 76, has a sequel, The Singularity Is Nearer – and some of his predictions no longer seem so wacky. Kurzweil’s day job is principal researcher and AI visionary at Google. He spoke to the Observer in his personal capacity as an author, inventor and futurist.

"The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI" Kurzweil 2024.

Kurzweil, in his Acknowledgements, "And, finally, to all the people who have the courage to question outdated assumptions and use their imaginations to do things that have never been done before. You inspire me."

tome list of divisions

2023oct. 24jan21. 24jan30. 24jun29.

Happy.Harv.Otto's Tome under creation

His Life.Flow

Division 1 -- Personal context

epochs --
formal and informal degrees --
jobs resume
condensation of religious principles

wholly spirit principles with Bible references

Yogananda Hindu - a touch on the eastern version of the good life

writer

as reader --

wifi author v book author

philosophical signature / life-thread

fighting against being geek-dumb

Civility as in Understanding US Constitution https://www.harvotto.com/p/kagan-book.html

creativity

life-long technology interest

AI

Kurzweil book -- https://whollyspirittome.blogspot.com/2024/06/kurzweil-book.html

BSME seminar

Blogger write

Division 2 -- A definition of self

Universal definition of a human self
Precedence network of H2o self
I-Self example
Me-self example
We-Self example
Modus Operandi example

Division 3 -- Functional Organization PhD dissertation

Theory W

Division 5 -- My.World outlook

Modernity Muse

confluence of many life-flow fragmentss or life-projects leading to write vision

Division 6 -- His tradition

illegitimate

parent-less

parochial

annulment

LONER v hermit

chase

wholly spirit

Division 7 -- Intellectual thought framework

E R G
R E C self another others
LOVER
satisficed

Division 8 -- Case study of an organization post-PhD

amateur writer
R E C self another others
satisficed
death

writer support life-flows also computer support

Page "writer support life-flows also computer support" deleted to avoid confusion, but it is saved in TOME trash.

This duplicate of page success in showing tome front page but failed in that only four posts (representing the Tome) were permitted to load. Thus, go to TOC as first post, that is, what failed as a link to the Tome.com external link -- tome "table of contents" publication buds.

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2024jun26. Linking written narrative. Harv has a million words of written fragments ! -- a life-long rut that demands correction ! Harv keeps trying via computing -- since 1980.

2024jun27. The aim is to read a smoothly flowing narrative, promotive of skipping ahead (surfing) to get to the point of the narrative, that is ultimately, joy-love-freeing (J-L-F) -- thus enter the precedence network chart center stage (unfortunately not Blogger publishable as operable, BUT Blogger can stage static scenes to flavor a sense of self-definition and inter-related precedence action -- replication / understanding of life-flow actualization / attainment.

Maslow flavor definitely turned from Freud in Harv's 1980s. Life actualization flavor advanced from Maslow to Alderfer, and most recently M life-flow. Retro active -- from youth on, Harv wanted /needed to better his J-L-F personal situation / hardships to include his traditional religious principles seen now to have filtered Stoicism to his brain / mind / deepest thoughts without the detail -- YET. Six and seven decades later he is still trying for that elusive something -- although Dwyer's answer was "There is no way to happiness (speaker's pause) happiness is the way -- thus, even in his second decade, Harv was knighted by his peers as Happy Harv, and rolled on to H2o, Happy Harv Otto.

Even now, Harv seems to have the need to write / evidence his progression to daily happiness, especially as the 1.DEATH phase of his Me-Self becomes more real with the experiences in time.https://whollyspirittome.blogspot.com/p/life-flow-perspective-1938-2024.html

Computing. https://www.harvotto.com/p/computing.html

In June 2024 Harv ordered an iPad M4 with keyboard accessory as a second fully-functional computer, motivated by his 'need' for a second fully-functional backup physical computer beyond just data backup, egged on by the Apple newest M4 chip to better his processing quality, to go along with his newly acquired (and surviving) 'home' access to quality wifi. COA 2023 Computing Activity became mute with his 5G T-Mobile wifi access, although COA now has excellent Guest Wifi.

In early 2022 he reserved his 2024 World Cruise as his future quality retirement, but because of Chronic Kidney Disease cancelled at a $8000 loss BUT his subsequent redirected effort to control CKD and better his health in general his "won the now".

The June 2024 version of his future quality retirement want sees a return to Disney World via an annual pass, again with write in the long view. He has made two previous attempts at annual pass intensity -- perhaps 2013 and 2017. Both ended as half year attempts -- first a call to the California foothills, and second post-reaction to California eviction -- "I would be better off in Florida"(daughter Susan). Unfortunately, Covid intervened and life adventure turned to Four Corners FL for better senior services, namely COA.

Unfortunately, COA presents many situations where I humorously comment, "That's what I 'hate' about old people," -- and with the appropriate situation people laugh. I and they laugh at themselves -- a positive habit.

Future quality retirement via a new M4 computer gets $3600 thrown in the wind -- but the son was promotive. Initial spin-up learning have bits of difficulty, to include not procrastinating on the maintenance of what he calls stumbles -- resolved with immediate priority. To think about that priority that means he remains alone in his self care. The difference is that now he is taking the time to finally care for himself, instead of losing 'ground' or self-esteem in the pursuit of pleasing another or others to the extent of negative consequences (gaze at 10.ADDICTIVE TRADITION in chart Me-Self imaginatively for Harv's life-long personal trials -- seeks improvement, betterment, growth to satisfice his self.

Continued computer growth to satisfice his self. The new M4 has indirectly forced revaluation (week 26) of hiding some computer files from cloud backup (which currently works better than ever due to 'home' wifi) -- more cloud backup may become more expensive but also more convenient.

Degrees are behind him, although he still looks to a written post-PhD case study completion.

Bridge master's points are behind him.

Dance and bicycling are given up to age entropy. Functional elder exercises are being added.

CKD dietary control promises weight loss for longevity. Finally found a better PCP fit.

Communication with kids continues for better sociality, as additive to Harv's independent elder sociality -- not always available from COA.

COA dining continues with its overlap with their various activities and entertainment that are not chose directly by Harv, but he name-chats with most, and talks substance with few.

Car-life continues for peace and serenity. Brain works 24/7 -- his mind wanders and wonders and wants to write in communication to self (and for self interest) and interested others (in their self interest).

His computing interest history: ...

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2024jun24. Status Harv's writer.

STATUS: noun: 1 the relative social, professional, or other standing of someone or something. • high rank or social standing. • the official classification given to a person, country, or organization, determining their rights or responsibilities. (OAD)

STATE: noun: 1 the particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time. (OAD)

ASSAY: verb [with object]: 1 determine the content or quality of (~~a metal or ore~~). • determine ~~the biochemical or immunological~~ activity. • examine (something) in order to assess its nature. (OAD)

ASSESS: verb [with object]: evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of. (OAD)

PLAY: verb: 1 [no object] engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose

Harv's character / nature has been "to not release lifetime" for closure / completion. He rather proceeds / chooses another / task that overruns the 'incomplete' task. As a writer, his intention is to 'take the time". For example, daughter Susan is at a second bout of lowest self-esteem. The parental challenge is to support daughter. Thus, Harv is challenged to parallel his 'write cusp' with his 'support activity' -- not to let either be overrun -- to his benefit, not incidentally, rather fundament to where Harv chooses his lifetime to go into a future.

Written paragraphs for Harv represent wholly hour by wholly hour work, and he places prime importance on where he chooses his life to go. Car-life facilitates write -- COA does not. Train ride facilitates write -- chauffeur to DW does not. Harv bets that the new M4 facilitates write -- an internet desert does not thus internet loss becomes top priority. In a sense, Harv needs quality internet to live his quality life style of writer.

To write brings a feel of the serious and practical on a personal basis. At times he questions if he is simply "playing around" with his lifetime and flow. Yet he is not to forget his vision aim -- J-L-F. He has limited mental genius to more instantly arrive at J-L-F, but he believes he has thinking ability to communicate his way there -- thus he writes and enjoys; loving more; and creating actualization that may pass as a written piece (his PhD dissertation was an un-reviewed attempt). Until then, he has one reader, that is, his self.

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Life-flows can be seen as parts of one's lifetime -- flow tributaries in a sense.

2024jan18. 2024jan31. This blog, HarvOtto.com domain, is the confluence of many personal life-flows. The following life-flow tributaries have come together in confluence, to spark the separate tome blog to isolate written pieces for quality emphasis, that is rewrite, rewrite, rewrite; and combine written pieces of a tome into a written-flow of growth-work for Harv's remaining lifetime.

Knowing Harv's written meager 'success' writer track record, his tome will not be completed during his lifetime.

consistent web access (Blogger 'writer' software for blog AND personal tome)
personal computer access
the hermit mentality (pushing the 'system': 'pushing' the universe)
removing or getting around writer-blocks
'healing' perceived instances of 'being wronged'
see the bio book as simply a narrative of the now 'good enough' blog, "Now move on from the blog."
moving the blog routine aside of the book writing
he has long felt that his mind ideates 24/7 (and he steps up to the challenge with ever better skills) 2024jan23.
a bio-book/tome facilitates what Harv conjures about universal perspectives v personal perspective
integration of different careers -- industry, education, sports
in the 1950s knighted by his peers as Happy Harv Otto (H2o)
rationalization of the religion industry ideals
a string of education degrees and a PhD dissertation
lifetime years of writing want, and many lifetime years yet toward completion
85 years of existence need fulfillment with perhaps 6 more for tome joy and growth
writing after y85 requires mental energy akin to learning a new language fighting dementia.

And now 2024, this paragraph marks THE BOOK 'footnote' separation from the original blog, and beginning of the TOME blog to include (1) raw scribble notes, (2) un-phrased thoughts, (3) in-process construction, (4) certainly unedited content, and (5) somewhat re-written and outlined notes in places.

The personal blog portion of this domain will continue.

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merge blog&PhDstudy

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2024apr16. post-COA Harv writes.

Last week Harv ALMOST completed a closure of COA Computing -- including defense of his energy spent as if there might be some magical psychological short cut, or simply, better luck with Harv's next life period, akin to jumping from the fry pan into the fire.

Harv moves on. With COA Computing closed (nearly, whereas practice makes 'perfect' after every micro/macro closure). He proceeds with COA Dining as the basis of elder sociality, including continued discussion of mutual computing problems. But his controlled sociality time is greatly reduced vis shedding of past Computing Activity. He now has freed time to move on to focus on 'better' tasks, projects, ... Perhaps this Modus Operandi is a fatal flaw. However, his life flow being portrayed in Blogger means to him not a flaw but growth -- as in a human's universal fulfillment needs, that is, existence needs, relatedness needs, and growth needs.

Why closure of any life period? 2024apr09. closure. What science says about closure. Closure may sometimes give someone a feeling of control where there wasn't one before, and it may provide a stronger foundation from which one can take action and move forward. The need for closure may stem from the way the human mind makes sense of the world. And give insight into why others involved exercised their autocratic control (chain of command) without explanation. The intensity of a person's need for closure may depend largely on their personality. People with an intense need for closure may be used to being in control and prefer life to go as planned. They may feel distressed by and have a desire to avoid uncertainty, and their sense of safety and well-being may depend on structure and plans. In addition to individual differences in personality, situational factors can impact the extent to which someone may feel the need to achieve closure. Conversely, people with less need for closure may tend to be more creative, open-minded, social, willing to "go with the flow," and spontaneous. These individuals may have already made up their minds about a situation, but they can often remain willing to consider alternatives. They may also be more likely to enjoy spontaneous activities and keep friends who are unpredictable. https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/relations/defining-closure-psychology/#

Harv plans for his life to be 'forever-better'. This intensity as existed throughout Harv's lifetime, beginning with pre-school walk-away evidence. Many choices were subsequently made -- some 'good', some 'bad' -- but responsible nonetheless to form the factual basis for the next move 'better'. Perhaps this reflects a Stoic philosophy but without formal evidence -- his study of Stoicism stagnates remaining unclosed. SRF study similarly remains unclosed. And the big one -- his personal writing remains unclosed.

Mother Connie frequently queried adult Harv, "How much education do you need?" We never talked that out, but Harv has frequently thought the response, "All of it."

Harv has been medically diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) (writing continues), and he takes medication for the MCI condition. Can this MCI condition explain Harv's many life flow explanations.

Harv considers himself well and unstressed. He is able to monitor his stress and destress accordingly. His wellness is promoted by a new PCP who also monitors this CKD and 'dementia' conditions. Harv also sees a nutritionist regularly with GFR and weight control lifestyle tweaks in mind. Overall, he is tired, sleeping on hundred hours weekly. In reverse order from 2024week15, his sleep hours were worsening 85 95 97 99 109 83 103 91 94 83 83 79 79 96 91.

With the MCI weakness a reality, Harv views the following areas as challenges for a 86yo going forward 'better'.

"learning new things"
"struggling ... through everyday problems"
"more challenging to focus" -- attaining slept out status
searching for words in conversation -- slurring -- missing an easy name
tiredness, although he has sweet dreams and eventually is slept out and mentally alert to reality

He has MCI. Does he have dementia ? Probably -- but his lifestyle keeps it at bay.

"For many people it’s not possible to know what’s causing their MCI, although it may become clearer over time. "

The MCI is not relenting or getting better. Over time Harv is more tired. He is an 86yo and actively proceeds relatively undaunted, buoyed by 2024 Tmobile 5G 'home internet, RIM alternator and exhaust system proven 'good' but the idler pulley was 'bad', found potential replacement for past car mechanics, continued COA socialization, and coped with friends-challenges as a relatedness essential, followed a plant based diet enough to return GFR from a down trend, and no regrets from an $8000 world cruise cancellation loss. and reductions of hi blood pressure medications, ... In sum -- a positive outlook going forward.

With multiple lifetime closures, and CKD/MCI/dementia in abeyance, he moves more directly to his aim of personal writer and a post-PhD case-study of functional organization.

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unique lifeway

2024mar03. No cogitation time spent last week on my confirmation bias, but today I thought, "I have been watched throughout my life." Even to the extent of being told that god watches me every second, which I quickly doubted in early elementary school never to return to 'belief', and there is no god's will, only some human authority figure who promotes a paradigm to get THEIR way, not necessarily my way, my life-way, you know, the thing that THEY call free will.

So, after 86 years, I still strive for freeing in my pie-of-life -- that's my world environment fenced by all the human feelings/emotions, that is, polarities joy-sad, love-hate, freeing-fear. Each of us uses our will to choose toward those polarities or anywhere in between where we can satisfice.

Recently, I have navigated through a partial withdrawal from COA. As my personal blog HarvOtto.com stated:

2024 week 10: "Mend a lifeway without COA 'retirement office' and no member wifi."
24 week 09: "Grieve COA 'retirement office' death, to be replaced by ?"
24 week 08: "COA too much a downer, specifically good wifi withheld from members."
24 week 07: "The joy of a clear calendar week ahead !" "What to do with it ?"

Call the above "Harv's COA Computing Activity withdrawal lifeway phase." There was also a "COA introduction phase" and a myriad of other lifeway phases in a lifetime.

As his lifeway years has progressed, Harv attempted to chart his weekly journal results over his lifetime. The result was an understanding of the epochs of his lifetime. Observe that chase was his fatal fault -- too much time chasing in micro and macro views. In hindsight, he chased love from his baby phase onward.

resolution for y84: SELF spirit-development responsibility 5 years of SELF-spirit-responsibility LIFE-EPOCH-FOUR below and continued above Starkly compare the above next year’s actualization as it happens. CKD to ESRD TERMINAL ? (see week 12 GFR reversal)
conscious SELF-spirit-development reconstitution concerted SELF-spirit-responsibility begins 22 years of family chase LIFE-EPOCH-THREE below
family chase begins to assist in SELF-spirit-reconstitution continued self-spirit-development 35 years life-partnership-chase LIFE-EPOCH-TWO below
life-partnership chase begins resulting in damping of SELF-spirit-development 22 years of H2o-self-spirit-development LIFE-EPOCH-ONE below

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a statistical 91 year lifetime in SIX EPOCHS

6 -- SELF COMPLETES ... then disappears 5 years continued SELF-spirit-responsibility "I experience joy-love-freeing via a wholistic self of respect, encouragement, challenge."
5 -- 2 years to arrive at wholistic SELF "compare the above next year’s actualization as it happens." CKD to ESRD TERMINUS DID NOT HAPPEN with enough intervened growth lifetime to provide statistical confidence for statistical longevity of 91y.
5 years of SELF-spirit-responsibility LIFE-EPOCH-FOUR prior and post. Starkly compare the next year’s actualization as it happens. CKD to ESRD TERMINAL ?
22 years of family chase LIFE-EPOCH-THREE
35 years life-partnership-chase LIFE-EPOCH-TWO
22 years of H2o-self-spirit-development LIFE-EPOCH-ONE 1938 December 01 Harv born a bastard weeks after parents’ marriage of Connie’s-temper and Senior’s drink but he never danced 1938 shotgun wedding: city-view v farm-view argued abortion (Connie delayed abortion until 2003 — son Harv’s y63 ultimate 'hard" eviction)

Source: Autotelic LifeFlow (ALF) chart with 86 years of weekly detail via Scrivener app.

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Another more recent attempt at seeing his lifeway throughout his lifetime is his fourteen scenes of his Me-Self (Whatever happened to MrFixIt?).

Figure -- ten ME-SELF scenes 1938-2024 ................................................................................................................

2024mar. ME-SELF lifetime history scenes: :: -2029- statistical DEATH y91 as weekly growth-hours dwindle "a PERFECT LIFE"(H2o) :: -2024- blog/tome unlimited internet world-web instant publishing :: -2022- nixed world cruise at $8000 loss to seriously fight CKD-ESRD death GFR plummet arrested -2024 - with plant based diet :: -2020 - settled in Four Townes FL with COA 'office' :: -2018- with walker and annual pass walked Disney World daily adapting post CA -2017- ends LIFE BICYCLES, tricycle remains in CA :: -2016- cancers -- prostate, scalp -- NC connection ends :: -200x- seriousness of seven web-sites write-publish anti-no-talk, gain CA/FL ties PERSONAL GROWTH study :: INTERGENERATIONAL RETIRE TIME -2022+- Four Townes -2017- CA -2015+- NC -2012+- Baldwin -2001+ Williamsburg -2000+- Tampa -1998+- OH -1996+- KS -1995- MO -1960s+- WI :: -1998- ended SPORTS CAREER :: -1996- PhD almost a life-partner :: -1992- Germany Swabia Spain :: -1990- retired without realizing :: -1989-1985- EDUCATION CAREER :: -1984- noted no-talk err*(s) :: -1980- CMA personal computer taken on consulting job (also bowling ball) :: 1982-1961- MBA per (B.Dunn) 'a PERFECT MARRIAGE' three 3-week-including weekends vacations INDUSTRY CAREER :: voluntary 4F -1960- BSME correct too-easy calculus exam solution insecurely crossed out , walked to college.

custom shoes/ball/notes

:: -1959- KNIGHTED HAPPY HARV H2o anchor of "kid's" bowling team first place in men's league :: -1958- NROTC flat feet :: -1956- offered artist job post high school -- stranger than engineering college (because Harv assembled Erector sets 'good') :: -1950s- ADDICTIVE TRADITION with accomplishment joy -- bowling alley work, tend bar, cathedral decoration, heavy maintenance at high school, set pins, farm summers, skipped freshman final exams, latch-key kid, fitted storm windo ws, household shopping, parochial school, nothing-easy everything-hard fearful attitude :: -1940s- everywhere walks and walk-aways.

* MISTAKE (err): action [inaction] or judgment misguided or wrong. INACTION: lack action where expected or appropriate.(OAD)

-2024- GROWTH ACTUALIZED -- tome blog -- [-- computer desk in car -- unlimited wifi 24/7] -- specific individual talk -- (Erin Christina Lance Susan Sam Ray) -- renal nutrition -- weight loss regain -- me-self Figure --

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2024feb28. In the 2023feb period of personal upheaval, that is, the realization that COA wifi was no longer available to members as was cleared in 2023 with the OC COA activities administrator in consultation with a visit from director Heather, Harv's challenge is to recoup personally and cooperatively going forward within the new activities policy of no Computing Activity which was in existence in 2023 evidenced by Orange City Council On Aging sign-in daily log sheets.

2023 COA Computing Activity defined. First, the computers that are familiar, some however faintly, with the people of COA -- smart phones, tablets, iPads, laptops, desktops (used in COA classes a half dozen years ago when the wifi password was "PUBLIC"). Computing on (using) the listed equipment is then the using of these computers and their apps by the members. Computing Activity in turn, is an activity within the COA activity framework, that is, a sign-up sheet, material needed, and floor space as mainly experienced in 2023 when COA Wava Hall wifi was made available to members by administration. In sum then, under Computing Activity there were (1) computers, (2) their use (computing), and (3) the COA supported Computing Activity. NOTE WELL -- computer classes, whatever the form bantered about by whoever, were never a part of the 2023 Computing Activity that is now defunct by cancelling wifi support in 2024.

2024feb13. Harv's unique lifeway from definitely before 2020JUL17 initial blog page

For Harv, his uniqueness encourages his expression of that uniqueness -- a personal joy. Through his expression, not only could another heed his example -- or avoid his example -- but most importantly in his own self-interest, he uses his expression to encourage, and even challenge his own further action choice, thus renewing his me-self in the spirit of betterment. This is his lifeway -- unique.

A portion of the individual variation in sensory systems is innate. But those innate effects are elaborated and magnified with time as we accumulate [choose] experiences, expectations, and memories, filtered through and in turn modifying those … sensory systems. In this way, the interacting forces of heredity, experience, plasticity, and development resonate to make us unique."Unique: The new science of Human Individuality" (p254), Linden 2020.

Yet life is made from only a few ingredients.

Although organisms differ wildly in appearance, they are made from the same basic chemical building blocks, called primary metabolites, which are directly involved in cell growth and development. Examples include amino acids that help build proteins and nucleotides that make up RNA and DNA. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/29/life-earth-origin-chemistry/?utm_campaign=wp_evening_edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3cea142%2F65e0fe7559014369ad1c5ecf%2F598b051fae7e8a68162a1429%2F23%2F49%2F65e0fe7559014369ad1c5ecf

So too with Harv's life, but he focuses not on those chemical elements, but on the time element -- specifically a meaningful period of time that can be used as a tool for the manipulation of longevity, productivity, emotional/feelings stability, ... Those elements are wholly hors in packets of weeks.

Thus, over a period of 86 years, Harv can understand five epochs of his life.

Or, in 2024, he can understand the challenges of lifeway change from COA Computing Activity to just COA daily dining. A three week transition reaction to external sociality. A reasonable lifeway adjustment means a continued better grasp on the niceties of joy-love-freeing rather than the negatives of sad-hate-fear. He simply moves on in time to more positive personal experience.

24 week 10: "Mend a lifeway without COA 'retirement office' and no member wifi."
24 week 09: "Grieve COA 'retirement office' death, to be replaced by ?"
24 week 08: "COA too much a downer, specifically good wifi withheld from members."
24 week 07: "The joy of a clear calendar week ahead !" "What to do with it ?"

And, he feels death -- comfort, peace, vivid greenery, cool wafts, non-inflamed ankles as a measure of health, and too much eats brings one back to food comfort.

Many factors promote his expression.

His accumulated wealth -- enough. His income stream -- stable and secure in retirement. His expression -- getting better. His life-work 'office' -- COA Orange City Florida -- he officially lost 2024 COA Orange City wifi since they no longer provide wifi for member use. Fortunate for Harv, he had attained adequate wifi connection via his own router at his 'home'. What an improvement since Juno dial up of decades ago -- finally, enough. His 'home' remains his car.. He has lived out of his vehicle "by choice" on/off for decades. In 2023 he found reliable mechanic support -- thus, enough. Statistically his longevity projection is y91 -- enough. But never enough life time to makeup for the procrastination in his life.

To write in his car-office will probably see him to his inevitable death as a 91yo in his car as his son once projected. Mother Connie lived into her 102nd year so there may be some more lifetime made available.

Overarching, his lifeway is betterment, now propelled by daily instant web publishing thanks to Google's free Blogger software.

His life style is loner -- that modern day hermit -- he is "rich" living out of his car, leveraging the advantage of the ultimate flexibility of his as-set actions.

He publishes instantly -- achieved 2024 with an audience of one -- himself. He turns the wheel of intellectual interest at will by 1) news curation first via subscribed news letters 2) his sociality messaging 3) second an ordered scanning of his listed news outlet websites 4) noting and publishing thoughts of interest affecting and expressing his world view 5) using the notes to narrate his tome -- his hobby if you will. The 'hobby' that keeps himself 'sane' and on the betterment lifeway.

What then of his spirit principles?

If Harv's tome is his hobby, how about whimsical being his lifeway state of mind? WHIMSICAL (thesaurus): adjective: 1 a whimsical sense of humor. fanciful, playful, mischievous, waggish, quaint, fantastic, unusual, curious, droll; eccentric, quirky, offbeat, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, peculiar, bizarre, weird, odd, freakish; informal freaky. 2 the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy. volatile, capricious, temperamental, impulsive, excitable, fickle, changeable, unpredictable, variable, erratic, quicksilver, mercurial, mutable, inconstant, inconsistent, unstable, unsteady, fluctuating, ever-changing, protean, kaleidoscopic, fluid, wavering, vacillating, wayward; technical labile. WHIMSICAL (dictionary): adjective; 1 playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way: a whimsical sense of humor. 2 acting or behaving in a capricious manner: the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy. CAPRICIOUS: adjective: given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Harv desires not to be capricious, thus optimizing the effectiveness of his JLF remaining lifetime. He desires not to pursue, for example, another chase epoch (like epochs two and three below).

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continued SELF-spirit-responsibility LIFE-EPOCH-SIX -- SELF COMPLETES then disappears. "I experience joy-love-freeing via a wholistic self of respect, encouragement, challenge."
2 years to arrive at wholistic SELF for LIFE-EPOCH-FIVE. "Starkly compare the above next year’s actualization as it happens."
CKD to ESRD TERMINUS DID NOT HAPPEN with enough intervened growth lifetime to provide statistical confidence for statistical longevity of 91y.
5 years of SELF-spirit-responsibility LIFE-EPOCH-FOUR prior and post. Starkly compare the next year’s actualization as it happens. CKD to ESRD TERMINAL ?
22 years of family chase LIFE-EPOCH-THREE
35 years life-partnership-chase LIFE-EPOCH-TWO
22 years of H2o-self-spirit-development LIFE-EPOCH-ONE
1938 December 01 Harv born a bastard weeks after parents’ marriage of Connie’s-temper and Senior’s drink but he never danced
1938 shotgun wedding: city-view v farm-view argued abortion (Connie delayed abortion until 2003 — son Harv’s y63 ultimate 'hard" eviction)

Source: Autotelic LifeFlow (ALF) chart with 86 years of weekly detail via Scrivener app.

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Harv adds that his choices precede the weekly report of experiences that plasticize

his expectations.

Harv is the Point of Choice (POC) in his personal world. Designating his world as a pie,

his self as the POC navigates the pie which has four poles of feelings/emotions: joy-sad,

love-hate, and the circumference of the pie as freeing-fear where freeing expands his

world’s circumference, roughly called growth. He deems the joy-love-freeing feelings

as positive, and sad-hate-fear as negatives to be avoided.

This lifeway study, analogous to a job description in the job world, continues the academic work of his PhD dissertation "Functional Organization: Theory W unifies strategy, functionalism, productivity, and structure for members and the individual".

His self observation and associated study gave him these impressions/expressions. What then did other peoples have to say about life-ways -- the Bible people, or the Hindu people for example? A: the Spirit Principles and Self-Realization readings.. Or, from Wayne Dyers perspective? A: his trilogy. Or, from the perspective of Functional Organization,

more on Harv’s 82 year lifeway 3034feb29

PhD in Functional Organization

Harv’s PhD is out there in the Cloud somewhere, some linked here. He continues PhD work via lifetime

case study. The blog/tome web sites phase of that study is an addendum to that dissertation.

Personal struggle:

Harv is a maverick for want of a better term. In his late teens, he ran a bowling pin team and was knighted by them with the nickname of “Happy Harv.” The initials H2o were painted on his bowling bag and stamped into his bowling ball as short for “Happy Harv Otto.” The “water ball” has a humorous connotation among bowlers.

Daughter Susan tagged him as a “lone wolf.” Son Chris has him as an “Urban Outdoor’s Person,” the son sees Dad as dying in Harv’s car, his “Residence In Motion (RIM).” However, Harv lives out of his RIM by choice. Several singles’ marketplace ladies wrote him off as a minimalist. He also studies printed

matter about hermits.

Validly of a life’s history

In July 2020, Harv has visualized Blogger as an instrument to communicate tidbits and sums of life phases that input Harv’s future happiness.