From doomvox at gmail.com Sat Oct 7 13:35:26 2023 From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner) Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2023 13:35:26 -0700 Subject: [sf-perl] The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 10/08 at 1pm PDT Message-ID: "[Steven Mithen] describes the cultural revolution that took place about 40,000 years ago and that introduced complex multi-part tools and the elements of higher culture, including art, religion, and more complex forms of social organization. How to account for this explosion of creative activity? Mithen postulates an organically based cognitive development in which the previously separate domains of the mind became accessible to one another. He argues that the domains devoted to technical understanding, social interaction, and natural history blended together, and that out of this blend there emerged an entirely new range of creative cognitive activity. Mithen describes this new capability as 'cognitive fluidity,' and he argues cogently that it is the basis for all our more imaginative, inventive cultural achievements." Joseph Carroll, "Steven Pinker?s Cheesecake For The Mind" (1998) The Raku Study Group October 8th, 2023 1pm in California, 8pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86559548925?pwd=WHZDaVUzUjJZc2NET2RFT2JGTmh4dz09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/296606549/ From doomvox at gmail.com Sat Oct 21 16:44:49 2023 From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 16:44:49 -0700 Subject: [sf-perl] The SF Perl Raku Study Group, 10/22 at 1pm PDT Message-ID: "All types of knowledge ultimately mean self-knowledge." -- Bruce Lee (1971) The Raku Study Group October 22, 2023 1pm in California, 8pm in the UK An informal meeting: drop by when you can, show us what you've got, ask and answer questions, or just listen and lurk. Perl and programming in general are fair game, along with Raku, Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82197567464?pwd=QXdpVHA1bW8za0RhQ0NnWGlUY3h5dz09 Passcode: 4RakuRoll RSVPs are useful, though not needed: https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-perl/events/296882196/