Every day this week I’ve gone to the cafe to work on my computer. The weather has been nice. I took the cat to the cafe today. I had been leaving her home because new cities are scary for cats, but now she is ready to ‘đi chơi’, I think. The staff at the coffee shop all do crochet. Whenever business is slow, they pick up their crochet hooks and yarn. One of the staff made this necklace for my…
5:05 PM 6/10/2025THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKTesting whether Aron & Melinat’s interpersonal closeness mechanism can work at Deutsch’s security community scale under Allport’s contact conditions to create Putnam’s domestic political constraints. I’m going to write about the theoretical framework for the lessonslides.com project. The mission is for global human security. The idea is that virtual meetings can create connections between people, and that connections between people across boundaries will prevent conflict through a number of ways. Here are the theories that I build…
I got off the train in the new city. The sun was very strong. The air smelled like a coastal city. The first meal I ate was banh canh. It was pretty good. It was different than the banh canh in Da nang. I have since found that this city has a lot of different foods. I went and bought a box and some sand at the pet supply store. My cat used them. What a relief. I was afraid…
I took the train from Hanoi to Phan Rang. I had been considering going by plane, but I ended up taking the train option. I’m glad I did. I was hesitant because I thought it would be exhausting. It wasn’t too exhausting. I was in a bed. I slept or watched Youtube the whole time. The whole ride lasted 27 hours and went most of the length of Vietnam. It feels like a long distance in a way that it…
I’m out of town now. I moved out. On the days leading up to it, I felt anxious. I couldn’t stop thinking, and I didn’t get much sleep. On the morning I moved out, I finished packing and cleaning. I took a photo of my full suitcase and my empty room. I said farewell to the people I met. Finally, I got on the bus to Hanoi. Q. What is your first thought when you wake up? Q. Have you…
Continued from part I of this conversation. Here is a sort of protocol that I am considering for analysis of where to build connections. I’ve drawn some diagrams, which may be abstract. You can let me know if you understand the diagrams or not. They correspond to the following descriptions: Diagram A Where two nations are at high risk of conflict, create connections between the allies and trading partners of each one, as well as between the countries themselves and…
1. Security Communities Theory (Karl Deutsch) 2. Contact Theory (Allport, applied to IR) 3. Two-Level Game Theory (Robert Putnam) 4. The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings Your Theoretical Framework Now: Research Innovation: You’re testing whether Aron & Melinat’s interpersonal closeness mechanism can work at Deutsch’s security community scale under Allport’s contact conditions to create Putnam’s domestic political constraints. Research Question: “Can structured self-disclosure in educational settings create the interpersonal closeness that scales up to…
Protocol Where two nations are at high risk of conflict, create connections between the allies and trading partners of each one, as well as between the countries themselves and their most likely migration destinations. Where a nation with much higher GDP and a nation with much lower GDP are adjacent and the small power contains valuable resources, create connections between the two, as well as between the smaller power and its regional peers. Needed information Data Source Recommendations: GDP: Natural…
YR I generate lessons using a template system, and I record the values for each lesson in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is essentially a database. Anyway, I’m planning to migrate my current system to an actual database. I wonder whether or not i should consider storing the content data as a json field. I think it may add flexibility as a design decision, but I’m not sure how much. Also, I’m not sure how json works and where the actual…
I’m out of laundry soap, so I need to get some more. The Winmart doesn’t have the single packet soaps, so I need to go to the other store. I sold my bicycle already, so I’m walking. It’s dark, so I must be careful. I walked 1.5 km, so I’m tired. But now I’m home, so I’m glad. Q. things = [forgot my assignment, ate a whole pizza, witnessed a crime, challenged a gangster] // “I {thing}, so…” Q. walking…