Scott MacLeod's Anthropology of Information Technology & Counterculture
To a global, virtual, free, open, {future degree- & credit-granting}, multilingual University & School for the developing world and everyone, as well as loving bliss ~ scottmacleod.com
Dear Yoga friends, family in their 80s and 90s' ~ Dick (Robb MD, possibly posthumously, also an ophthalmology professor in Harvard Medical School), Unitarians' Chris Michaels and Ma/Janie, and Alden (Briscoe - who went to Quaker George School in Philadelphia before Harvard college), ~ Quakertarian & Veterinarian & cousin Annie (Brown in NE Oregon), George (Church) and Maitreyi (Mazumdar MD - both professors in Harvard Medical School too), Peter (Norvig, Stanford AI), Marlynn Wei MD JD (co-author of "The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga: 8 Weeks to Strength, Awareness, and Flexibility"), Doortje (Van Kooten - in communication with Angela and your father Victor?), Pin/Sid Mazumdar HHS, Valerie & Ed Smyth MDs, All,
Yoga greetings for the Restorative Yoga explorations on Saturday July 18 (and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:)
Yoga greetings for Saturday July 18, 2026 around 8 am your time & Happy restorative Yoga explorations ... & potentially re independence or liberation or freedom due to extreme longevity and aging reversal genetic drug therapies emerging, and with a #RealisticVirtualEarthForYoga and a #RealisticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal (in the US and around the world too) ... and as we may live to 150 years of age and well beyond :)
Shall we explore these three restorative Yoga movement (asana, 3rd limb of Yoga) explorations -
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in Siddhasana or on a chair (for possibly 80 and 90 year olds) for Chair Yoga (and with parallels to sitting in unprogrammed Quaker Friends' Meeting) or on a block or blanket for sitting meditation
Angela Farmer : Living Fully In Our Bodies (Full Class) At about the 34:42 minute marker https://youtu.be/wCJfXwm97rw
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and at the 43 minute marker through about 51 minutes, begin to explore Yoga wise and restoratively the shoulders with Angela's teachings ..
Angela Farmer : Living Fully In Our Bodies (Full Class)
My mother Jane (at age 91) above is seeking to walk 2 miles a day for the fitness benefits too, and I wonder how we could do this as a Yoga meditation, and whether too if walking with walking poles (eg from walmart) could increase efficiency in calorie usage by a quarter or a third ... and I find too that one can kind of find a rhythm walking with walking poles that is a kind of 'flow' experience ... and potentially like the rhythm one can get into doing say 10 Sun Salutations Yoga-wise at home.
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And my mother I think continues to take 2 movement classes per week in her senior center in Pennsylvania ... an in which there's some Yoga explored (although the instructor isn't an expert)
Explore both of these too if you're in your 80s or 90s especially ... and if we might live to 150 years of age and beyond?
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this fascinating
Google Quantum Echoes' Youtube video re the Google Quantum computer at the University of California Santa Barbara (where I studied) came onto my phone, and with significant implications still far in the future for aging reversal extreme longevity genetic drug therapies and in a #RealiticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal and a #RealiticVirtualEarthForAgingYoga -
and re 'reversing the arrow of time' (anc could this become the Google Street View Time Slider with Computer Science and where G Pegman there could become our Avatar Agent Electronic Health Records)?
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Super: #QuantumEchoes incl. running simulations FWD & in reverse #ReversingTheArrowOfTime
Super: #QuantumEchoes incl. running simulations FWD & in reverse #ReversingTheArrowOfTime
How does #QuantumComputing help determine complex #GmolecularStructures? How to interoperate with #RealisticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal #RVEForDrugs #WUaSUnivs ?
What is #ReversingTheArrowOfTime in these #GQuantumEchoes - https://youtube.com/shorts/AFhuNsebOpA & how could these be developed to determine complex molecular structures for #AgingReversal & #ExtremeLongevity #GeneticDrugTherapies emerging?
George Church, Sundar Pichai, Peter Norvig, all, how might we explore developing #ReversingTheArrowOfTime in these #GQuantumEchoes - https://youtube.com/shorts/AFhuNsebOpA in a #RealiticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal and a #RealiticVirtualEarthForAgingYoga and to determine complex molecular structures for aging reversal and extreme longevity genetic drug therapies emerging FDA approved and with the Google Quantum computer at UCSB for ex?
How does #QuantumComputing help determine complex #GmolecularStructures? How to interoperate with #RealisticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal #RVEForDrugs #WUaSUnivs ?
What is #ReversingTheArrowOfTime in these #GQuantumEchoes - https://youtube.com/shorts/AFhuNsebOpA & how could these be developed to determine complex molecular structures for #AgingReversal & #ExtremeLongevity #GeneticDrugTherapies emerging?
What is Reversing The Arrow Of Time here in these Quantum Super Echoes - https://youtube.com/shorts/AFhuNsebOpA and how could this be developed to determine complex molecular structures for aging reversal and extreme longevity genetic drUg therapies emerging FDA approved and with the Google Quantum computer at UCSB for ex?
What is "Reversing the Arrow of Time" in Quantum Super Echoes?
In classical physics, entropy dictates that once a system scrambles—like a drop of ink dissolving in the ocean—it is practically impossible to perfectly undo [00:08]. However, in the quantum realm, Google Quantum AI's "Quantum Echoes" algorithm utilizes a time-reversal protocol that mimics rewinding the clock [00:15].
The mechanism works through Out-of-Time-Order Correlators (OTOCs) run on Google's 105-qubit Willow chip:
Forward Evolution: A carefully crafted quantum signal is sent forward through the quantum processor, allowing qubits to interact and scramble information [00:34].
Perturbation (The Tweak): A slight perturbation or "tweak" is applied to one of the qubits [00:34].
Backward Evolution (The Rewind): The quantum system's evolution is precisely reversed [00:34].
Constructive Interference: Because the quantum state is reversed, the signal "unscrambles" itself and constructive interference amplifies a return signal—the "Quantum Echo" [00:41].
This allows scientists to rescue complex, weak quantum signals that would normally be lost to noise or classical decay, acting essentially as a quantum microscope [01:45].
Developing This for Aging Reversal & Extreme Longevity Genetic Drug Therapies
To advance extreme longevity research and develop genetic drug therapies that can successfully clear FDA-approval pipelines, we must understand exactly how molecules interact at the atomic scale. Historically, Google Quantum AI's hardware research has been closely integrated with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Using the Willow chip's verifiable quantum advantage—which completes in 2 hours what would take a classical supercomputer roughly 13,000 times longer [00:48]—this technology can be developed to accelerate drug discovery in several key ways:
1. A High-Precision "Molecular Ruler" for NMR
In proof-of-principle work with UC Berkeley, Google applied this algorithm to perform NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy on organic molecules [01:12]. NMR is the standard tool used by biochemists to determine molecular geometry. Quantum echoes allow NMR to act as a much "longer" molecular ruler, resolving atomic distances and 3D structures that conventional methods simply cannot reach.
2. Resolving Protein Folding in Aging Pathways
Many aging-related diseases and longevity targets involve complex, misfolded proteins or intricate epigenetic regulators. Quantum computing can simulate protein folding in their natural medium [01:31], bypassing classical computational bottlenecks. Scaling this technique to molecules with 50 to 60 spins will allow researchers to accurately model how longevity therapies fold and bind [01:26].
3. Mapping Exact Drug-Target Binding
Before an extreme-longevity genetic therapy or small molecule can win FDA approval, researchers must prove exactly how and where it binds to its target receptors to minimize off-target side effects. A quantum microscope powered by Willow can map these drug-target interfaces at unprecedented resolutions, dramatically shortening the pre-clinical trial design phase and optimizing drug efficacy.
To learn more about how Google is scaling this technology from theory to physical biochemistry, you can watch the full video on the Google Research YouTube Channel.
Grow free-to-student's World University and School, building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, with AbstractTechnology.de in German and English, by adding MIT OCW in English to the Open edX Europe platform, and then accredit WUaS in Germany with a German accreditation agency, then grow Bangladesh World University and School in the Bangla language concurrently, and potentially WUaS in California and the USA in English too ~
Your Academy, Your Data, Your Courses - Custom Open edX® LMS by Abstract Technology, Now Smarter with AI
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to worlduniversityandschool, scott.macleod, me, Stefania
Dear Sir/Madam,
Behind every learning platform is someone who cared enough to build something - courses, curricula, a real community of learners. We work with organisations who've done exactly that, and want a platform that finally matches your learning, your data, your academy and creating your platform using your exciting course content and the ambition behind it.
My name is Jaimin Pavashiya, and I work with Abstract Technology GmbH - a Europe-based Verified Open edX® Service Partner with over a decade of experience and 150+ deployments across universities, academies, enterprises, NGOs and public institutions.
We have been speaking recently with several organisations running Open edX through MOOC.IT, and the same pattern keeps surfacing - platforms held back on outdated release lines, with functionality that has simply not kept pace with what institutions actually need today.
The good news is straightforward - you do not need to change platforms. You need to change what sits around the platform.
Open edX has evolved dramatically, with every release bringing meaningful advances in learner experience, authoring, analytics, and AI. The current release, Ulmo, and the forthcoming Verawood are structural improvements that genuinely change what your platform can do. As an active contributor to the Open edX core, our team works at the source - meaning our clients always run current, supported releases and benefit directly from our involvement in shaping the platform's direction. Add a native Open edX mobile app and dedicated GDPR-compliant EU hosting, and the distance between where your platform sits today and where it could be becomes very clear.
We build complete, custom learning environments - clean migration from older release lines with no loss of content or learner data, AI-powered course creation and learner assistants, Payload CMS integration, and a setup tailored to your institution's goals. Not a template, not a generic deployment.
As a reference point, we built the entire online infrastructure for the German University of Digital Science - within one year, they were ranked #1 in international orientation in the SZ-Ranking 2026. Case study attached.
We are happy to offer a live demo (30 to 45 minutes) and a complimentary one-month trial of a fully configured Open edX® sandbox - no commitment required. Brochure attached for further context.
If any of this resonates, I would genuinely welcome a short conversation about where your platform could go next - simply share a few slots that work on your side, and we can take it from there.
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July 1, 2026 in email, but which didn't go through -
Dear Jaimin (and Stefania) at Abstract-Technology.de,
Thanks for your remarkable platform and builds. And greetings from the SF Bay Area. How are you doing?
'Your Academy, Your Data, Your Courses?'
I asked Google AI - "Could I build out in Open edX® sandbox Germany World University and School in German (https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Germany from https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - and WUaS is planning online world class universities in each of all of ~200 countries and in their main languages, per the Olympics), translating courses from https://ocw.mit.edu/ and https://opencw.aprende.org/courses/translated-courses/ and to offer online free-to-students' (due to the Creative Commons 4 licensing of MIT OCW) Bachelor, PhD, Law, Medicine, IB high school / similar, AA / AS and Master's degrees to German students in German and in English, in communication with the German Ministry of Education, and at the same time do this in English too for American students and for speakers of English from all 200 countries?" Developing WUaS in German for free WUaS degrees in key to World Univ & Sch's planning to develop not only in all 200 countries' main languages, but also in all 7159 living languages for speakers of these in wiki schools for wiki-teaching and wiki-learning.
And Google AI replied -
"Yes, you can build out a World University and School (WU&S) instance using the Open edX Sandbox to translate and host MIT OpenCourseWare (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) courses. Platforms like German UDS have successfully used Open edX to build online-first higher education. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Translating and organizing course materials into full degree programs (Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, Medicine, Law, IB) involves specific logistical and legal steps:
1. The Open edX Platform
Sandbox & Deployment: You can use the Open edX Sandbox to test, build, and explore course-authoring features for free. To scale this to an actual university, you will need to host your own instance, as Open edX is free to use but requires your own infrastructure and maintenance. [1, 2]
Localization: The platform supports robust language localization, allowing you to easily offer the interface and course content in both German and English.
2. Licensing and Course Translations
MIT OCW License: Because MIT OpenCourseWare courses are typically licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license, you can translate them, adapt them, and share them for free, provided you give appropriate credit, do not use them for commercial gain, and license your adaptations under identical terms.
MIT OCW itself does not offer degrees, credits, or certifications. To legally grant accredited Bachelor, Master, PhD, and professional degrees in Germany, your institution must go through the formal state accreditation process (Akkreditierung) overseen by the German Ministry of Education (BMBF) and the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat). Similarly, to grant degrees to American students, you would need to meet the standards of US regional accrediting agencies. [1, 2, 3]
If you want, tell me:
What specific degree programs (e.g., Law, Medicine) are your top priorities?
Which stage of the Open edX course-building process would you like to explore first?
I can help you outline an actionable roadmap to get your initiative off the ground."
Fascinating and great, and MIT OCW CC-4 licensing says anyone can 1) share it, 2) adapt it eg with AI and ML - or Open edX, but 3) non-commercially, so World University and School as we accredit (and WUaS has the green light to accredit with Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the greater Philadelphia PA area, but this is a very long process) will seek reimbursement from all 200 countries' Ministries of Education per student per year, along the lines of what it costs to attend MIT itself (for the rich countries, and less for middle-income and developing countries). With your experience with developing the German University of Digital Science (German UDS), in what ways might you be able to guide World University and School on the Open edX platform in accrediting even in Germany potentially and with WUaS in German for German speakers (a significant translation process from MIT OCW in English, but made easier with AI and ML and machine translation, I posit), and possibly build this German accreditation into the creation of free online Bachelor's and Master's (new approaches to PhDs navigating AI and ML, and eg 2 year undergraduate AA / AS Associate of Arts / Associate of Science) WUaS degrees (online from home) beginning soon - September 1, 2026?
In the process of potentially developing these 2 World Univ & Sch initial degree-granting universities building on MIT OCW on the Open edX platform, how could we also develop these same free WUaS degrees say in Hindi (which I see you have professional working proficiency Jaimin from LinkedIN) for India World University and School (https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/India planning free WUaS degrees in all 22 scheudlted languages in India) and Latvia World University and School (https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Latvia - and just began this university yesterday - and see the letter at the top and blog post about further WUaS planning, and wiki-wise - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/06/sea-holly-eryngium-maritimum.html), and potentially to matriculate students this autumn even? World University and School is also in Wikidata, Wikimedia's back end structured knowledge database in roughly 342 languages and datawise, regarding open wiki teaching and wiki learning from here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects - planned in German and all 200 countries' main languages too +).
Startup still World University and School is seeking further to deploy with the full US federal toolkit, and just attended yesterday as Simplify Grants.gov webinar, but has no money to speak of whatsoever presently. Given all of this, how might we best explore proceeding?
Dear Jaimin (Pavashiya), and Stefania (Trabucchi), and friends/Freunden at Abstract-Technology.de,
Just sent this email below to https://abstract-technology.de/contact (since I got a bounceback to your emails before); I'm adding this info@abstract-technology.de email address, from which I and WUaS didn't get a bounce back yesterday in inviting you to World University and School's open Weekly Business Meeting>
Again:
Thanks for your July 1, 2026 email invitation to World University and School, building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, to contact you:
"Your Academy, Your Data, Your Courses - Custom Open edX® LMS by Abstract Technology, Now Smarter with AI
Dear Sir/Madam,
Behind every learning platform is someone who cared enough to build something - courses, curricula, a real community of learners. We work with organisations who've done exactly that, and want a platform that finally matches your learning, your data, your academy and creating your platform using your exciting course content and the ambition behind it.
My name is Jaimin Pavashiya, and I work with Abstract Technology GmbH - a Europe-based Verified Open edX® Service Partner with over a decade of experience and 150+ deployments across universities, academies, enterprises, NGOs and public institutions. ... "
How best to proceed in our communications about related questions? Was Abstract-Technology.de involved in accrediting the German University of Digital Science (German UDS) which you developed on the Open edX Europe platform, and with a German accreditation agency? And how could free-to-students' World University and School begin to develop Germany World University and School in German and English, potentially with WUaS and Abstract-Technology.de adding CC-4 licensed MIT OCW - https://ocw.mit.edu/ - (and in the process translating it into German) to the Open edX Europe platform, and for free Bachelor, PhD, Law, Medicine, IB high school / similar, AA / AS degree, and Master's degrees for German-speaking students from home to begin? Gemini AI seemed to 'think' you would or might be able to do all of this.
- Scott GK MacLeod Founder, President, CEO & Professor at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, World University & School (WUaS) - USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516
1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity building on CC-4 licensed MIT OCW in 7 languages -
Important because previous messages in the conversation were important.
Dear Jaimin (Pavashiya), and Stefania (Trabucchi), and friends/Freunden at Abstract-Technology.de,
Just sent this email below to https://abstract-technology.de/contact (since I got a bounceback to your emails before); I'm adding this info@abstract-technology.de email address, from which I and WUaS didn't get a bounce back yesterday in inviting you to World University and School's open Weekly Business Meeting>
Again:
Thanks for your July 1, 2026 email invitation to World University and School, building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, to contact you:
"Your Academy, Your Data, Your Courses - Custom Open edX® LMS by Abstract Technology, Now Smarter with AI
Dear Sir/Madam,
Behind every learning platform is someone who cared enough to build something - courses, curricula, a real community of learners. We work with organisations who've done exactly that, and want a platform that finally matches your learning, your data, your academy and creating your platform using your exciting course content and the ambition behind it.
My name is Jaimin Pavashiya, and I work with Abstract Technology GmbH - a Europe-based Verified Open edX® Service Partner with over a decade of experience and 150+ deployments across universities, academies, enterprises, NGOs and public institutions. ... "
How best to proceed in our communications about related questions? Was Abstract-Technology.de invovled in accrediting the German University of Digital Science (German UDS) which you developed on the Open edX Europe platform, and with a German accreditation agency? And how could free-to-students' World University and School begin to develop Germany World University and School in German and English, potentially with WUaS and Abstract-Technology.de adding CC-4 licensed MIT OCW - https://ocw.mit.edu/ - (and in the process translating it into German) to the Open edX Europe platform, and for free Bachelor, PhD, Law, Medicine, IB high school / similar, AA / AS degree, and Master's degrees for German-speaking students from home to begin? Gemini AI seemed to 'think' you would or might be able to do all of this.
- Scott GK MacLeod Founder, President, CEO & Professor at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, World University & School (WUaS) - USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516
1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity building on CC-4 licensed MIT OCW in 7 languages -
Next steps for Bangladesh World University and School in Bangla further, Mahedi Hasan in Dhaka, and re . . . with developing WUaS with possible accreditation in Germany
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Scott MacLeod<sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Re: M 9/23/24 World Univ & Sch WUaS News and Q&A - newly in Google Meet video conference
mailed-by:
worlduniversityandschool.org
Dear Mahedi (in Dhaka, Bangladesh), All,
Nice to hear from you. How are you? And what are you working on these days? Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area. Here's a blog post about the work we did on Bangladesh World Univ & Sch in Bangla - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2024/09/blog-post.html?m=0 - (but where the CS First with Google Scratch programming language course has been turned down, and is no longer working).
As you may possibly have read above, World Univ & Sch is exploring accrediting Germany World University and School in German and in English on the Open edX Europe platform with a German accrediting agency initially, and by WUaS adding CC-4 licensed MIT OCW - https://ocw.mit.edu/ - in English to this WUaS university Open edX Europe platform, with Absttract-Technologies.de and translating it into German in the process, and potentially also into Bengali as well in the future.
Are you or any of your friends, or anyone you know in Bangladesh mining Pi cryptocurrency free money daily taking less than 5 seconds every 24 hours, and getting a few Pi coins daily, as this Pi goes up to infinity on our smartphone and on the Pi Network's computer servers too?
Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 55 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link https://minepi.com/sgkmac and use my username (sgkmac) as your invitation code.
World University and School, building on MIT OCW in 7 languages, seeks to end poverty worldwide by distributing Stanford Mine Pi Cryptocurrency to most of the 7.9 billion people on the planet, especially the poorest. How might we explore this in Bangladesh (and West Bengal India where Bengali is spoken too) with about 273 million Bengali speakers in the world, and with Bangladesh having about 177.8 million people?
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World Univ & Sch will explore this further in the open WUaS Weekly Business Meeting on Monday July 20, 2026 at 10 am Pacific Time if any of you would like to join this, with an invitation to join too.
All the best, regards, Friendly Quaker greetings, Yogically (as in 8 limbs of Yoga), As-salamu alaykum (Peace be upon you),
Scott
Scott GK MacLeod
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Indian pied myna (Gracupica contra): NEW World University and School website Tu Sep 17, 2024 - in Bangla? - Here's the beginning and NEW World University and School website - https://sites.google.com/worlduniversityandschool.org/world-university-and-school/home ... Can you begin to develop this in the Bangla language, and for prospective Bangladeshi students?
World Univ and Sch is still not financially operational, but seeking to deploy with the full US federal toolkit... Exploring WUaS adding CC-4 licensed MIT OCW via AbstractTechnology.De to #OpenEdXEurope, translating this OCW into German, and accrediting WUaS first in Germany in German and English, for free to students' online WUaS degrees. Will explore AbstractTechnology.De doing this in the Bangla language too at Bangladesh WUaS, AND managing & hiring people for WUaS (from Berlin) with WUaS in SF Bay Area. WUaS will potentially inquire if can build out with Google Sites & Google Translate from here -
Please ask the prospective Bangladeshi students (in communication with the Bangladesh Olympic Committee too??) who might be interested in such free WUaS degrees online from home in Dhaka + to be patient ...
with reimbursement from the Bangladesh Ministry of Education for free to students's WUaS degree programs, building on MIT OCW in Bangla. ... and with an invitation to add your ideas about this. Who would you suggest WUaS contacting in Bangladesh about this besides - https://bangladesh.un.org/en/sdgs/4/key-activities ?
Waiting to build out in Bangladesh World Univ & Sch with reimbursement from the Bangladesh Ministry of Education for free to students's WUaS degree programs, building on MIT OCW in Bangla & re these 6 languages -
MIT OpenCourseWare has formally partnered with these organizations that are translating OCW course materials into Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Persian, Turkish, and Korean.
Will explore AbstractTechnology.De building out WUaS in the Bangla language too at Bangladesh WUaS, AND managing & hiring people for WUaS (from Berlin) with WUaS in SF Bay Area. WUaS will potentially inquire if they
can build out with Google Sites & Google Translate from here -
And here's Pi cryptocurrency free money daily if helpful -
Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 55 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link https://minepi.com/sgkmac and use my username (sgkmac) as your invitation code.
Again, how can free WUaS education & especially degrees, building on CC-4 licensed MIT OCW in Bangla be of help to you, and Bangladesh and university and education-wise, with an invitation to wiki-teach about this here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Bangladesh?
How best to develop Bangladesh World University and School with the WUaS Educational Services Stores (for books, computers, robotics, groceries, hospital technologies and think a Walmart product line in 19 out of 200 countries) in Bangladesh as well?
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California World University and School, A Virtual Harbin Hot Springs, and Realistic Virtual Earth, and in a #WUaSMultimediaRoom & 5A Moraga - and conversation with Jay?
Dear Jay, & George (is your name also Sean or Shawn, since Jay said he talked openly and well with a colleague at 5A named Sean - and you George suggested George Burns might be a pseudonym),
Great to talk today Jay again ... inspiring ... and I think you'd be a great teacher at World University and School with time ... How to explore further? (And I communicate much in email so please forward to Jay, George, if possible) ...
Here's the article I mentioned about historically black colleges and enrollment being up at them -
Student Enrollment At HBCUs, Including NC A&T And Morehouse College, Are On The Rise While Numbers Are Down At Harvard, Princeton, Yale - AfroTech | AfroTech https://share.google/zWBxz1BEmhEvgzCah
Might we even with time and as World Univ & Sch accredits potentially newly in Germany on the Open edX Europe platform explore you doing some videos at World Univ & Sch and to increase enrollment of prospective WUaS students from California?
Seeking newly to grow a Realistic Virtual Earth (and see - https://www.toolify.ai/ai-news/revolutionizing-education-with-machine-learning-and-ai-2574306 ...and search on Virtual Harbin here too ... and studying bliss ... and re Peter Norvig's INCREDIBLE #ToolifyAIWUaS article ... and for aging reversal genetics too for example) further to show possible WUaS students opportunities, degree, wiki-teaching even, and career directions in new ways -
And see too brainstorming-wise -
Agenda item 5
Friday, July 3, 2026 Anemone coronaria:
* * * 'A Virtual Harbin Hot Springs and in a #WUaSMultimediaRoom & 5A Moraga?' ... and in building out a Realistic Virtual Harbin Hot springs too?
Good to talk just now at 5A, Jay, and Happy 4th of July! Some further ideas' explorations and re a realistic virtual Earth and aging reversal, and with a realistic virtual Harbin Hot Springs too -
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Here's the 67 second Harvard and MIT Prof of Genetics' George Church video where he talks about gene function declining as we age, and that his lab is doing experiment with vaccines and mice & dogs to reverse this -
George Church interview by Scott Pelley (2019 60 Minutes) How soon could humans reverse the aging process with genetic engineering? https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk
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So, if gene function declines as an organism ages - per Harvard MIT Professor of Genetics' George Church - https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk - what does this look like at the #Gcell and #Gmolecule view levels at different time points?
So ... brainstorming, how could we even explore this in a Realistic Virtual Earth, and further, if we were to explore developing this biology and science in a #RealsiticVirtualEarth in a #WUaSHospitalMultimediaRoom, how would we begin to code for these Gcell and Gmolecule view levels at different time points at the molecular and gene levels - eg in Google Street View with Time Slider at the GMolecule view level ... and in building out a Realistic Virtual Harbin Hot springs too?
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I asked this of Gemini and see the PS -
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ALSO,
regarding agency (and see below), the kids you're kind of an uncle to at Chabot Lake, and regarding fishing ... explore inviting some of them to apply to free World Univ & Sch in the future, and after we accredit ?
Here's a Twitter post I wrote about thinking about acting independently or free will / choice or agency (a philosophical concept too) ... and regarding applying to World Univ & Sch (back in 2021) updated for today -
Further brainstorming, an opportunity for your fishing kids to even learn to wiki teach to video about something they love ... perhaps with your guidance, Jay ? -
Excited for #WUaSunivs to dev a short course on how to #wikiTeach @WorldUnivAndSch possibly for credit for #matriculatedWUaSstudents ...
Seeking to move forward further with the WUaS Academic Medical Center into a newly safe vacant with property deed 670 Ridgecrest Rd, Canyon, 94516 - and if my previous landlord there and his daughter, both heinous criminals even??? have moved on with the state of CA law with US federal law working effectively together in new ways - and possibly the 7th, 8th or 9th of July per communication with Magnussen's Toyota Palo Alto who's been involved in this move for more than a year now.
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Seeking to develop teh WUAs Hospital Multimedia Room in the shop there - N-Dimensionally ... and to make headway in aging reversal genetic research for example in a realistic virtual earth (to contribute to speeding this up significantly, and see - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/07/nelumbo-nucifera.html - and by searching on "G i
How best to speed up the aging reversal and extreme longevity genetic drug therapy development process and with a #RealisticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal a #REAListiicVirtualEarthForYogaAsana and for #AvatarAgentElectronicHealthRecords ... and regarding developing learning experience of ONENESS from one's home bath tub or a hot tub too - and in a #RealsiticVirtualHarbin Hot Springs or otherwise? - I think building out the #RealisticVirtualEarth for everything esp the genetics of longevity, and for soaking from home is a key next step in speeding this up, and getting it into scientists' laboratories everywhere would do this (and potentially starting with a #WUaSHospitalMultimediaRoom in the shop at 670 Ridgecrest Rd Canyon 94516 will be a potent seed for this) - " ... )
Regards, Yogic-ally, Happy 4th of July!,
Scott
PS
Asked Gemini AI -
if gene function declines as an organism ages - per Harvard MIT Professor of Genetics' George Church - https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk - what does this look like at the #Gcell and #Gmolecule view levels at different time points? How to code for this?
Gemini replied -
This is a fascinating, highly ambitious vision. Synthesizing George Church’s insights on genomic aging with an interactive, "Google Street View for molecules" time-slider interface is exactly the kind of deep-tech visualization the future of medicine needs.
Let's break this down into two parts: first, what this aging looks like biologically at the G-Cell and G-Moleculelevels, and second, how we can architect a codebase to power this in a virtual environment like a WUaS Hospital Multimedia Room.
Part 1: The Biology (G-Cell & G-Molecule Views Over Time)
As gene function declines, it isn't just that genes "turn off"; the physical structures and communication networks warp. Here is what your zoom levels would reveal at three distinct time points: Youth (Baseline), Mid-Life (Dysregulation), and Advanced Age (Senescence).
1. The G-Cell (Cellular) View
Focuses on organelles, cellular machinery, and structural integrity.
Time Point A: Youth (Ages 0–25)
Visuals: Crisply defined, highly dynamic mitochondria constantly undergoing fission and fusion. Pristine nuclear envelope. Low levels of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) represented as minor background "noise."
Activity: Smooth trafficking of vesicles; rapid clearance of cellular debris by autophagosomes.
Time Point B: Mid-Life (Ages 40–50)
Visuals: Mitochondria appear slightly swollen or elongated; ATP production efficiency drops. The nuclear envelope begins to lose its smooth contour.
Activity: "Leaky" systems. Autophagy slows down, leading to a minor accumulation of misfolded proteins (lipofuscin aggregates) in the cytoplasm.
Time Point C: Advanced Age (Ages 75+)
Visuals:Cellular Senescence. The cell takes on a flattened, enlarged morphology. The mitochondria are fragmented and highly dysfunctional. The nuclear membrane is warped.
Activity: The cell ceases replication but becomes a hyper-active factory for the SASP (Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype), pumping out pro-inflammatory cytokines into the surrounding tissue.
2. The G-Molecule (Molecular/Genetic) View
Focuses on the DNA helix, epigenetic tags, transcription factors, and RNA transcripts.
Time Point A: Youth (Ages 0–25)
Visuals: Tight, orderly organization of heterochromatin (silenced genes) and open, accessible euchromatin (active genes). Histone tails are correctly tagged (e.g., proper acetylation/methylation).
Activity: RNA Polymerase zips smoothly down open DNA tracks, producing clean, full-length mRNA transcripts. Telomeres are long and capped.
Time Point B: Mid-Life (Ages 40–50)
Visuals:Epigenetic Drift. Epigenetic marks begin to scramble. Some heterochromatin uncoils, accidentally exposing cryptic promoters.
Activity: Transcription becomes "noisy." RNA Polymerase gets stalled by sporadic DNA methylation errors or DNA damage sites (like double-strand breaks waiting for repair).
Time Point C: Advanced Age (Ages 75+)
Visuals:Loss of Heterochromatin Loss & Telomere Attrition. Chromatin structure collapses into global disorganization. Telomeres are dangerously short, triggering DNA damage responses.
Activity: Profound transcriptional decline. Transcription factors fail to find binding sites due to structural chaos. Frequent truncated or mutated mRNA transcripts, leading to the functional decline George Church talks about.
Part 2: Code Architecture for a "Molecular Street View" with Time Slider
To build this in a virtual environment, we can’t just pre-render videos; the system needs to be interactive, scalable, and responsive to a "Time Slider" input. We can use a data-driven simulation framework (potentially using WebGL/Three.js or Unreal Engine 5 for the VR room, backed by a procedural generation engine).
Here is a conceptual architectural approach to coding this system.
1. The State Machine & Data Model (The "Time Engine")
Instead of storing millions of 3D models for every second of aging, you store mathematical biological rules that change based on a float variable: time_delta (from 0.0 for youth to 1.0 for advanced age).
Python
# Conceptual Python backend for the G-Molecule / G-Cell State Engineimport numpy as np
classBiologicalEntity:def__init__(self, name, level):self.name = name # e.g., "Mitochondria", "Histone_H3"
self.level = level # "G-Cell" or "G-Molecule"defget_procedural_state(self, age_slider):"""
age_slider is a float between 0.0 (Youth) and 1.0 (Advanced Age).
Returns parameters to drive the 3D shader/simulation.
"""
state = {}
if self.level == "G-Cell"andself.name == "Mitochondria":
# As age increases, fragmentation increases, and ATP generation simulation drops
state["fragmentation_low_freq"] = np.interp(age_slider, [0, 0.5, 1], [0.1, 0.4, 0.9])
state["glow_intensity_ATP"] = np.interp(age_slider, [0, 1], [1.0, 0.2])
state["morphology_warp"] = age_slider * 1.5elif self.level == "G-Molecule"andself.name == "Chromatin":
# Epigenetic drift: strict organization decays into chaotic openness
state["heterochromatin_density"] = np.interp(age_slider, [0, 1], [1.0, 0.3])
state["transcription_error_rate"] = np.interp(age_slider, [0, 0.5, 1], [0.01, 0.15, 0.75])
return state
2. The Vertex & Fragment Shaders (The Visuals)
To handle the millions of molecules efficiently in real-time VR, you pass the age_slider variable directly to GPU Shaders.
For instance, at the G-Molecule level, a custom GLSL shader can control the "unraveling" of the DNA helix or the fading away of epigenetic methyl groups based on the time slider:
OpenGL Shading Language
// Conceptual GLSL Fragment Shader snippet for Epigenetic Tagsuniformfloat u_age_slider; // Passed from the UI Time Slider (0.0 - 1.0)varyingvec3 v_position;
void main() {
// Probability of an epigenetic tag existing decreases or de-localizes with agefloat tag_stability = noise(v_position * 10.0) * (1.0 - u_age_slider);
if (tag_stability < 0.3) {
discard; // The molecular tag "vanishes" or falls off due to age-related decline
}
gl_FragColor = vec4(0.2, 0.8, 0.5, tag_stability); // Fading green tag
}
3. Implementing the "Street View" Camera (Continuous Zoom)
To smoothly transition from the G-Cell level down to the G-Molecule level, implement a Hierarchical Level of Detail (LoD) system, identical to how Google Maps switches from a country view to a street view.
Camera Zoom Threshold > 70%: Render the cell membrane, major organelles, and bulk cytoskeleton (G-Cell). DNA is just a dense mass inside a glowing nucleus.
Camera Zoom Threshold 30% - 70%: Fade out outer cell structures. Fade in the nuclear envelope. Transition chromatin into distinct 3D topological loops.
Camera Zoom Threshold < 30%: Render individual base pairs, Histones, RNA Polymerase complexes, and individual molecular interactions (G-Molecule).
4. Integrating Church’s Gene Therapy Vector (The Interactivity)
Since George Church focuses heavily on reversing this decline via gene therapy (e.g., using AAV vectors to deliver longevity genes like OSK or FGF21), you can add an "Intervention" toggle alongside the time slider.
If intervention_active == true, the code injects a vector sprite, resets the transcription_error_ratevariables back toward 0.0, and procedurally tightens the heterochromatin back up, simulating cellular rejuvenation in real-time on the multimedia room screens.
How to Start Building This in a Lab/Dev Environment
Extract the Data: Pull structural coordinate data (.PDB files) for DNA, histones, and transcription factors from the RCSB Protein Data Bank.
Choose the Engine: Use Unreal Engine 5 (utilizing its Nanite geometry system for handling billions of molecular polygons) or Three.js/WebGPU for an accessible browser-based system.
Map the Slider: Establish your float age timeline. Link it to procedural noise algorithms that warp geometry, dim chemical "glows," and break apart structural hierarchies as the value moves toward 1.0.
Would you like to explore how we would structure the multi-screen synching logic for a physical Multimedia Room setup, or dive deeper into the procedural rules for a specific gene pathway?
Further, it's building out from the Harbin Hot Springs' gate house in Google Street View with a time slider that I have in mind (and with World University and School in a Frow With Google WUaS program too ... so probably in communication with Google too) -
and with its mountain scenes could inform conceptually the beginnings of a Harbin Hot Springs' warm pool for example ... something to riff with ... ... and potentially for soaking in from one's own home bathtub for visiting virtual Harbin and for soaking ... or from a hot tub ...
How to develop the "oneness" experience of soaking in the actual Harbin warm pool ? Current Harbin founder Ishvara Bob Hartley's book is "Oneness in Living" and it has a focus on Kundalini Yoga at Harbin Hot Springs Heart Consciousness Church ... where the oneness in his book's title could refer to the 8th limb of Yoga samadhi or oneness ... and where the oneness in the Harbin warm pool with everyone coming in and out naked is incomparable.
Potentially with Google and possibly Igloo Vision too in Britain, how could this be a creative project for you all and regarding hot tubs and visiting from them a realistic virtual Harbin Hot Springs + too ?
I just created a blog post in these regards Sun 6/28/26 - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/06/spot-billed-pelican-pelecanus.html (in daily blog) - and with updated Google Terms of Service for helianth@gmail.com (my email too) ... AND it looks like Google Cardboard is still in this list for innovating in developing Digital Masks and Digital Glasses e.g. for soaking in a realistic virtual Harbin from home :)
More later ... and re these creative potentials ... and possibly regarding income for 5A storage for example ... in new out of the box innovative ways.
Jay and Bashur, what are your personal emails, if you'd care to share them?
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AND here's the INCREDIBLE Peter Nrovig #ToolifyAIWUaS article I mentioned too -
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Further creative explorations in these regards and creatively with Digital Glasses innovations of our own making ... and potentially in bath tubs and hot tubs for the relaxation response Yoga oneness meditation too ... paralleling Actual harbin Hot Springs ...and for STEM and Ethnographic research ...
Want to experiment with one hot tub and a virtual Harbin at 5A Storage possibly ?
... and especially explore this further as I move into a newly safe, vacant, with property deed 670 Ridgecrest Rd, Canyon 94516 and to grow the WUaS Academic Medical Center in these regards too.
What are your email addresses beyond moraga@ 5aspace ..?
More about the Flywire Connectome project re the wiring diagram of the Drosophila fruit fly brain based at Princeton University here -
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum): #ScientificallyProve #AgingReversal w #FlyConnectome & @harvardmed & WUaS Academic Medical Center in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal?
Take a flight through The BANC - CNS connectome Drosophila
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add #juvenileFruitFlyBrain AND #adultFruitFlyBrain fr #FlywireConnectome to #GStreetView w #GTimeSlider & slide between, then code these w #GPegman as #Drosophila #AvatarAgentEHR then upload #juvenileFlyBrain #GCells or #GMolecules to #physicalAdultFly to #ReverseAging experiment
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- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually (2021, Academic Press at WUaS)
Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune (2020)
Order Book #4 To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs, than to realize it in virtual reality (2019, Academic Press at WUaS)
Order Book #3 Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss (2018, Academic Press at WUaS)
Order Book #2 Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippie Harbin Poetry (2017, Academic Press at WUaS)
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Begin building a #RealisticVirtualHarbin #HeaertConsciousnessChurch #HarbinWarmPool sitting on long underwater 'bench' at #WarmPool's front end for #SoakingMeditation & looking up to left AND ahead into #HotPoolRoom & watching people walk in mostly naked for ex. https://youtu.be/X6YBetANDUI FROM #HomeBathtub ?
AND here's the INCREDIBLE Peter Nrovig #ToolifyAIWUaS article I mentioned too -
Where will an iterating #RealisticVirtualEarth #ForEverything per #ToolifyAIWUaS "#RevolutionizingEducation w #MLandAI" head ...?
and see PeterNorvig's INCREDIBLE #ToolifyAIWUaS article "Revolutionizing Education with Machine Learning and AI: #WorldUniversityINSchool updated 3/2/24
We’re continuing to invest in data centers across the country with $1B+ for our Texas cloud and data center infrastructure. This investment will help meet growing demand for AI, Cloud + other digital services.
Further creative explorations in these regards and creatively with Digital Glasses innovations of our own making ... and potentially in bath tubs and hot tubs for the relaxation response Yoga oneness meditation too ... paralleling Actual harbin Hot Springs ...and for STEM and Ethnographic research ...
Want to experiment with one hot tub and a virtual Harbin at 5A Storage possibly ?
... and especially explore this further as I move into a newly safe, vacant, with property deed 670 Ridgecrest Rd, Canyon 94516 and to grow the WUaS Academic Medical Center in these regards too.
What are your email addresses beyond moraga@ 5aspace ..?
More about the Flywire Connectome project re the wiring diagram of the Drosophila fruit fly brain based at Princeton University here -
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum): #ScientificallyProve #AgingReversal w #FlyConnectome & @harvardmed & WUaS Academic Medical Center in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForAgingReversal?
Take a flight through The BANC - CNS connectome Drosophila
1)
add #juvenileFruitFlyBrain AND #adultFruitFlyBrain fr #FlywireConnectome to #GStreetView w #GTimeSlider & slide between, then code these w #GPegman as #Drosophila #AvatarAgentEHR then upload #juvenileFlyBrain #GCells or #GMolecules to #physicalAdultFly to #ReverseAging experiment
add #juvenileFruitFlyBrain AND #adultFruitFlyBrain fr #FlywireConnectome to #GStreetView w #GTimeSlider & slide between, then code these w #GPegman as #Drosophila #AvatarAgentEHR then upload #juvenileFlyBrain #GCells or #GMolecules to #physicalAdultFly to #ReverseAging experiment
- Poetry! Order Book #5 Light, Float, Sit, Watsu ~ Virtually (2021, Academic Press at WUaS)
Scottish Small Piping album #1 Honey in the Bag ~ Out of the Air tune (2020)
Order Book #4 To the Dance or the Pools? ~ Virtually! How different it is to soak at Harbin Hot Springs, than to realize it in virtual reality (2019, Academic Press at WUaS)
Order Book #3 Winding Road Rainbow: Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss (2018, Academic Press at WUaS)
Order Book #2 Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippie Harbin Poetry (2017, Academic Press at WUaS)
Order Actual-Virtual Ethnographic Book #1: Naked Harbin Ethnography (2016, Academic Press at World University and School)
Walking down Russell street in Berkeley, F, July 17, 2026 & World University and School too - Vijay & Harsha Raval ~
Dear Vijay and Harsha,
Very nice to meet and talk with you walking down Russell street in Berkeley toward College avenue, you coming from the Claremont hotel, while visiting your son, Vivek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-raval-a92146b3), who works Meta (like Pratyush Patel and Shishir Sura, whom I mentioned to you meeting in Santa Cruz last Saturday, and see the PS). More about World University and School and possibly Pratyush and Shishir helping to develop it with their CE PhD in Machine Learning here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/07/monterey-clover-trifolium-trichocalyx.html (in daily blog) and see the PPS.
And great to talk with you about World University and School too, building on C C-4 licensed MIT OCW in 7 languages (https://ocw.mit.edu/).
And fascinating, with you coming from Connecticut, that you knew (of) Vivek Hutheesing's father, and that he was a relative of Nehru, and grew up in India in Gandhi's circles), Vivek the son, also having lived in Connecticut.
- Scott GK MacLeod Founder, President, CEO & Professor at / of best STEAM CC licensed OCW, Wiki, World University & School (WUaS) - USPS US Post Office, PO Box 132, General Delivery, Canyon, CA 94516
1) non-profit 501(c)(3) Public Charity building on CC-4 licensed MIT OCW in 7 languages -
Scott's an anthropologist of #PhysicalDigital Harbin Hot Springs' Heart Consciousness Church @HarbinBook (on #TwitterX), as ethnographic field site - https://goo.gl/maps/7gSsSTweRCBo9gf87 - who is currently writing "Society, Info Tech & the Global Univ", who also finds fascinating the internet, ideas, poetry, sociology, art, science, genetics of aging reversal & extreme longevity drug therapies emerging (with FDA approval), philosophy, history, music, love and life ~ as well as the anthropology of info tech & counterculture :) - scottmacleod.com; Am also the president or head of, and professor at, best STEAM CC OCW wiki World Univ & Sch & Academic @WUaSPress, planned in 7,159 living languages with machine translation, (aka the WUaS Corp) planning free online degrees in ~200 countries & in their main languages, where you can #WikiTeach, or #WikiLearn, or #WikiCreate - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects (See too "Yoga Notations": http://www.scottmacleod.com/yoganotations.html). Identity-wise, a Nontheist f/Friendly Quaker - a NtF or NtQ - with Unitarian Universalist sympathies as well, and a player of Scottish bagpipes, & an academic