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I gift you, in these crazy days, an awesome October evening sunset by the sea. #sunset

A picture of an October evening sunset by the sea capturing a bright red sun setting in the sea flanked by two bushes in the foreground - Southwestern Greece.

David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 01/10/2026

A body's homeostasis doesn't need each cell to be virtuous; it needs no component able to draw more than its share, and damping before any one failure cascades. #Writinginsight #Snippet #insight #writingproject

Rocks balanced on driftwood plans, appearing to be stable and balanced but in reality creating a highly sensitive system that can be unbalanced catastrophically by the tiniest breath of wind.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 27/09/2026

The human body is a miracle of engineering and as such it has built-in limits. Understanding them and how you can affect them is the secret to ageing on your terms. - davidamerland.com/blog/science... #longevity #healthyageing #wellbeing #fitness

An image that shows a schematic of the human body exercising against a background of DNA strands - to illustrate how exercise and fitness affect longevity.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 25/09/2026

Some autumn color to cheer you up. The world is still a beautiful place to be in, despite all the challenges.

An autumn evening sea view showing a sunset.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 25/09/2026

What I can't wrap my head around is a gorgeous looking dog like her being damped for a goat!

Meme showing current head of the FBI, Kash Patel, with his arms wrapped around the waist of a presumably female goat being caught on Kiss Cam at a Coldplay concert.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 20/09/2026

Imagine being able to do whatever you wanted whenever you wanted. Incredibly enough it would neither make you happy nor omnipotent. "The exercise of power without consequences leads to immediate loss of self-correction and a slipping grip on reality." #WritingProject #WritingSnippet #SharedInsight

Mindmap that illustrates rhe relationships between concepts that explain this: The exercise of power without consequences leads to immediate loss of self-correction and a slipping grip on reality.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 17/09/2026

"Memory decays when centralized. It endures when distributed, but unevenly." Apply this to institutions, corporations, any organization that needs to stand the test of time and yet is plagued by people turnover and evolutionary pressures from its immediate functioning domain. 1/3

A mindmap that illustrates the relationships between concepts that illustrate this: "Memory decays when centralized. It endures when distributed, but unevenly."

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 12/09/2026

What defines us over any other animal on the planet is our search for meaning. #insight #writingproject #SharedInsight

A mindmap that explores all the different traits that make up this truth: What defines us over any other animal on the planet is our search for meaning.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 12/09/2026

Amazon's aggregate of reader reviews of "Built To Last" tell a comprehensive story. - a.co/d/02qbooX5 #fitness #longevity #BuiltToLast

Screenshot of summary of readre reviews for "Built To Last" by David Amerland.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 12/09/2026

It's Saturday. What are your plans. (Bennie & Ollie are taking a break from their never-stopping work schedule).

Two Westies, David Amerland's capable bodyguard canines, resting on a Saturday.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 12/09/2026

For those in the UK and the US "Built To Last" can be bought straight from the publisher with free shipping! #BuiltToLast #longevity #wellbeing #fitness

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 08/09/2026

May you all "Live Long and Prosper." #StarTrekDay

Image of Spock from the original Star Trek series giving his signature Vulcan hand sign.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 06/09/2026

I'm really behind in replying to emails at the moment and my writing commitments are not allowing me to improve my response time. If you're a blogger or content creator who's reached out to me about "Built To Last" this will help you until I can reply: l1nq.com/6vxik6i

David Amerland holds up a copy of his latest book on health, longevity and fitness: Built To Last.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 04/09/2026

"Justice is necessary not as a moral principle but as a practical requirement. Injustice accumulates and, eventually, overwhelms the system that supports it."

Mindmap that illustrates all the traits and connections between them that explore this principle: "Justice is necessary not as a moral principle but as a practical requirement. Injustice accumulates and, eventually, overwhelms the system that supports it."

Morality is largely a social and evolutionary construct shaped by human culture and survival needs, while we may like to think that a moral society is also just (and usually the two go hand-in-hand) justice has to rely on more than just the willingness of the social body to do good.

Justice, in order to last, has to be instrumentalized as a key support of an organized and stable society. This is the reason why it cannot be subject to ideology, personal inclination or moral values.

The work I've been laboring over for what this will be the 5th year keeps on producing insights that surprise even me. Obviously this was too good to not share.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 03/09/2026

If you survive life long enough you become experienced but not necessarily wiser. Experience traps you into what you already know. Wisdom is what you need to know when to discard the past so you can make better choices in the present that lead to the future you want to see. #insight

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 02/09/2026

If two ships did not hit mines is a lie explain this.

Clipping that shows the U.S. is adopting a "tanker for tanker" policy against Iran in the Straits of Hormuz.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 31/08/2026

You can all now rest easy. All that nonsense about Mitch burning up below. I have proof-of-life, the man's alive and well and taking a rehabilitative constitutional before he launches himself back to work for the good of the country and his constituents.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 27/08/2026

Absolute power doesn't corrupt so much as it reveals — it strips away the last excuse ("someone would have stopped me anyway") and leaves you fully, unshareably responsible for whatever you do next. Absolute power reveals who you truly are. #insight #writinginsight #sharedinsight

Mindmap that explores the connections that reveal this thesis: Absolute power doesn't corrupt so much as it reveals — it strips away the last excuse ("someone would have stopped me anyway") and leaves you fully, unshareably responsible for whatever you do next. Absolute power reveals who you truly are.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 26/08/2026

"A life, well lived, is like a bridge you cannot complete because it's reaching towards a future you will never see. So, all you can do is build as far as you can reach and you trust that someone on the other side is walking toward you." #insight #writingproject #writing

A mindmap that explores the relationships between all the different concepts of this insight: "A life, well lived, is like a bridge you cannot complete because it's reaching towards a future you will never see. So, all you can do is build as far as you can reach and you trust that someone on the other side is walking toward you."

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 24/08/2026

Prosocial behavior hinges on an awareness of consequences and the observer effect plays a role here but there is also a part of it that revolves around empowered thinking, the sense that prosocial actions bring about a more desirable world for everybody. #insight #foodforthought

Mindmap that illustrates the different elements that illustrate this: Prosocial behavior hinges on an awareness of consequences and the observer effect plays a role here but there is also a part of it that revolves around empowered thinking, the sense that prosocial actions bring about a more desirable world for everybody.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 23/08/2026

Since Thursday 11 more people are reading "Built To Last" on Goodreads - www.amazon.com/Built-Last-S... #fitness #health #wellbeing #longevity

Screenshot from Goodreads.com that shows David Amerland's book on fitness and longevity, "Built To Last" is being read by 14 people which is 11 more since Thursday just passed.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 22/08/2026

I am not going to say that the chicken won this bout, Ollie & Bennie are just taking a break before they coordinate another attack on it.

Two Westies (Ollie & Bennie) lying side-by-side on the floor, after playing.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 21/08/2026

He is resting a little but he can come out any time.

A mummified man likely to be Ramesses I.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 21/08/2026

Stop it! Mitch is resting but can come out any time. Any. Time.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 19/08/2026

I do not want to hear nonsense! By the time this amazing man has finished redesigning the ships, the U.S. navy will have some of the most capable sailing ships armed with 40-a-side smooth bore canons and America's enemies will tremble.

Sailing wariship - armed frigate of the British Royal Navy, ciract 18th century.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 17/08/2026

Leave Mitch alone! He is at home, recovering and also getting some work done because of an indefatigable, unbeatable and unstoppable work ethic.

A mummified man likely to be Ramesses I - image courtesy of Wikipedia.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 17/08/2026

A reminder that hard work, on its own, is never enough.

A mindmap that illustrates how hard work, on its own, is not enough to achieve successful outcomes.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 15/08/2026

It is an intellectual obligation they consistently fail to meet.

Mindmap that shows the relationship between ignorance and the concepts that support it.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 15/08/2026

Somebody had to fill the spot recently vacated by the Tates.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 15/08/2026

We, popularly, regard ignorance as the absence of an epistemic standing (like knowledge or true belief) but in actuality ignorance is the result of an intellectual failing of a person, the inability (or unwillingness) to meet an intellectual obligation. The mindmaps say it best.

Mindmap that shows how ignorance is the result of an intellectual failing.

Mindmap that shows how scientific knowledge is a privilege.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 12/08/2026

"Those who have no need of wealth have wants that much their needs and those who need it never stop needing it no matter how much wealth they have." #insight #writingsnippet #sharedinsight

Mindmap that illustrates the connections between different concepts that arise from the sentence that those who have no need of wealth have wants that much their needs and those who need it never stop needing it no matter how much wealth they have.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 11/08/2026

It's an issue of world-access rights. As you can see I can't get the ebook - the publisher needs to sort this and I won't even dignify their response back to you - their CSS wasn't even working on their website!!!! These are inexcusable issues in a digital age (and I say that as an expert).

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 10/08/2026

Aaargghhh! I want to buy it. I really do. I try not to support Amazon where I can and I use only eBooks since 2007 because book space in my house is limited. First, your publisher's CSS on their site is broken.

Broken CSS on Lorimer publisher's website.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 10/08/2026

Today's thought for the day: It's difficult to be the person the times need you to be if you don't fully understand the times you're in.

Mindmap illustrating the idea that: It's difficult to be the person the times need you to be if you don't fully understand the times you're in.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 09/08/2026

For those who don't understand the reference of this picture that helps contextualize the news piece below, here's the source: perspectives.ushmm.org/item/hitler-...

Image taken from WWII Archives showing Hitler Youth taking fitness tests as part of the Hitlerite aesthetic.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 09/08/2026

I'm putting this here, for reference.

Taken from archive footage the image shows Hitler Youth taking fitness tests as part of the Hitlerite aesthetic.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 27/07/2026

Bennie also says hello to Bonnie.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 20/07/2026

It takes a secret, complex, scientific process to create a false positive.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 19/07/2026

It's Sunday, the stockmarkets are shut and it's too hot to go and play outside - what's a Westie to do then?

Two Westies lying side-by-side belly down on the floor.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 17/07/2026

I have it on good authority that Mitch is doing great and getting in some ice-skating to beat the heat.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 16/07/2026

Wait, what? Is this not him?

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 12/07/2026

And Bennie, who seconds the sentiment.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 07/07/2026

I have two to add to this equation of trouble.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 06/07/2026

When we think of AI and its abilities we envision a superhuman. What we get is a savant. It has superhuman skills like doing math or writing code but struggles with basic common sense and real-world understanding. It calculates patterns but doesn't "get" the world the way we do.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 03/07/2026

The AVTF is ICE in disguise, right?

Publicity film poster for Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 03/07/2026

The grey zones (of morality) is where most of us dwell. Left unexamined, grey always leads us to darkness. It takes strength and courage to turn towards the light and do the right thing. #writingsnippet #insight #writinginsight #sharedepiphany

Mindmap that explores rhe connections between the concepts created by this sentence: The grey zones (of morality) is where most of us dwell. Left unexamined, grey always leads us to darkness. It takes strength and courage to turn towards the light and do the right thing.

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David Amerland @davidamerland.com · 02/07/2026

A reminder that science shows that what is good for your body also maintains the sharpness of your brain. davidamerland.com/research/exe...

Athletic woman on the floor exercising her abs.

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