I studied this emerging field of landscape ecology.

It's quite a sight.

So this whole region right over here is linguistically and ethnically connected.

So I want to show you another landscape now.

Equations. The universal language.

Neurolinguistic programming.

Pessimism is a luxury of good times ...

This is a mountain famous for its scenery.

And we tried to use it to visualize Third Avenue.

And you'll see them around where you live.

Music is a mathematical language.

I think this is a rather modest prediction.

In other words, we want the h to never overestimate the distance to the goal.

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The scenery of the Alps left a lasting impression on me.

Don't talk to me like that!

He made a linguistic study of languages.

We could drive it back to its ecological fundamentals to the hills, to the streams, to the basic hydrology and shoreline, to the beaches, the basic aspects that make the ecological landscape.

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These are extraordinary landscapes, but few of us ever get to see them.

Here's how it went.

We admired the view of Mt. Fuji.

You might have guess it correctly. It's the uniform distribution.

And that is how and why did this remarkable trait evolve, and why did it evolve only in our species?

And this is also true of some remote oceanic islands.

We see it in the constant appearance of slang and jargon, of the historical change in languages, in divergence of dialects and the formation of new languages.

English is always considered an international language.

Let go of your negative outlook on life.

OK, think of this as extreme self motivation.

Too rosy.

You're focusing on the negative.

So you might add words as well.

Well, what does this have to do with language?

And you say, Well, you know, how simple is that?

But to me, they are fascinating objects to visually narrate a story.

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I'll just come across it.

And I think of this as kind of a moral landscape, with peaks and valleys that correspond to differences in the well being of conscious creatures, both personal and collective.

As Norwegian social scientist Evelin Lindner has observed,

I was in the army.

And they'll often call this four threes, or three fours.

My intuition is that it's going to be there and there.

A story? It's told from the perspective of the crew.

Neurolinguistic programming is not a scam.

I'm an economist. I do dismal.