Debate: Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence?
The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.
E.O. Wilson
This quote implies an obvious question: what would it mean to invent a modern, godlike, institution?
Science may deliver on its promise of a longer life, but somewhere down the line, fundamental questions about our social and cultural realities have receded into the background. We are turning into consumers rather than producers of science, while the big science hegemony (stem cells, nanotechnology and the poster boy — machine intelligence) take precedence in popular discussion. Local, regional and people-led solutions to on-ground problems have simultaneously dwindled away. How do we build a science that speaks to these cultural realities? Prof. Milind Sohoni shares his thoughts. Full conversation via the link in the bio. [The Third Eye, Science, Education]
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Julien Crockettlareviewofbooks.org
In this twenty-first century of speed, information and high technology, we still have Stone Age brains. As powerful as culture is, it cannot cancel out or transform these deeply embedded primal forces, but only modulate it.
Will Storr • The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
Humans are in danger of losing their value, because intelligence is decoupling from consciousness.