RETURN | Substack

" Erik Hoel hypothesizes that dreams function to prevent “overfitting” of the brain to its conditioning, allowing it to generalize from past experiences to novel future scenarios."

Noise as intimation of future ordered states

Finding the signal in the noise - the future is filled with noise and our job is to hear the music within the cacophony

"...making noise on purpose can jolt a system out of its rut." During times of disruption, generalists often adapt to emerging conditions faster than their specialist neighbors.

"Education at the edge of history can’t rely on the authority of educators brought up in a world that no longer exists..."

"Deliberate noise is a signal, the transmission of intent."