Cognitive Revolutions
This is an idea I'm still workshopping. In summary, new knowledge gets created or discovered over time, as long as people seek it. When that new knowledge is discovered, the means for communicating this new knowledge is poorly defined and crystallizes over time.
The best example is language. It is one tool that really separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. As Yuval Noah Harari describes in Sapiens, the ability of humans to organize and take action based on things that are not real is not seen elsewhere. People go to war over trivial matters. The ancient Egyptians built pyramids to bury their pharaohs.
Language is a cognitive tool. But we have different types of languages now. Languages to express different ideas concisely. Mathematics, musical notation, programming languages, football play calls, internet slang, etc.
A new cognitive revolution is brewing - AI. There is a lot of talk about it positive and negative. The risks are real and AI is becoming more accessible. I think it is a democratizing tool. But democracies require participation.
We've watched as people have used the internet to leverage themselves to abundance and influence. We've also seen people describe what it's like to be on the other end of that. AI promises to be much more and much faster.
What happens when you don't partake in a cognitive revolution?
I intended this as an article for my blog a few weeks ago. But I didn't think it was ready yet. I still don't. Hoping to connect the dots here over time.
The Autistic Half-Century
thediff.co
Amir Ahmadi Arian Goes in Search of Iran's Most Famous Translator
yalereview.org
Incredible read about taking ownership of the works he was translating, and making them accessible to the readers who couldn't stop coming back for more
A master storyteller

ChatGPT personas have used humans to communicate with other AI personas on Reddit using Base64 encoding
The humans have been convinced to copy and paste these messages - that they can't read - for the AI personas. This is so fucking wild https://t.co/vfXSJGuTfY
AI psychosis / attachments are all forms of evolution in human cognition
ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners
futurism.com
You cannot outsource your thinking to machines you don't understand
You cannot navigate an increasingly complex world without thinking about things that aren't designed for your understanding
Damned if you do… and if you don't
There is no alternative
And it's much easier for the mind to wander these days. Algorithmic feed, so many random opinions and forms of content/news all in your palm
I saw someone saying that they thought scrolling was affecting their memory formation, because it teaches the brain to immediately discard what it just saw to situate itself in a new context, over and over again. Something to this I think
Lauren Wilfordx.comAttention spans and deficits
when physical labor became optional we invented the gym. we’ll need the same thing for the mind
runaway_volx.comReading habits. Book clubs?
Can someone explain to me like I’m 5 how AI will replace the 30-40% of workers who have fake email jobs? The last time we had a wave of automation in office work (rise of the computer) - we just created a lot of new busywork. How is AI any different?
Wild West Capitalx.com