Cognitive Revolutions

A good passage in continuation of the note on collective imaginations.
Responsibility that should be borne by an individual is dissolved amongst a group, who rely on the process of deliberation, passing on the responsibility to the organization.
Excerpt: “Committees are commonly used in our society because they create the illusion of avoiding risk. They are a wonderful device for avoiding responsibility while making the institution seem more rather than less accountable. Modern institutions have overloaded on actual risk while fleeing the appearance of it, especially if you count “failing at core mission” as a risk. Such aversion to the appearance of the unusual can’t be justified on economic grounds. Rather, it is a socially driven aversion.“

Technological change is only possible with societal (behavioral) change
To use databases, you need to be able to think about your data in a structured way. The people who could do that gained most of the leverage from using databases. The folks who made it easy for people to transition to databases (ERPs and Co) captured the rest.
AI systems are fundamentally scalable decision making engines. And data is the oil required to power it. If you want to properly leverage AI, you need to make sure you're fueling it with the best refined data.
Otherwise, you're no different than the drunk trying to reliably operate complex machinery. The only repeatable part of that is injury.
How Running A Business Changes The Way You Think | Kalzumeus Software
kalzumeus.com
I've probably repeated this one enough.
Excerpt: “Companies are legal fictions which we find convenient to use to move capital around and balance accounting ledgers.“
Podcasts are more accessible and multimodal
Alan Chan • My Vision: A New City
Prehistoric Humans Had ADHD, Too, But the Trait Hasn't Adapted to Modern Life
Gabe Allendiscovermagazine.com
Neurodivergence is a tool for improving cognition in hunting and gathering?