Human Stuff
the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
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Human Stuff
“The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves.”
― Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society
Our professional and technological capabilities have been increasing exponentially, but our ability to use them wisely has not. We are building vast, complex civilizations, but that very complexity is in danger of overwhelming us, creating huge and unintended consequences for the planet and all those that inhabit it.
Christine Wamsler • What the Mind Has to Do With the Climate Crisis
When fed a chunk of information, a computer processes it in the same way on each occasion, whether it’s been at work for five minutes or five hours, whether it is located in a fluorescent lit office or positioned next to a sunny window, whether it’s near other computers or is the only computer in the room. This is how computers operate.
But the same
... See moreAnnie Murphy Paul • Opinion | This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Thinking
people don’t want options. they want a leader.
people don’t want options. they want a leader.
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.
