re-enchanted decision-making
hard data and rational logic no longer reign supreme. The rise of using astrology and tarot to guide financial, social and personal decisions
re-enchanted decision-making
“More and more young, intellectually inclined, and politically heterodox thinkers are showing disillusionment with the contemporary faith in technocracy and personal autonomy. They see this combination as having contributed to the fundamentally alienating character of modern Western life. The chipper, distinctly liberal optimism of rationalist cult... See more
Zach Lamb • The Noetic Future of Culture and Brands
Priests and monks blessing server rooms and sprinkling holy water on computer systems as a way to prevent them from ever shutting down
instagram.com“After scanning the market from 8:30 a.m. till 9 a.m. and picking the stock I’ll be trading that day—today it was Amazon—I do a single card pull to confirm my decision or get guidance,” she says in one video. “Today I pulled the Ace of Cups, which represents abundance; this gave me the needed assurance to trust in my strategy.”
Sasha Rogelberg • Gen Z loves astrology and tarot. Now the stock-obsessed generation is using vibes to day-trade
“When we emphasize the artificially quantized, we lose access to the glorious in-between where we all actually live. [...] We lose access to the squishy, indeterminate, and speculative. [...] We are flying with instruments alone.” - Douglas Rushkoff
Thomas Klaffke • Unframing the Future
What do you think about this new policy implemented? Will there soon be discrimination laws against zodiac signs😬? They said it’s something about those Aries and all Aries have been banned from the popular night club in New York called Zamboni and the zodiac sign to follow has to pay double because of the characteristics it picks ip from Aries lo... See more
instagram.comIn other words, “vibes” are similar to the approximations that machine learning systems use, and the two feed off of each other synergistically. The situation is precisely encapsulated by Goodhart’s Law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”