The production of ignorance and not-knowing is rife in an information ecosystem increasingly mediated by AI. As a result, we mistake probabilistic guesses for ‘hallucinations.’ We mistake reflections in a mirror for a prediction about the future. We mistake uncertainty for risk we can manage. We mistake the production of ignorance for intelligence.... See more
An alive culture replaces distraction and escapism with mindful attention, direct experience, active participation, creative expression, deep connection, genuine sharing, and lasting community (in other words, it’s a utopia!).
In an alive culture, you follow what is interesting rather than having your mind be fed for profit. In an alive culture, you... See more
Dr Tyson Yunkaporta is exactly what we need in the World today ... a person who can help us see the Cosmos through the eyes of the Indigenous Australians ... the longest living culture in the History of our Planet. The Aboriginals kept our country in pristine condition for 40,000 years
Note2self: this reminds me of Claude shannon vs Norbert Weiner school of thought
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The first one is what gives you a right to exist. There is already 40,000 companies doing something like you, and then there's 15 companies doing what sounds exactly like what you're doing, and then there's three other companies that are literally doing exactly what you're doing, at least to the outside eyes. Why don't you just go join them?... See more
The beauty of the rabbit hole, and the warren you create by falling down it, is how it activates your curiosity to generate new, reflective pockets of information and knowledge. And the better you become at “finding,” the more portals emerge, and the farther you get from a complete sense of having found. The state of curiosity is one of abundance:... See more
I’ve started to think of “cultural artifacts” and “memes” as particles in a chaotic pressure chamber of social forces. I want to introduce the concept of the meme as “radioactive cultural product” – radioactive because of two properties: radiation and half-life .