Laura Pike Seeley

The brain is continually making predictions about the causes of the sensory information it receives, and it uses that information to update its predictions. In other words, we live in a “controlled hallucination” that remains tied to reality by a dance of prediction and correction, but which is never identical to that reality.

No matter how much a workplace may practice radical candor or cultivate an environment of psychological safety, folks will always hold back some of their idea and thoughts.

Creating pedestrian plazas like the one in Times Square is prevalent in many European and Asian cities like Amsterdam and Tokyo. They prioritize public transportation and cycling infrastructure while U.S. cities often favor cars.

While western web3 concepts revolve around decentralized models (with unrestricted access underpinned by crypto), Chinese investment has largely focused on consortium chains. This involves verified organizations ensuring accountability, management, and community goals.

Rather, in our brain’s pursuit to plan, survive, and achieve our goals, it has learned how to guess what the world is actually like based on incoming sensory data. Those predictions are always uncertain, at least to a degree, which is why the goal of predictive processing is often described as minimizing that uncertainty.

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The Enlightenment changed the course of human history, placing reason at the center of culture. Our current project of civilization is failing and needs a new direction. Learning about life in the Universe highlights the uniqueness of our planet and of life here. This knowledge should pave the way to a new Enlightenment, one with the goal of... See more

the internet isn’t some alien force that descended upon us.

It’s just us, but bigger.