"I don't have the answers and it pains me to know that nothing I've said here so far and possibly nothing I say here in the future is original." Yesterday when walking to my car, I was pondering how cool it would be to have one original thought. Just one. It's probably the greatest super power of all time. Original Thought.
We still call the device I'm using to respond to this thread a 'phone' which very word comes from the greek word for sound despite 'sound' having very little to how we interact with this particular techology today. Technology may be pulling us forward but we are constantly reaching backward in time for context on how to make sense of it.
Great post, Ken! I like your style. The chain of progress since the early tech era was captured well. Also, love this point: "It's our identities which have suffered most which may be why so many of us are externalizing that struggle in the form of identity politics." I look forward to joining you on this journey. My own Substack will look at the U.S. political economy with a solutions-oriented approach. I hope you will join the conversation.
Hi I need to take issue with the theme of the piece. I found that overall it's a nice, by the way.
Here's my issue:
"... computers do not show us the world or each other, they show us ourselves."
In fact, computers and technology in general are extensions of ourselves. In this case, AI is an extension of our cerebral cortex -- a general computing mechanism.
I agree with you. They are indeed an extension of ourselves. And the main things we have wrought with them have reflected back to us who we are. I find this beautiful and terrifying.
"I don't have the answers and it pains me to know that nothing I've said here so far and possibly nothing I say here in the future is original." Yesterday when walking to my car, I was pondering how cool it would be to have one original thought. Just one. It's probably the greatest super power of all time. Original Thought.
You would probably have to have been pretty early in human history.
Or early to a new technology or concept. A follow up super power would be the ability to take action on that original idea.
We still call the device I'm using to respond to this thread a 'phone' which very word comes from the greek word for sound despite 'sound' having very little to how we interact with this particular techology today. Technology may be pulling us forward but we are constantly reaching backward in time for context on how to make sense of it.
Great post, Ken! I like your style. The chain of progress since the early tech era was captured well. Also, love this point: "It's our identities which have suffered most which may be why so many of us are externalizing that struggle in the form of identity politics." I look forward to joining you on this journey. My own Substack will look at the U.S. political economy with a solutions-oriented approach. I hope you will join the conversation.
Hi I need to take issue with the theme of the piece. I found that overall it's a nice, by the way.
Here's my issue:
"... computers do not show us the world or each other, they show us ourselves."
In fact, computers and technology in general are extensions of ourselves. In this case, AI is an extension of our cerebral cortex -- a general computing mechanism.
I agree with you. They are indeed an extension of ourselves. And the main things we have wrought with them have reflected back to us who we are. I find this beautiful and terrifying.