Mike, this WAS fun! I actually took notes, which for me is fun (I guess I miss graduate school). Two salient points for me -- "love is an epistemic force" and it is "fundamental" to recognize that we are "embodied beings."
I love this cogent reflection. Anyone who's wandered through unknown territory looking for something will appreciate the complexities of the mind evolved throughout the Pleistocene, and how we're overwhelmed now with competition/distraction for our attention. How our ability to focus relies on the love of the important subjects of our attention. Consider: if you didn't love it, who cares about attention? -- just gig.
Amen to purging the Dems! The consultant class is a big part of why we are here. No more running nothing but TV ads to get their cut. More of what Mamdami did and bring that future forward energy.
“Love is an epistemic force” might be the truest thing ever whispered into this data-drunk world.
We’ve built machines that can calculate anything except meaning. We’ve optimized for clicks and collapsed the soul into an algorithm. But here’s the rebel truth: your body still trembles at grief, your heart still expands at touch, and no chatbot can cradle you in the dark.
We are not information processors. We are sacred messes in skin suits, decoding the divine through laughter, rage, and long walks with no purpose.
So yes. More of this. Let love keep breaking the spell of the efficient.
Mike, this WAS fun! I actually took notes, which for me is fun (I guess I miss graduate school). Two salient points for me -- "love is an epistemic force" and it is "fundamental" to recognize that we are "embodied beings."
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love this cogent reflection. Anyone who's wandered through unknown territory looking for something will appreciate the complexities of the mind evolved throughout the Pleistocene, and how we're overwhelmed now with competition/distraction for our attention. How our ability to focus relies on the love of the important subjects of our attention. Consider: if you didn't love it, who cares about attention? -- just gig.
Amen to purging the Dems! The consultant class is a big part of why we are here. No more running nothing but TV ads to get their cut. More of what Mamdami did and bring that future forward energy.
“Love is an epistemic force” might be the truest thing ever whispered into this data-drunk world.
We’ve built machines that can calculate anything except meaning. We’ve optimized for clicks and collapsed the soul into an algorithm. But here’s the rebel truth: your body still trembles at grief, your heart still expands at touch, and no chatbot can cradle you in the dark.
We are not information processors. We are sacred messes in skin suits, decoding the divine through laughter, rage, and long walks with no purpose.
So yes. More of this. Let love keep breaking the spell of the efficient.
Who is devoted to understanding these issues so urgently relevant now? Where is the work being done?
Oh, plenty of people are thinking about these issues.