Great observation. What's happening is that people have offloaded much of their intellectual processing to computerized sources. And while this does make things easier, it also eventually makes the mind dependent on that outside assistance, eventually causing atrophy of the mind itself.
In the long term, we're headed towards a monoculture of thought, and that's very bad. Innovation will cease, fallacies will be perpetuated, and random discoveries will end.
Along with our institutions, we need the wildness and insanity of an untamed jungle of thought. But what we're getting is an asphalt parking lot, and everyone's riding golf carts.
Along with our institutions, we need the wildness and insanity of an untamed jungle of thought. But what we're getting is an asphalt parking lot, and everyone's riding golf carts.
I love everything about this comment. We need the wildness and insanity of an untamed jungle of thought. So much beauty in that sentence.
It reminds me of the quote "what are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?" And the answer for most is sit in front of a device. All of this cheap information is crippling our minds and we are ceasing to live.
I often wonder how many people even look up at the blue sky in wonder anymore. Solomon said "in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow." I can't say I disagree.
Great observation. What's happening is that people have offloaded much of their intellectual processing to computerized sources. And while this does make things easier, it also eventually makes the mind dependent on that outside assistance, eventually causing atrophy of the mind itself.
In the long term, we're headed towards a monoculture of thought, and that's very bad. Innovation will cease, fallacies will be perpetuated, and random discoveries will end.
Along with our institutions, we need the wildness and insanity of an untamed jungle of thought. But what we're getting is an asphalt parking lot, and everyone's riding golf carts.
I love everything about this comment. We need the wildness and insanity of an untamed jungle of thought. So much beauty in that sentence.
It reminds me of the quote "what are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?" And the answer for most is sit in front of a device. All of this cheap information is crippling our minds and we are ceasing to live.
I often wonder how many people even look up at the blue sky in wonder anymore. Solomon said "in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow." I can't say I disagree.