I think pre-agricultural people's brains were larger than ours because they knew who they were and where they were and needed few things to facilitate that.
I wonder how mass unemployment from the loss of entry level jobs caused by AI will affect the post-AI incentive to move away from cities. I wonder how many other people are considering cutting their losses, buying hammer, nail and lumber and building their homes out of the city to reclaim the commons.
I think pre-agricultural people's brains were larger than ours because they knew who they were and where they were and needed few things to facilitate that.
This is such an astute observation. Cognitive offload literally shrinking our brains.
The best article I have read on Substack. In whose name are these technologies being dropped on us like virus laden confetti?
That is so kind of you to say! Such high praise considering how many good writers there are on Substack.
I wonder how mass unemployment from the loss of entry level jobs caused by AI will affect the post-AI incentive to move away from cities. I wonder how many other people are considering cutting their losses, buying hammer, nail and lumber and building their homes out of the city to reclaim the commons.