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Here, we return to a theme that was only briefly touched on previously—the problem isn’t just that the world has become too grid-like, it is that, “nothing and nowhere escapes the techno-social net which we have cast over the planet. Uncharted territory has become a thing of the past.”
The seriousness of this problem cannot be overstated. Man feeds on *terra incognita*. The wildness of our imagination, the vitality of our spirit, the boldness of our dreams—these can only swell to their greatest extent when we feel as if there are hidden treasures or secrets waiting to be discovered.
Life on the Grid
Roger’s Bacon
And, in the second case, that by interacting with chatty generative AI models, [10](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/357829899/#page-9-0) people's own delusions beliefs and ideas can not only be affirmed by AI but can more substantially take root and grow through human-AI co-construction.
Workers have no social safety net because the companies that have rendered them jobless show no profits and pay no taxes.
Survival of the Richest
Douglas Rushkoff
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