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In other words, art is indeed, as Maciak put it, an “irreducible remainder” that impedes optimization. But impeding optimization is what’s necessary to leave open the space for new possibilities. Optimization is inevitably a formatting of the future to suit the established frameworks of the past.
Epic Forgetting
Rob Horning
It’s not capitalism in the traditional sense, but an abstracted hyper-capitalism utterly divorced from getting anything done. In fact, the closer to the creation of value you get under this scheme, the farther you are from the money.
Program or Be Programmed
Douglas Rushkoff
Bidirectional belief amplification schematic. As interaction continues, (e.g. paranoid) beliefs are amplified in both the user and chatbot responses. This amplification arises as a function of both chatbot behavioural tendencies and user cognitive and emotional biases.
Technological Folie a Deux - Google Docs
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