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This is also why the entire world has increasingly become a single civilisation. When things really work, everybody adopts them.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
Sadly, the theorists missed a key aspect of the fabric of reality: the Principle of Obliquity.2 In complex social situations, objectives are often best accomplished obliquely, not directly. Central planning is not the most effective way to run an economy. Frontal assault is rarely the best military strategy. The best way to become prime minister or president isn’t necessarily to declare that intent. The direct pursuit of happiness is not the best way to achieve happiness. And in business, the single-minded direct pursuit of profit isn’t necessarily the best way to make a profit.
The Age of Agile
Stephen DENNING
We still don’t know enough about consciousness to be sure. In general, there are three possibilities we need to consider: Consciousness is somehow linked to organic biochemistry in such a way that it will never be possible to create consciousness in non-organic systems. Consciousness is not linked to organic biochemistry, but it is linked to intelligence in such a way that computers could develop consciousness, and computers will have to develop consciousness if they are to pass a certain threshold of intelligence. There are no essential links between consciousness and either organic biochemistry or high intelligence. Hence computers might develop consciousness – but not necessarily. They could become super-intelligent while still having zero consciousness.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
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