Digital twins; Death of search; Raw awe
Issue #374
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Hey everyone!
Iâm just going to paste in a few lines verbatim from Wikipedia to tell you how Iâm feeling about the past few weeks across the globe:
The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance. [Source]
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Luis
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ⶠA digital twin might just save your life
Whether itâs a factory manager in their office watching the efficiency of the floor through a screen, or testing virtual planes inside virtual wind tunnels in production, the idea of the world we know it also existing in a simulation isnât science fiction anymore. Weâve already made it, it just might not look like what we thought it would. This extends all the way from the company to the individual, to the point where we might exist as our entire selves inside a simulation to see how we respond to the world.
â· The death of search
Google was supposed to be the forever company. Surely, nothing could replace verb-ing your way to knowledge? In less than a few years, the tech industry at least has still been using text inputs to gather knowledge, but from other sources. This is both phenomenal and scary, as the entire fabric of the web is essentially sitting on the foundation of search, SEO, and advertising revenue. How will we transition away from this without watching it all crumble?
âž We need raw awe
The world is becoming more isolated. And weâre choosing to do it. This article introduces a phrase I hadnât heard before: âtech-vexedâ â âthe gradual yet relentless seduction of computerised lifeâ. Isnât that sad. We live in a world thatâs more predictable when itâs online first, weâre less surprised and less caught off guard. I guess this is a call to go outside more and see people.
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Bonus round (apologies, this is a self promo week)
For work stuff, Iâve started to write articles over on Read.cv. Itâs a really lightweight way to get my âloose thoughtsâ out, and doesnât have the gross bloat of Medium
My podcast 8px Radio is back, with one live episode and 3 more coming
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Information and social order
This is an interview with the author of Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari, where they discuss why people who are experts in the literal sense are in fact typically directed by those that are experts in fiction and order. In plainer terms â scientists and engineers who know the science are told what to do by the CEO who wants to twist the narrative in the favour of profit.
Have a great week,
@disco_lu