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People
"Software Development is 90% culture and psychology and 10% technology. Augmentation must act accordingly." - Samim
"Technology is easy. Physics is easy. People are hard." - @Gwynne_Shotwell, SpaceX COO (source)
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Psychogeography - is about finding new ways to explore familiar spaces. It’s a fancy name for a playing with an environment. There are various definitions, but the best way to approach it is through an example:
"An awareness of & openness to the psychological effects of environment and space upon the individual"
Take a map of the area where you live. Place a glass upside-down on the map and draw around the edge. Now, go outside with the map, and try to walk as close as you can to the edge of this circle. Make a note of the things you see, staying alert for novelty or strangeness. You could take photos, scribble notes, use voice memos, post to social media, or just remember what you see. At the end of the walk, review what you have produced.
"Landscapes are the chosen agents of reality" - Iain Sinclair
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Most of the new arrivals seem incapable of conversation. They just state at their hands in despair.
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Decades of research, legions of AI scientists, and mind-blowing GPU hours have culminated in this: AI-Generated Advertising! A small step for man, a giant leap for a profoundly stupid and gloriously vulgar species drowning in its own bullshit.
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The “Intelligence Trap”
The “Intelligence Trap” is a concept in psychology that suggests that highly intelligent people are more susceptible to cognitive biases and flawed thinking than less intelligent people. For example, it can be argued that Stephen Hawking’s Warning on Contacting Aliens may be an example of the so-called intelligence trap, as some evidence from the field of physics suggests.
