Artificial Wisdom

That, of course, was the thing about truth. Those who hid it always believed it was colored in shades of grey; those who revealed it always saw the black and white.

The truth is not a luxury. It’s not disposable. It’s the bedrock of a civilized society.

They flooded Silicon Valley with money until a computer was in every pocket. Then they funded the invention of social media to track everyone, to know what they liked and believed. Then they corrupted those beliefs, played them back to people in their own echo chambers. And slowly, humanity became polarised. It was us and them, and neither side was able to even listen to the other without prejudgement.

That was the thing about the truth. Sometimes, you were judged more harshly for revealing it than for concealing it.

People seem to live in both the past and in the future

The street,” he said

You can’t convince those who don’t want to be convinced. They’ll see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, and studiously avoid anything that challenges their ‘truth.’ I know what’s right and what’s wrong.

I haven’t really thought it through yet.” She hesitated. “Do you like it here?” “It disgusts me.” She hadn’t seen that coming. “What do you mean?” “World’s burning and everyone just sat here enjoying mocha in safety, delivered by little flying machines cause they too fat-assed to get up and get it themselves. These are the people who’re meant to act, the smart and the rich. How they meant to act if they just sat inside a big-assed bowl?

I’m not saying he’s the most stable skittle in the bowling alley.

I’m saying no matter how great the technology is, it’s been created by imperfect humans who can’t predict the impact their algorithms will have on the world.

to.” “I can’t imagine it’s easy. But if there’s one thing I have learned about humankind, it’s how bad you are at living in the now. People seem to live in both the past and in the future, two big overlapping circles, but rarely focus on the intersection and enjoy the moments given to them right now.

there’s one thing I have learned about humankind, it’s how bad you are at living in the now. People seem to live in both the past and in the future, two big overlapping circles, but rarely focus on the intersection and enjoy the moments given to them right now.

believed in collaboration, not conflict. Logic informed by emotion. Emotion and logic have the same purpose. They’re both tools for guiding your choices and decisions, and for understanding the world. And emotion is important; it’s like a depth gauge for how important a choice is. But you need a threshold over which emotions can’t tread, so that decisions aren’t taken from a position of anger, depression or grief. All in all, experiencing those things is part of the human experience,

You’re after justice, then? Or perhaps you just want to see the world burn.” “The world is already burning. Seems you’re one of the only journos actually trying to expose the bastards holding the flamethrowers.