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- Jul 2024
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docdrop.org docdrop.org
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one of the things i suggested in a short history of progress is that 00:30:18 one of our problems even though we're very clever as a species we're not wise
for - key insight - progress trap - A Short History of Progress - we are clever but NOT wise!
key insight - progress trap - A Short History of Progress - we are clever but NOT wise! - In other words - Intelligence is FAR DIFFERENT than wisdom
new memes - We have an abundance of intelligence and a dearth of wisdom - A little knowledge is dangerous, a lot of knowledge is even more dangerous
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- Jul 2023
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canadiancor.com canadiancor.com
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The concept of the purity of science should be abandoned.
- for: progress trap, abstraction
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- we do not recognize the power of abstraction
- through it, we begin to construct Indra's Net of Jewels, one jewel (idea) at a time
- but each jewel (idea) that we construct is just a little knowledge, and as Dan observes, a little knowledge, compared to the endless knowledge reflected in any jewel is dangerous.
- this then, is our dangerous predicament - we base technology on incomplete jewels of Indra's net
- as we know from mathematics, when the finite meets the infinite, it can never win
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- for: progress trap, abstraction
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