Fuck… what’s this from?

Oui Chef… Street lights just went on, I better head home.

Damn…

We’re the bridge generation fluent in both analog soul and digital syntax. But it’s haunting to think our grandkids might never know the weight of silence, the thrill of a library hunt, or the intimacy of a conversation without notifications. What are we losing as we optimize for efficiency? #AI #commonplace

That London Cab driver study is referenced in the book Peak I reviewed. There’s a number of areas in the brain which change with significant practice and with how much time we spend online we’ll likely see some major changes in the next generations brains too.

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It’s OK. Lots of people were the last to experience something. There was a generation the last to remember food before fire. There was a generation the last to remember a time before printed books. There was a generation the last to remember a world without indoor plumbing, electricity, cars, etc.

Such is the nature of progress.

We’ve had thousands of years and even our digestive systems haven’t caught up to the change in diet over time. Imagine a something as intricate as our nervous system being rewired for totally new ways of experiencing the world, in the course of a few decades.

If we could visit humanity in 200 years I doubt we would understand it.

We are the definition of unique.

how pissed would you have been if you were the last to live without fire?

Maybe that is us.

Indeed. But the neuroplasticity can be directed both digitally into the oblivion described, or, if we can muster it, we can choose to intentionally rewire ourselves in accordance with natural, analog life systems so we aren't swept away. I recently envisioned a response to this and joined Nostr because of it. I promise to share soon.

fuuuuck 😞

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This is true but has happened in the past with each technological advancement. Be it the Bronze age, Iron age, Industrial age or the digital age. All technologies change humanity. The digital age may be one of the most profound however.

Not sure that I follow the link between neuroplasticity and digital proficienty since nwuroplasticity is about working in alpha and theta brain waves and reprograming the mind and beliefs and how the brain wires.

Concern about our modern life is valid since being on screens but us in high beta brain waves (directly linked to anxiety) so advocating the balance is crucial. Digital detox is necessary. The way we achieve thos is combining meditations, mindfulness, being in nature, moving our body and most importantly love and forming genuine human connections.

I’m hopeful the ethics of the age of digital intelligence will age as well as the “Know Thyself” message has.