the mind is comprised of hardware, firmware and software.
the hardware being the wetware (biological circuitry and chemistry)
the firmware default patterns (language, culture, habits, beliefs) installed by family, school, religion, society
software is userland. Where interations and new code is encountered and assimlated or pruned.
Your day to day consciousness (thoughts and feelings)
most people only ever interact with userland
you can basically modify, add, remove any of these programs. you can even write your own but you'd better know what you're doing (think abstractly and systematically)
you need version control & off site backups. You need to know how to revert when a belief patch breaks your reality or subverts your intent.
you need systems to guard against mental malware. harmful memetics and paranoia loops (conspiratarded)
you need debugging & trace skills, to track where a thought or belief came from.
without it you can end up with boot loop (never ending existential crisis), bricked mind (dissociation, nihilism, permapsychosis), and supply chain attacks (adopting ideology without understanding the run off effects)
the end game is basically a custom ROM.
A core set of hardware and firmware
, hardened and proven.
intentionally designed self image. One that allows the freedom to install and uninstall belief systems at will.
the ability to hold multiple models of truth and choosing which is most adaptive in the moment.
