@esekansaijinben The history of cultural progress is ...
@esekansaijinben The history of cultural progress is full of important counter-cultural movements, from feminism to anti-war. All beneficial
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The bottleneck shifts to distribution
"There is a fixed amount of scarce attention to go around, and too many people want it. The metagame becomes: secure attention by any means necessary."
When the President threatens to commit a genocide
This cannot continue.
"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds
"Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting “faulty” AI answers." Increasingly, incentive structures are asking them to.
Notable links: April 3, 2026
A dystopian week, with a glimmer of hope: alternatives are available.