We've been at dawn of tech-provided emancipation for how long? 250 years now. There's been some real emancipation (washing machines!) but also much damage for disappointment. People say "that's capitalism" but underestimate FOMO by states as the driver: what if China, Germany, France, gets ahead ...
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
