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Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives

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People don't have the time, money, or energy. And they will continue to lose all three until there is no option but to figure out collective organisation

It definitely feels deliberate and yeah it is a feedback loop.

I hold some hope that it’s just an unexpected outcome of a complex system. otoh, that would male it more difficult to remedy.

Re: Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives

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“the most comprehensive registry data in existence, available for an entire nation of more than six million individuals across decades. Our data include information about life-events related to health, education, occupation, income, address, and working hours, recorded with day-to-day resolution.” I shuddered just reading this. What a nightmare for individuals’ freedom and privacy. What a bloody nation is that?

How do we build a system where there is enough trust that this data will be used for “good”?

Re: Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives

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“the most comprehensive registry data in existence, available for an entire nation of more than six million individuals across decades. Our data include information about life-events related to health, education, occupation, income, address, and working hours, recorded with day-to-day resolution.” I shuddered just reading this. What a nightmare for individuals’ freedom and privacy. What a bloody nation is that?

How do we build a system where there is enough trust that this data will be used for “good”?

Address the problem that people have a proclivity to do "bad". Call it mental health, resolving trauma, spiritual practice. When people are no longer wounded and "broken" internally, they will go out and sculpt the outer shared physical world to match their improved internal state, and all will be good.

I'm not sure this is possible, but I am sure that any attempt to control human behavior externally will fail.

Re: Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives

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And here I am just watching Kaczynski’s predictions all the way back at 1970 become truer with the decade. Technology clashes with human autonomy. It’s even argued that the path of technological progress would not change even if you there were aliens, AI bots, any entity with the instinct of self-preservation, intelligence and replication. The mechanisms of the macro-system comprised of human biology + technology are…

Can I read that without getting on a watchlist somewhere?

IT's not so hard to find, and I would really recommend it. I don't agree with all of Kacyzinski's ideas, and quite a few of his fans are unhinged, but he was a unique individual whose written work is worth engaging with. Electronic media also saves you the worry of opening a package.

Re: Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives

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post #26

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People don't have the time, money, or energy. And they will continue to lose all three until there is no option but to figure out collective organisation

It definitely feels deliberate and yeah it is a feedback loop.

Preferential attachment is a natural phenomenon, but corporations have gotten really good at exploiting it. This is one reason I favor just breaking up businesses beyonda. certain size. The ostensible consumer benefits of scale are outweighed by the 2nd order costs of market distortions. Efficiency is nice but not worth the combination of rent-seeking and adversarial zero-sum strategies.

Re: Using sequences of life-events to predict human lives

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post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do we build a system where there is enough trust that this data will be used for “good”?

Address the problem that people have a proclivity to do "bad". Call it mental health, resolving trauma, spiritual practice. When people are no longer wounded and "broken" internally, they will go out and sculpt the outer shared physical world to match their improved internal state, and all will be good. I'm not sure this is possible, but I am sure that any attempt to control human behavior externally will fail.

I always point towards the change in public perception towards drink driving as an example of how it’s possible to achieve significant change to society in a relatively short period of time
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