> This creates a sea of noise and misinformation that people unknowingly consume at scale. The same objections apply to the written word. A culture that succeeded in not succumbing to writing and reading may indeed have been better off in the short term, depending on the quality of the memes. But it would have been at a competitive disadvantage to cultures that were permissive with knowledge transfer. The main advant…
It distills knowledge in the same way that breakfast cereal distills complex food into quick easy energy. The problem is that AI gives us diabetes of the soul. There is value in struggle and the learning that results