Trying not to think of how chaotic the way we do computation is and how the only reason it hasn't collapsed is that most people are way too ignorant to abuse it.
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Well I'm trying not to think about and also my opinion on this really isn't worth much but it seems to have become a little too 'biological', haphazard. Like, I saw this Will Wright interview recently and he talks about knowing the C64 inside out in a few months IIRC.
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Replying to @insurrealist @i_contemplate_
That seems increasingly less doable for nearly any object one interacts with on a daily basis these days.
@Outsideness I wonder if the reversal of the Flynn effect isn't partly about this. Roundaboutness getting such depth of complexity that it becomes maladaptive to keep up.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
I mean, mathematicians are also looking for new foundations because the stack has gotten so tall that proofs are becoming too trust-dependent, unreliable. (what partly defeats the purpose of mathematical inquiry itself)
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Hmm. Sounds like increasing complexity. http://prog21.dadgum.com/129.html
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