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in the early days, humans supposedly stored food surplus in each other's stomachs – I can't eat the whole deer I just hunted, so I share my deer with you today, you share your deer with me tomorrow IMO the best place to store information surplus is in each other's minds
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had to pause while writing this to shake and tremble with unexpected emotion the game is rigged we isolate and imprison ourselves needlessly we are social beings the meaning of life is friends
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*cracks knuckles* school indoctrinates kids to compete with each other on standardized tests, to see others as competitors rather than potential collaborators. this atomizes people, makes them feel isolated, disconnected, fearful of not measuring up, jealous of others' successes
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I talked about this in terms of information – I'm realizing that it also applies to emotions (which are a kind of info) tech should enable us to make friends I go slightly insane bc I have this vision of a beautiful world that isn't here manifesting it
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My verdict: the jetpack of 2020 is a network of smart friends who care about you and will provide you with interesting and relevant information about anything you ask for. A truly social search engine. Twitter is the best place to do it as far as I know twitter.com/visakanv/statu
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Hmm. I’m pretty friendly, but this sounds like a preference for hyperconnectors rather than a good universal default. For me making friends is an occasional side effect of doing things mostly by myself, for myself. I think the world mostly has the right level of friendpower.