Post #1569145
2026-04-19 02:02 UTC
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@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social 2026-04-19 02:21
@OctaviaConAmore @obfusk I see it on a continuum of our tool use. Invention of writing was at least an order of magnitude increase in our ability to remember and count and order “things” as opposed to experiences. First, accounting. But then stories appeared too. But a tool is not inherently good or evil. That’s in how it’s used. We haven’t used all our tools wisely, historically. We’ve survived them. So far. AI’s appearance now, with all the geopolitical crap going on, doesn’t bode well, imo.
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@lispi314@udongein.xyz 2026-04-23 01:09
@OctaviaConAmore @qurlyjoe @obfusk One reduces agency and further enslaves to corposcum, one increases agency and autonomy. It's a rather bad comparison. Ironically, I'm pretty sure no one would remember Plato & Socrates if no one had written the works. All that's needed is a single generation with mass deaths from some disaster (how about the plague?) for information to disappear permanently when not written (or even when written but only in one place, there was a fire after one wave of the plague too).