If AI future shepards in a new era of abundance, how will Hunter Gatherers fit into the world? If AI is coming for your job, does learning to hunt and find food and resources make sense? This is a debate I've been having with some friends recently. The skills required to feed oneself are almost a lost art already. Instead of putting effort into feeding and sheltering ourselves directly, the vast majority of humanity trades our time for a common resource which we then exchange for the things we actually need to survive. But what happens when there is nobody willing to pay us for our current skills, and eventually any skills? In an ideal society of the future, all our basic needs will simply be provided for. Our time will be spent in pursuit of arts, wisdom, health, love, maybe inner peace. I'm no doom sayer. This ideal utopia…
Category: Journal
Being accountable to myself on the move
I've been away from my computer for a few days and it dawned upon me that that is no excuse for not writing every days. As one of my goals for the next year is to increase how much writing I do, I decided to write more publicly to help keep me accountable for my own goals. It's very easy to fail with reaching a goal, such as making a new habit, when you can privately make excuses and let yourself off the hook. Sharing a goal and sharing the journey helps keep yourself on track. Don't do it FOR others, but do show others what you're doing. With regards to public writing, I realised that I'd not posted because I was making the excuse of not having my computer. This was such a bullshit reason. So here I am posting via the WordPress Android app instead. If the excuses…