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humanodon  ·  3858 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pathway to the Global Brain (Part 1/5)

Wow, there was a lot in there! It's all really interesting stuff though and it's easy to digest, very accessible. AND you injected the personal element in there as well. I thought that worked very well.

    Basically, the universe is always going to be a dick. It is always going to throw problems at you. This is inescapable. And in fact, the more complex your system becomes the more problems are going to be coming your way and the more information you’re going to need to stabilize the system, which is the pressure that will create a Global Brain.

I liked the timing of the humor here. I'll admit, my mind was starting to wander a little bit, but that little flash of personable jocularity brought me back into it.