Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
The human brain is incredible at synthesizing and uncovering meaning from information but is largely deficient (compared to computers) at long-term memory storage and raw processing power. At various work experiences we've had over the years (both Google and Yelp), a common problem came up: critical information didn't arrive at the right place at t... See more
Mario Gabriele • In Flight | Mem Labs 🧠
When fed a chunk of information, a computer processes it in the same way on each occasion, whether it’s been at work for five minutes or five hours, whether it is located in a fluorescent lit office or positioned next to a sunny window, whether it’s near other computers or is the only computer in the room. This is how computers operate.
But the same
... See moreAnnie Murphy Paul • Opinion | This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Thinking
Marshall McLuhan wrote that every new technology was an extension of the human body but also an amputation of the same function from the body itself, and computers’ ability to furnish us with a second brain implies that our first brains have correspondingly atrophied.
Drew Austin • #187: A Rainbow in Curved Air
“It’s common in our culture to compare the brain to a computer, but this is a deeply flawed analogy.”