The tools we use change the way our brains work

Mediocre computing is computing that aims for parity with mediocre human performance in a realish domains where notions of excellence are ill-posed.

Excellent computing is computing that aims to surpass the best-performing humans in stylized, closed-world domains where notions of excellence are well-posed.

Venkatesh Rao • The Dawn of Mediocre Computing

Spacial Computing

I think that there are many possible paths that technology can take. And the underlying power of it has nothing to do with the computers or the chips or the lenses. The underlying power of this is the fact that the human brain and body are inherently spacial, right?

We are spacial organisms. And so whatever positive outcomes or what

In the parable of the blind men and the elephant, each paid attention to a different aspect of the creature. The brain may do something similar by mapping out the qualities of perceptions, experiences and abstract concepts along various dimensions, with the help of the same system that it uses to map out physical spaces.

Jordana Cepelewicz • The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces | Quanta Magazine

The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces

Emerging evidence suggests that the brain encodes abstract knowledge in the same way that it represents positions in space, which hints at a more universal theory of cognition.

Jordana Cepelewicz • The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces | Quanta Magazine

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