Monthly Archives: August 2019

This is not the way it must be. :- Doug.

Is a human a brain? Is a brain limited to a skull? Is a mind limited to a brain? What do you think? And why? And how? What do you choose to think and why? What do your friends choose … Continue reading →

At the potluck picknick yesterday, I did not, as intended, speak out loud the question, “What does in mean to be human?” Yet I received a response. It left me closer to the question, “What can it mean?” I brought … Continue reading →

Beyond What does it mean to be human: What can it mean? :- Doug.

To look back 300 years is to look across what appears an essentially linear landscape. To look forward 300 years is trying to see over an exponential hill: it is a much farther distance. Maybe we should look back 3,000 … Continue reading →

What can it mean we are about to have human-created evolution? Can we be conscious of what our created evolution is creating? Science and technology cannot help but create bigger problems: can they be our sole saviors? Are there other … Continue reading →

The muddle, uncomfortable as it is, is a required resource for growth and order. Muddle is chaos is necessary. :- Doug.

Is that the question we want? The question we need? The question that carries us the furthest in the right direction? :- Doug.

We are living into the futures. :- Doug.

Ask yourself: are stories only about the past? Are questions only about right answers? If not, what skylights does this open for the elders now and in 11 generations? :- Doug.

Thinking needs to be now. :- Doug.

Yes, I need to think. Will machines in the future actually think? Probably. Will we mesh with them? Probably. Will we notice? Probably not. Will I think, now? Probably, but will I want to? Hopefully just a little more than … Continue reading →

Just as time stands still and passes unnoticed when traveling at light speed, so enhanced intelligence will not seem fast nor unusual to those using it. :- Doug.