There's FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and then there's FOBAWTPALSL (Fear Of Being A Wimpy Techno-Pessimist And Looking Stupid Later). Both drive many questionable tech trends and steer tens of $B's into tar pits.
CULTURE
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Crypto AI Art NFT Collection Emerges as New Digital Movement
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[ C R Y P T O A I A R T ] The "Crypto AI Art" Collection could be the "CryptoPunks" of the #AIArt era Crypto AI Art #292 : https://
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Advanced Technology Indistinguishable from Magic Clarke
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“Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke
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Crypto AI Art Collection: The CryptoPunks of AI Art Era
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[ C R Y P T O A I A R T ] The "Crypto AI Art" Collection could be the "CryptoPunks" of the #AIArt era Crypto AI Art #295 : https://
opensea.io/assets/ethereu
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Human vs AI: Authenticity in Digital Communication
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Thank you for this. Your posts and podcast help keep me sane so I’m hoping you aren’t an AI chat bot. If you are, well done.
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Information Hazards: Psychological Risks in Social Media
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Psychological reaction hazard: "Information can reduce well-being by causing sadness, disappointment, or some other psychological effect in the receiver." We know this actually happens in social media from experiments 6/
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Distraction hazards on social media platforms
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Distraction hazards. You are reading this on Twitter, enough said. 5/
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Celebrating rebels and troublemakers in innovation culture
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In my culture we toast the rebels, the outcasts and troublemakers
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Information Truth Destabilizes Economic and Social System Norms
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Norm hazards: we share common sets of beliefs about how we, as a society or economy, should operate. If information breaks our belief in these norms, even if the information is true, it can create instability in the overall system. 4/
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Ideological hazards in belief systems and online learning
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Ideological hazards: Most people have only a little knowledge about what their ideological belief (whether religious or political) really encompasses. On the web, you can learn that your chosen belief system also includes hazardous elements that you feel you need to adopt. 2/