The Crowhill Journal

Imagine the tech geniuses decide that silicon simply won’t do as a substrate for intelligence, and that a truly intelligent system has to be biological. At first they intend to construct a huge living computer, but it never works the way they want, so they decide to tap into human brains.

In exchange for an almost livable monthly payment, people get an implant that hijacks a portion of their brain’s processing ability. This dispersed network is not only the most powerful computer ever built, but it has real-time updates on data from around the world.

Some people would read that and think, “interesting idea, you should write a book.” But a good book isn’t made from an interesting idea. It’s made from characters and conflict and its ability to tap into archetypal stories that resonate with our brains.

It’s still an interesting concept to ponder.

I’m sure you’ve had the experience of intending to go to another room to get / do something, and when you got there you forgot what you were doing.

I recently heard a theory that makes sense of this.

The very act of going through a door resets your brain to some degree.

Think about it. You’re in such and so room, which has a certain purpose / utility. Then you walk into another room that has some other purpose / utility. Your brain is resetting each time. Or, to put it in more abstract terms, our subjectivity is the context for our objectivity.

If you walk from the upstairs (where the bedrooms are) to the ground level (kitchen, living room) to the basement (workshop, rec room), your brain has had to adjust multiple times. It’s no wonder you forget why you were going to the basement! 

You can deploy this to your advantage by intentionally going through doors. E.g., “going outside” can reset your brain because you’ve gone through a door into another reality. 

Dad who wrote scathing letter to Brearley about race focus: ‘Someone had to’

Kudos to the dad who wrote this.

But the truth is, we’re not asking for all that much. Other people have had to die to stand up to tyranny. Now, you will be called names, and you might lose your job.

Are you brave enough to do it?

The only way to stop this nonsense is to punch back and expose the lunacy.

Update: Related story — Private School Head Admits ‘Anti-racist’ Curriculum Is ‘Demonizing White People for Being Born’

We’ve descended into some sort of bizarre hell-world in which Bill Maher is a voice of sanity.

P&C drink and review Joyous IPA from Troegs, then talk about tattletales and crybabies. The boys are sick of them, but it seems their ranks are swelling.

Instant gratification. The daily outrage. Helicopter parents. Participation trophies. And people get extremely upset over the most ridiculous things.

How have we come to this place? How did we become so coddled and spoiled?

The boys discuss possible causes from three angles: technology, culture, and the geopolitical situation. Plus the malaise of safety.