Cognitive Sovereignty and The Mad Hatters of Silicon Valley
A book in progress by Gary Epstein
The drift toward cognitive surrender is accelerating. Power of choice, creativity and individual responsibility are eroding in the age of AI.
There is an element that is being missed almost entirely. It is remarkable, elegant and transformative. The Pope alluded to it recently.
It has nothing to do with software, hardware, or regulation.
The secret sauce in this madcap activity called AI and the prime determinant of its future outcome is the self-determinism, uniqueness and ethical sense of the individuals using it. That elegant, remarkable, irascible entity that defies the laws of physics and creates without permission or prior cause or in response to external stimulus or the need to borrow energy from somewhere other than its own potential.
Sign up for Cognitive Sovereignty and The Mad Hatters of Silicon Valley, a book in progress by Gary Epstein — architect, artist, and educator — who has spent over 20,000 hours working with individuals, one on one, to restore high levels of self-determinism, creativity and responsibility.
An author’s note and the first two chapters are currently available on the blog page.
