#rationality #computing # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Transhumanism #to-digest It is either you control technology or it controls you. When you receive a phone notification (and you open it/look at it) it will switch your thoughts to it. It is a common defensive mechanism nowadays that people stop using phone or use anti-noise apps, but removing completely technology makes you go back to Homo Sapiens, you can't achieve [[Homo Deus]] that way. [[Identification]] >the rate at which technology increases our productive capacity is probably polynomial, rather than linear. So we should expect to see ever-increasing variation in individual productivity as time goes on. >~ [[Paul Graham]] <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ykY69lSpDdo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>