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If he knows he is wretched
“Man’s greatness lies in the fact that he knows he is wretched.” Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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Gathering experience for ideas
The paradox of the AI era is simple: because we can now build and generate anything instantly, execution has become cheap. The only true differentiator left is the ability to generate unique ideas. But this is exactly where the trap lies. AI and social media induce a “smooth brain” state—a mental laziness fed by clean,…
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Artificial Intelligence and humanity
With a large amount of information, something reasonable will emerge from it sooner or later. The Internet is the substrate for the development of artificial intelligence; it is just a stage. The Internet may disappear; it will change. The appearance of AI seems natural—not a sudden, brilliant invention. Vast amounts of information are randomly assembled…
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Formation of values of human creations
Why do people often value more highly the creations attributed to a single individual — sometimes even reforming and simplifying what was made by a group into the vision of one? Often the value forms itself under the image of one creator even if there was a team or any other complexity behind it –…
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The act of creative realization and the essence of the art product
Not so much the one who generated it, but the one who found, probed, filtered, shaped it…. and of course, felt, made and brought to life. People are gravitating towards the human thing. The result is always a product, a product in the meaning of something that is the output of formalized activity that has…
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The layering of fortunate circumstances
The development of progress is a total accumulation of fortunate circumstances. The lucky events endure. It is additionally filtered by life at a distance – the lucky villains and fools lose in the end, as well as all their legacy. Only what is not only fortunate but universally, humanistically optimal for people remains. Just mechanically,…
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On suffering
To suffer is useful and normal, especially intellectually – overcoming the difficulties life presents – makes one stronger… well, to a limited extent, of course, not to the point of breaking. Difficulties and suffering to an intellectual – especially a creator of something new or a potential leader, not an “analyst-and-data-collector-scientist-or-low-level-manager-politician” – are like training…