We Are As Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance

As Aristotle wrote: “the first basis from which a thing is known.” Like all truth filters, first principles thinking has been stress-tested by two of the most brutal forces in history: time and genius. Neuroscience, for instance, took a quantum leap once researchers began comparing the brain to a computer. Predictive Brains, Situated Agents, and the Future of Cognitive Science,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 36, no. The telegraph, the printing press, radio, television, and finally the internet each lowered the cost of collective organization.