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Are Humans Just Distributed Computation Systems?
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The idea that human civilization is a collection of humans should be revised into humans being a distributed computation system generating interactions and communications, and maybe even free will and experiences based on an operating system running within them.
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The idea of human civilization being a collection of humans can be reframed as a distributed computation system with an operating system that generates interactions, communications, and experiences.
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Civilization
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The idea of human civilization being a collection of humans can be reframed as a distributed computation system with an operating system that generates interactions, communications, and experiences. Culture can be thought of as an operating system under this view.
ChapterAre Humans Just Distributed Computation Systems?
Episode#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The concept of free will and the illusion of control is debated, as individuals believe they have free will but ultimately the choices they make are part of a larger computation beyond their control.
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Free Will
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The concept of free will and the illusion of control is debated, as individuals believe they have free will but ultimately the choices they make are part of a larger computation beyond their control.