@futurebird i used to think writing is the most powerful technology humans ever invented, one that still has the power to make this world become much better, because lies are more easily detected and exposed when they are written, and because it's easier to think when writing, than it is while talking, but the advent of "generative text" by the "AI", with its pollution of the infosphere, is quickly shrinking my trust.
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Plimpton 322, the 3800 year old clay tablet with shockingly large, distinct Pythagorean* triples in cuneiform has become my touchstone for what is "old" in terms of human history. -
Plimpton 322, the 3800 year old clay tablet with shockingly large, distinct Pythagorean* triples in cuneiform has become my touchstone for what is "old" in terms of human history.@futurebird found it now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_writing - «Four independent inventions of writing are most commonly recognized – in Mesopotamia c. 3400 – c. 3100 BC, in Egypt c. 3250 BC, in China before c. 1250 BC, and in Mesoamerica before c. 1 AD. [...]».
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Plimpton 322, the 3800 year old clay tablet with shockingly large, distinct Pythagorean* triples in cuneiform has become my touchstone for what is "old" in terms of human history.@futurebird is it ~3800 years since some human group started writing? I've searched something like "when did humans start writing" before, but found no answer.
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Congrats to The Guardian on hiring Doctorow to explain enshittification to the non-tech masses.@futurebird @zeldman
In a big sense it does already manipulate people, at least by always agreeing with people and confirming their ideas; this makes many people believe they have brilliant ideas in any field, only to discover sooner or later they are shitty and do not work in the real world, thus causing depressions and suicides.