Thiemo Fetzer πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ - same

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Specialized value chains
circularity
The benefits of density.
resorting to violence. This is corrosive because dissonant stories can chip away the shared narration & story-telling that makes up identity, eroding trust as the backstop in (most) societies. Folks struggle with reasoning chains when I point out how Putin weaponized climate...
history is now necessary due to the "noise" but creates huge vulnerabilities cognitive dissonance/disillusion that is dangerous. Why? Societies are effectively bundles of broadly shared stories, beliefs/narrations. Its a key feature of (modern) statehood. Rewriting stories may...
important motivation for causal claims work. This has been shaped by my own experience in so many ways that is just unfathomable to describe and having experienced the own work contributing to shaping some societal narratives profoundly but noisily. The process of rewriting....
We will have to "rewrite history" at scale… when I speak about these issues I highlight how we have been hit with a technology shock that was not paired with expansion of adequate training under high powered incentive and pressures, this was the most...
https://x.com/michael_wiebe/status/2032577645771399216?s=20

from the economics focused example but extend e.g. to journalism (but in journalism, the topology looks very different). But the key point in the essay and what I am most concerned about is the assumption layer vis-a-vis the assumed use of innovation.

https://www.trfetzer.com/when-knowledge-creation-becomes-a-perceived-threat/

Since we are seeing now more "validation" of narratives, using AI to pluck in holes in stories in particular of people that often are involved in lobbying, its worth upping this.

We are roughly at that part. I need to improve the write-up to make it more accessible & abstract...

Some very important and subtle points in this thread

Context: https://x.com/JohnRGrigsby/status/2031834022674935938