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not an intellectual history
seeds of ideas
progress linear progress nonlinear progress creativity and shaping morpheus evolution growth (somewhat vs) (also nature) limits of see limits of formalization see multiculturalism entropy increases
consciousness see meaning see loops see perspective psych drugs 60s
meaning see limits of formalization see mind see perspective see deception i expect we'll see more of this see consciousness
perspective relativity subjectivity postmodernism multiculturalism many-worlds interpretation (from dimensions) quantum physics modal logic higher dimensions parallel universes in scifi virtual worlds simulation
dualism -> hegelian syth -> many -> .. (my level theory) see also self-reference exponential fragmentation of academic disciplines and schools
distrust of institutions 60s of individual motivations rational self-interest freud's subconscious memes reputation deception 1984 subliminal messaging conspiracy theories i expect we'll see more of this b/c these have not been adequately formalized or publically systematically catalogued yet intelligence agencies propaganda scientific funding of science: kuhnian paradigm shifts of philosophy: epistemoligy, ontology
discontinuity chaotic dynamical systems positive feedback loops discrete vs continuous chain reactions (does this belong in another category, perhaps 'dynamics'?
influence vs power manufactured consent virtual worlds the matrix, the movie
mass mass production marxism mass marketing advertising asimov's psychohistory globalism localism (hegelian synthesis of interdependence vs autonomy) preservation of local languages offline wikis mass war broadcasting
homomorphism marxist class conflict
loops, feedback, self-reference, recursion (cycles) cybernetics godel godel, escher, bach growth (as a positive feedback loop) see also perspective
non-animal systems as actors AUTOmation ("it runs by itself") AUTOmata (from "auto" (self) "matos" "thinking, animated, willing,"; ‘acting of itself’ ) Gaia cybernetics the idea of imputing aliveness, organic, growing, and wholistic character to non-animal systems
(formalization) limits of (also, limits of truth) godel p vs np heisenberg principal postmodernism ontology epistemology quantum nondeterminism meaning translations between languages -> presevations of local languages
oscillation light sound wave particle duality we dont even need an ether philosophies of vibration surfing (fourier) wavelets impedence linear systems and signals underdamping
limits of time relativity causality vs linear time quantum entanglement noncomputational models of physics/mind i expect we'll see more of this in the future, but not in the way we think e.g. not scifi-style time travel (not exactly) psychedelic drugs neuroscience experiments scifi time travel (cycles)
dynamical systems linear systems and signals chaos
uncertainty probability distributions, joint, conditional, marginal probabilities maximium entropy distributions finance epistemology known unknowns vs unknown unknowns heisenberg principal
network internet postmodernism classes of networks tree, dag, cyclic scaling small world social networks online offline (concepts such as old boys club) networking (as a business activity) nonlinear memes (also thought, evolution) rhyzome (topology)? growth finance
simulation, copying (used to be vs reality, but now syth with reality) link to deception http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum catcher in the rye cooption of youthful rebellion by mass advertising / be different like everybody else divorce, cheating steganography (plays) the matrix, the movie conspiracy theories clones in scifi CGI in movies emulation
quantum entanglement vs local realism/bell's inequalities noncomputational models of physics/mind see also time i feel like i'm forgetting some quantum stuff here
collaboration wiki jazz anti-war ecology open movement communes postmodernism (communication) deception editing, photoshopping conspiracy theories transmission e.g. radio cryptography internet growth multiculturalism society of mind hypothesis, scifi group minds, scifi telepathy free love electronic and computer protocols and standards standardization, constructed languages (actually this predates the 20th century, but it was a major theme) anti-standardization eg part of 'postmodernism' eg standard languages suppress local dialects with their own untranslatable meanings finance 60s
creativity (of course, this predates the 20th century, but it was a major theme)
theory
automation (from systemization, formalization) computers robots asimov cybernetics singularity formalization of thought (cog sci (note: studies), ai) / mind as computer washing machines, dish-washing machines
(autonomy) virtual worlds automation free love personal improvement/self-help
(mind) (vs body, soul) psychedelic drugs (i think we'll see this come back again in the next few decades) virtual worlds http://old.orionsarm.com/sophontology/toposophy.html singularity formalization of thought (cog sci (note: studies), ai) (telepathy) (psychic phenomena) note: the last page may not have been written here, as there is more of an absence of evidence than an evidence of absence, e.g. because serious study of this fell into disrepute long ago, there have not been many studies of it that hold up to modern scientific standards (mental illness)
incentives, mechanism design, structural theories of institutions game theory management political science evolution still playing out in e.g. neuroscience theory
entrepreneurealism, design thinking autonomy + collaboration change the world via growth personal improvement/self-help
basis, span (linear algeba)
ontology see also kant see limits of formalization
epistemology see also kant see limits of formalization
(justice) marxism anti-racism anti-colonialism anti-war
computability and complexity classes X-completeness (eg NP-completeness) Turing-equivalence classes of finite automata
information theory entropy
machine learning supervised learning unsupervised learning
truth and discovery science, proof, match justice marxism self soul thought rationality proof
autonomy and freedom interdependence economics
network creativity entrepreneurealism, design thinking enligtenment anti-slavery systemization, formalization proof pattern denotation vs connotation
reference
analysis (breaking into parts) dimensions basis, span (linear algeba) archetypes characteristic functions
progress
power influence
analogy homomorphism not exhaustive of analogy
classification in math: algebras, topologies, etc in biology library science
automation automated thought classification
theory
mind rationality epistemology ontology causality as a kantian category criticism editing
language universal characteristic
inverse group theory
nature
dream
creativity
multiplicity dimensions
deception
time time travel
destiny
cycles
humor
plays
emotions
occam's razor
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"They first looked at traditional societies for differences, and found they’re all very different in detail but they’re all very similar in category. They couldn’t find a society that didn’t have a language, that didn’t have stories, didn’t have kinship, didn’t have revenge. They couldn’t find a society that did have equal rights. So, the things that were common to every society without fail, they started calling human universals. Most of them are probably genetic. ... What’s interesting is the next thing to look at: What are the non-universals that are particularly interesting and powerful? They were things like agriculture, reading and writing, deductive mathematics, empirical science, equal rights." -- [1]
"...reading and writing, deductive mathematics, empirical science of models, equal rights, representative governments, and many more." -- [2]
