Jordan Harbinger

We didn't really even get into how AI does all this, but I thought it was actually somewhat self-explanatory and also that the brain stuff was just far more interesting.

So I hope everybody followed me along on that one.

What I loved about this conversation is it doesn't let us hide behind the usual cartoon version of the AI debate.

This isn't will the machines suddenly wake up and hate humans.

It's what happens when machines figure out what we already hate and when we already fear and crave and click and buy and defend like tiny little emotional raccoons guarding our garbage.

The uncomfortable takeaway is that our brains are not neutral judges sitting in a robe, calmly reviewing evidence.

They are more like sleep deprived press secretaries sprinting to the podium to explain a decision that somebody else already made in the basement.

We edit reality before we experience it.

We anchor on nonsense.

We overvalue vivid stories.

We form tribes around random shirts and politics and platforms and...

parenting styles or whatever dumb little flag makes us feel less alone for 12 seconds.

And then technology comes along and says, okay, great, we can monetize all of that.

The hopeful part of this is that it doesn't mean we're doomed.

It means we need better speed bumps.

Ask yourself, what did my

brain fill in?

What am I assuming?

What part of this did I not actually observe?

Where am I mistaking convenience for agency?