Josh Stark
@js
sci-fi world flavour idea: human myths about gods, fairies, etc were intentional “plants” to give us a useful cultural framework for our inevitable invention of AI
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Familiar with Julian jaynes bicameral mind?
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Josh Stark
@js
haven’t read it but familiar with the broad strokes via the slatestarcodex essay
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Josh Stark
@js
and, I guess, snowcrash
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Angel
@hyperwaifu
Cryptonomicon also touches on the concept of godly archetypes (the Root rep, in the prison scenes)
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avi
@avichalp
yes, i think religion is an important theme for Neal Stephenson
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