I worry about what this means for our work and worth in light of how “What do you do?” tends to follow fast behind “What's your name?” or “Nice to meet you” in most introductory conversations. We would do well to prepare accordingly.
Author Sidney Sheldon once wrote, “A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”
If blank pieces of paper go the way of the dodo in a world of continuous, artificial intelligence, industry, progress, how will human beings make their mark?
We emailed about this. Including our conversation here for others to see:
>>> Cole
It's a great point about how we get our worth from what we do. That is central to the problem. Keynes actually writes about that in the essay. Our values will have to change. I plan on writing about the needed change in values upcoming soon.
“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” - hahaha love this quote
Two possible answers to your question:
1) Maybe humans don't have to make their mark
2) Maybe we go from making our mark economically to making our mark in other ways ... spiritually, artistically, socially
>>> Tom
I think #2 is the only option! We’re genetically and evolutionarily predisposed to make a mark via procreation et al. I think it’s human to want to give a gift to the rest of humanity so as to live on in some way, shape, form
Amen! I wrote about this here:
I worry about what this means for our work and worth in light of how “What do you do?” tends to follow fast behind “What's your name?” or “Nice to meet you” in most introductory conversations. We would do well to prepare accordingly.
Author Sidney Sheldon once wrote, “A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”
If blank pieces of paper go the way of the dodo in a world of continuous, artificial intelligence, industry, progress, how will human beings make their mark?
https://www.whitenoise.email/p/remembrance-of-tasks-past
We emailed about this. Including our conversation here for others to see:
>>> Cole
It's a great point about how we get our worth from what we do. That is central to the problem. Keynes actually writes about that in the essay. Our values will have to change. I plan on writing about the needed change in values upcoming soon.
“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” - hahaha love this quote
Two possible answers to your question:
1) Maybe humans don't have to make their mark
2) Maybe we go from making our mark economically to making our mark in other ways ... spiritually, artistically, socially
>>> Tom
I think #2 is the only option! We’re genetically and evolutionarily predisposed to make a mark via procreation et al. I think it’s human to want to give a gift to the rest of humanity so as to live on in some way, shape, form