20241106 Thinking about various things

from ~20241110 20241106 Thinking about various things Thinking about various things:

• Technologies/designs that could be the axis of “Asymmetric Reality”
• The desired form of democracy and ways to achieve it
• Discovering the core of the fun of Self Synth/creating it if it’s missing

I believe these three are interconnected in various ways, and I feel that it’s beneficial to think about them simultaneously (blu3mo).

Technologies/designs that could be the axis of “Asymmetric Reality”:

• “Asymmetric Reality” doesn’t specify the kind of world it aims for, nor does it mention the means to achieve it.
  • It would be great to propose some universal technologies for these means.
  • If “Asymmetric Reality” is something like “decentralization,” then I’d like to think about what corresponds to “blockchain.”
  • Engineering contributions and value should reside there.

The desired form of democracy and ways to achieve it:

• As a premise, let’s consider the current divided America as an undesirable state.

  • After reading “Was there a crisis in democracy?” by Ken Suzuki, it seems that the current America may not be in a bad state after all (tkgshn).
  • What is the opposite of this state?
  • I want to understand the problems to be solved.
    • Is this a problem of maximizing something or a problem of finding a balance between A and B?

• Some initial candidates:

  • Country over party
    • An impression often used in the Harris campaign in the context of criticizing Trump.
  • Policy over politics, resolution over confrontation
    • Respective slogans of Mr. Yasuno and the National Democratic Party.
    • Conventional counterarguments come to mind, suggesting that politics/confrontation are important at times (blu3mo).
      • https://x.com/keizokuramoto/status/1854082269843234905
        • Argues that both “logic of total denial of the enemy” and “logic of encompassing the enemy” are necessary in different phases, which I find quite convincing.
  • Being moderate, centrist, moderate
    • There isn’t much support for the argument that everyone should weaken their positions to avoid division.
  • Lack of ideology, apathy
    • A state where political apathy among citizens is widespread, which is not desirable for democracy even if there is no division.
  • Criticism against exacerbating intergenerational divides
    • The National Democratic Party is often criticized for fueling the conflict between the “young generation” and the “elderly generation.”
  • State of understanding and empathy towards others
    • https://x.com/kenn/status/1854155314616279114
  • Constructive discussions
  • Altruism
  • Plurality, avoiding underestimating opponents

• There are both “common goals that can be agreed upon” and “conflicting interests.”

  • As a cognitive bias, humans tend to focus on the latter, leading to applying the “logic of total denial of the enemy” to everything.
  • However, most events fall into the former category, so it’s beneficial to recognize that correctly.
    • Polis, for example, aims for this recognition.
  • Focus on similarities rather than differences.

• Conversely, creating 10 forms of division

  • “Did the category of ‘active generation’ fit young to middle-aged men who lost their place in identity politics?”

  • If people consciously acknowledge various divisions like race, age, location, etc., they might smoothly connect instead.

• I came up with some hypotheses about what would make me happy, so I’ll organize them:

  • Sometimes, when trying to understand others’ perspectives, we focus too much on the “differences” and not enough on the “commonalities.” It would make me happy to increase the weight of attention on commonalities.
    • It requires quite a bit of mental effort to find commonalities among seemingly different things.
      • For example, polis supports this kind of thinking.
    • However, it’s necessary to strike a balance rather than solely focusing on commonalities.- https://x.com/keizokuramoto/status/1854082269843234905

• I agree with the argument that both the logic of completely denying the enemy side and the logic of including the enemy side are necessary in different phases.

• Currently, we perceive the world through only one division, so I would be happy to increase the number of divisions as far as cognitive ability allows.

  • The current issue is that we are perceiving the world through a binary division of “Trump vs. Harris.”
  • Instead, if we can perceive things through 100 divisions like “young vs. old,” “rural vs. urban,” “wealthy vs. middle class vs. poor,” we can recognize the complexity of the current situation.
    • Imagining unbundling the division summarized as “Trump vs. Harris.”
    • Also, concepts like having a policy-based attitude seem relevant.
  • Recognizing the world through 100 divisions can prevent a feedback loop of a single division.

• I would be happy if we could mutually construct mental models of the “other side of division.”

I am particularly interested in point 2 (blu3mo).

Discovering the core of the interesting aspect of Self Synth/creating it if it is lacking

• One side is synchronous, the other is asynchronous.
• Cloning is used to compensate for the need for time slips.
  • If that can be done, there seem to be other things that could be compensated for.

Theoretical research axes:

• Authenticity of self-expression in the digital realm

• Consistency and replicability of personality

• This seems to be the theme (blu3mo)

• Conditions under which a “discrepancy” is accepted as part of the individual

• Impact of self-fragmentation

• New form of asynchronous communication

• Complex intertwining of “past self,” “current AI,” and “current self” on a timeline

• Particularly, the concept of “current self” itself may be relativized by AI agents.

• Essence of mediated communication

• Requirements for authenticity in dialogue

• This leans more towards asym-chat discussions

Qualitative differences from traditional asynchronous communication (letters, emails, etc.)

Raising questions about “quasi-synchronous communication”?

There is a continuum between “quasi-synchronous communication” and “just conversing with ChatGPT.”