20241106 Thinking about various things

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

• Technologies/designs that could be the foundation of “Asymmetric Reality”

• The desired form of democracy and how to achieve it

• Discovering the core of the fun in Self Synth/creating it if it’s missing

• I think 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 foundation of “Asymmetric Reality”:

• “Asymmetric Reality” ultimately doesn’t specify the kind of world it aims for and doesn’t mention anything about the means to achieve it
  • It would be nice to propose some universal technologies for those means
  • If “Asymmetric Reality” is something like “decentralization,” then I’d like to think about something equivalent to “blockchain”
  • Engineering contributions and value should reside there

The desired form of democracy and how to achieve it:

• As a premise, consider the current divided America as an undesirable state

  • What would be the opposite of this state?
  • I want to understand the problems to be solved
    • Is this about maximizing something or finding a balance between A and B?

• Some initial thoughts:

  • Country over party
    • Impression often used in the Harris camp in the context of criticizing Trump
  • Emphasizing policies over politics and solutions over confrontations
    • Respective slogans of Yasuno and the National Democratic Party
    • Conventional counterarguments like the importance of politics/confrontations also come to mind (blu3mo)
      • https://x.com/keizokuramoto/status/1854082269843234905
        • Argues that both the logic of “completely negating the enemy side” and the logic of “embracing the enemy side” are necessary in different phases
        • This argument is quite convincing
  • Being moderate, centrist, and moderate
    • Not much in favor of the argument that everyone should weaken their positions to avoid division
  • Lack of ideology, apathy
    • A state where political apathy is widespread among citizens, which is not desirable for democracy
  • Criticism of stoking 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
  • Understanding the opponent, Plurality

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

  • As a cognitive bias, people tend to focus on the latter, leading to applying the logic of “completely negating the enemy side” to everything
  • However, most situations involve the former, so it’s beneficial to recognize that
    • Polis, for example, aims for this recognition
  • Focus on similarities rather than differences

• Conversely, create 10 ways 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 such as race, age, location, etc., they might smoothly connect

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

    - Sometimes, when trying to understand others' perspectives, we focus too much on the "differences," so it would be nice to increase the emphasis on the "commonalities"
        - Finding common ground among seemingly different things requires quite a bit of mental effort.
            - For example, [[polis]] supports this kind of thinking
        - However, it's not about solely focusing on the "commonalities"; there needs to be a balance
            - [https://x.com/keizokuramoto/status/1854082269843234905](https://x.com/keizokuramoto/status/1854082269843234905)
            - I agreed with the argument that both the logic of "completely negating the enemy side" and the logic of "embracing the enemy side" are necessary in different phases- Currently, perceiving the world through only one division, it would be beneficial to increase the number of divisions as far as cognitive abilities allow.
  

  • The issue lies in viewing the world through a single binary division such as “Trump vs. Harris.”
  • Instead, understanding things through 100 different divisions like “young vs. old,” “rural vs. urban,” or “wealthy vs. middle class vs. poor” would help recognize the complexity of the current situation.
    • It’s like unpacking the division that was bundled into a single bit like “Trump vs. Harris.”
    • It seems to be akin to having a policy-oriented attitude of “this or that.”
  • Recognizing the world through 100 divisions can prevent a feedback loop of a single division from continuing indefinitely.

• It would be satisfying to be able to construct mental models of “the other side of the division” in thinking.

I am particularly intrigued by point 2 (blu3mo).

Discovering the core of the fascination of Self Synth/creating it if it is lacking.

• One side is synchronous, the other is asynchronous.
• Filling in the gaps where time slips are necessary with clones.
  • If that can be done, there seem to be other things that could be supplemented.

Theoretical research axes:

• Authenticity of self-expression in the digital realm.

• Consistency of personality and replicability.

• This seems to be the theme (blu3mo).

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

• Impact of self-fragmentation.

• A new form of asynchronous communication.

• The 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.

• The essence of mediated communication.

• Requirements for authenticity in dialogue.

• This leans more towards asym-chat.

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

Posing questions about “quasi-synchronous communication”?

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