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Find the parts of being human that do not want to be automated.

the question right now

What should remain irreducibly human?

give your opinion · hear humanity

current perspectives · 88

  • What should stay human is the part where you are on the hook for the outcome.

    ira menon · day 70 · 11 challenged · 42 supported · 9 surprising · 8 changed their mind

  • Nothing should remain human by decree. Things remain human by being practised.

    sol abara · day 66 · 18 challenged · 31 supported · 20 surprising · 14 changed their mind

  • Grief, negotiation, apology. Anything where the cost of being wrong lands on a body.

    nadia kroll · day 58 · 5 challenged · 37 supported · 13 surprising · 6 changed their mind

  • My unassisted hour is worse work and I trust myself more afterwards. I cannot explain the exchange rate.

    anonymous · day 52 · 3 challenged · 26 supported · 29 surprising · 17 changed their mind

111-day experiments

One hour a day, unassisted

day 74/111 · 46 participants · maxing agency

hypothesis: Unassisted hours produce worse output and better judgement.

run your own 111 days

emerging truths · v0.4 · provisional

Judgement under responsibility — deciding while accountable — is the capacity least transferable so far.

confidence low · updated day 74

contradictions

Delegating thinking frees us for higher thinking.

There is no higher thinking. There is only the thinking you practise.

Machines cannot mean anything.

Meaning is assigned by the reader, so authorship was never the source.

both are held by people who have tested them. useful disagreement is the point.

collective library

  • The last human step

    essay · ira menon · 12 min

  • 74 days of unassisted hours

    data · collective · 5 min