April 3rds
4/3/1998, Friday Reading Internet Dreams . Are brain structures and neural networks actually shaped by the environment? The fact that we have fast communication and access to lots of information is a product of how brains have developed, which sets the stage for how they will continue to develop. The brains of the ancient Egyptians evolved to allow them to do what they did, and then lost when the civilization perished. That’s why we can’t completely solve the mystery of that culture. [4/3/2025: I recall making a comment recently about ironically not being able to find things on the internet, when we think we can have access to anything. There’s an electronic version online, which is very hard to read and isn’t downloadable. An interesting idea would be to have AI go through my diaries and gather all the old books. I’ll bet lots of these 90s books are already inaccessible. I think the better way in a digital age is to just digest the information that you have in front ...
