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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Societies whose social functions becoming more cybernetic than individuals that composes it.https://t.co/kdSvxEF71Qhttps://t.co/7ac6jRojgS https://t.co/LdUneX2qqP

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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We are so focused on egocentric view of humans becoming machines and AI agents. Are we blind to the growing forest?https://t.co/HL4tjaTIRF

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Popular AI is focused on the brain like they are something special.Ants have brains… I want to make an ant colony.https://t.co/tc0f3sSL5z

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Our domination of the planet isn't because we are smart. It's because we are able to channel our collective smarts.https://t.co/0qCe8lmV7j

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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The medium we sing our hivesong with is changing out from under us. Transforming near pure information systems... https://t.co/FGq78NMa9M

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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The Perez Tech Cycle = speed up of information flow.human<dog<horse<steamboat<newspaper<railroad<car<radio<tv<emailhttps://t.co/APBj8jkAD4

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

History of advertising suggest it was an overall positive mutualism, supporting other systems due to information network limitations.

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Could the 6th great surge be the great internet advertising investment mania?https://t.co/Cgxygj60HW (via @ntaylor963) https://t.co/NciMG4dkPo

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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"the main way in which we extend ourselves with technology today is not through implants but explants"https://t.co/a8RtjMPlls https://t.co/aNo0SKFxZW

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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But like @pmarca discussed in breaking smart: we never notice these shifts.We're too close the waters we swim in.https://t.co/g8N4OIEwfp https://t.co/xtzKCRKODC

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Information networks operating at the cost of light, and the cost of light has never been lower. Update your priors:https://t.co/HCgtzG1dr0 https://t.co/iQGbflAIQc

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2/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Technology is ever present, but like a Perception Filter:We can't seem to see what's right in front of our noses.https://t.co/Sv0YL5DYeW

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

"the Times asked a hot-air-balloon tycoon whether humans may fly someday." https://t.co/JE67T5YIhV

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3/27/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Hayek https://t.co/DEKJiyfEtQIs https://t.co/eKk8xMe7IKConvincing https://t.co/veObxaCr8qAnd Wrong https://t.co/NNRYBNNh8L

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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So was Bernays, but he had a better picture of the problem space: https://t.co/5qVYbyZvQ9

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

That previous tweet throws shade @ Freud.But his Nephew, Edward Bernays, was more astute about soap advertising:https://t.co/8JfmWHIUhp https://t.co/vDYIMmzcqZ

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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And this leads directly to Munger's framing of moats:https://t.co/sLJ8W1jPF4Not wrong: incomplete.

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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"Shannon [...] Thorp [...] made a strong case for being able to systematically predict roulette spins."https://t.co/SQIzcPcF6U

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Predicting roulette spins you say?https://t.co/K7hm4QejqW

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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"These codes should help marketers understand the underlying motivations for gamblingn in each culture"https://t.co/y0dtd47UVS

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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"When we understand the motivations [...] it explains much of how social media is used" (for marketing)https://t.co/qCggMJEbou https://t.co/nuwN2bMHS6

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6/9/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Morning sports racers. Today is Saturday 7 / 29 / 2017

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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and today we find meaning in the fake smile of a barista as we buy our chai latte, or the the nod of the grocery clerk as we catch his eye.

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Our society is full of lonely people who are reaching out in the net to find kindred spirits.https://t.co/JV3A9CZMpJ

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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senescencehttps://t.co/LRiPiPIyzz

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

It's interesting to model social-x's as meaning-making platforms leveraging behavioral adaptations re-purposed from collective foraging.

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Brands are not your friends, but they want you to be theirs.https://t.co/k2KeSJBVZf

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

To compete with disparity caused by brands overpowering our conversation... We have become brands. Via @evemassacre https://t.co/fz3cyKuYMQ https://t.co/0Xdyj1uLTi

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Hi, I'm adding human focused content to this brand delivery vehicle known as twitter; creating shitposts for consumption by my followers. 👋

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Because I'm one of those types who relies on social media for friendship. for communicating my ideas. I'm a heavy user. A content producer.

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Foraging together. Seeking kinship. Seeking fam.https://t.co/GldbOInNXr

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

No longer needing to share information on foraging locations due to industrialized farming, the stranded mammal succumbs to infotainment. https://t.co/2qAoi355Im

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Why does this format work for me? What is it about 140chars at a time, in a linear feed, that helps me think?https://t.co/7x5Ompojlv

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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Why do I not feel so alone when I'm on here?https://t.co/KCKfhd3FOD

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

"One of the gifts the network has given us, is that we don't feel alone anymore" https://t.co/ZVJFkx4GBi

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7/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

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"Friction is a huge cost that is understood in engineering, but not yet in economics or politics."https://t.co/LdqrZBdQCk

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8/22/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"None of this should lead us to an automatic reverence for the mob."https://t.co/FdkUvjZIob https://t.co/XzNQKAqcVX

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9/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"given markets, why do you need corporations? Why do they exist?"[…]"Do you have any idea what you think is next?"https://t.co/lCCcCi4HO3 https://t.co/GDbCQHrF7l

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9/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"These actors are situated outside conventional societal and political structures of power and institutions." 🤔https://t.co/sXJpTybttl

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9/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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https://t.co/T5k4W6iqcF

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

It's almost like organizations are part of a larger network that runs on information...https://t.co/5aGA1oZUAY https://t.co/r5fK9YdZRc

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9/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Two ex-Googlers assault our centralized capitalist system aiming to strengthen communities by reducing food deserts.https://t.co/8AN4IyMYJo

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

and today we find meaning in the fake smile of a barista as we buy our chai latte, or the the nod of the grocery clerk as we catch his eye.

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9/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Don't violate narrative? The hive is in a fervor; boiling mad, and lashing out at anything that looks like a threat.https://t.co/BfT7svz4Bz

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Bees clump to maintain homeostasis.Bees kill wasp invaders to the "body" by boiling them.Tell me, why do we fever? #beehiveiorism https://t.co/SJU3hwWj8f

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9/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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It's pumpkin spice season again. The hive is angry at consumerism again.Like a broken record, history repeats.https://t.co/7JjMEFfMbV

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Some try to make sense,Some people use reason.It's all just a pretense.Happy Pumpkin Spice season.https://t.co/8PnPKUY0Lo

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9/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Peter Thiel: People Are Scared Of The Future And Silicon Valley Doesn't Get Ithttps://t.co/kKwf81Cngj

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9/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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2017: Food delivery w/ no human interaction is taboo.Forced smiles are all we have left and are now sacrosanct. https://t.co/8AN4IyMYJo

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

and today we find meaning in the fake smile of a barista as we buy our chai latte, or the the nod of the grocery clerk as we catch his eye.

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10/6/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Societies whose social functions becoming more cybernetic than individuals that composes it.https://t.co/sVusFq0FiM https://t.co/jSbl06nf7x

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10/10/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Buying a mobile hotspot to stay connected with your social network.https://t.co/OR7v273sHp

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

The whole internet in my hands.Explants you can stick in your pocket.I am become cyborg. https://t.co/CEaOo2qMwK

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10/10/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Paying dues, either with advertising, or cash, just to stay connected to your social support group.https://t.co/3UTbig3Iv1

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Sorry, but your semiotics are only version 2. Please pay $1.99 to communicate with your ingroup more effectively.https://t.co/0tTTEL4ui9

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10/31/2017