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> Every important system has logs since they’re necessary to improve the system over time. That brings me to the most important system I know. One that we never
by mistermann 7y ago
> Every important system has logs since they’re necessary to improve the system over time. That brings me to the most important system I know. One that we never designed - but use all the time. The human body.
I would argue that there are two more important systems:
- Planet Earth
- Human societies (and overall humanity itself)
Writing a similar essay but with these as the the subject would be a difficult but fun and potentially fruitful undertaking.
I wonder: how might one go about this, considering the complexity of the system?
- carapace 7y agoWell we certainly log a lot of information about both of those. The Seshat Global History Databank people are into this sort of thing (real-world psychohistory): http://seshatdatabank.info/ http://seshatdatabank.info/ ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_%28fictional%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory_%28fictional%29 )
- mistermann 7y agoHey carapace! Now this looks very interesting, I am going to give it a read. If you have anything else along these lines up your sleeve, I would love to see it!
- carapace 7y agoAhoy! These folks seem to me to be the least, uh, starry-eyed of the would-be Foundationites, but my knowledge is not comprehensive, eh? I only know about these folks because I'm interested in their underlying graph-based Prolog-implemented database, TerminusDB. ( https://terminusdb.com/ https://terminusdb.com/ ) - - - - FWIW, I view the Internet et. al. as a kind of GAI with humans for neurons. From that POV Seshat is one of many ways in which we/it are becoming self-aware.