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Social experiences lend us to distribute the computing of our problems to those other humans around us. We naturally store problems we can't solve, then reach o
by stephengillie 14y ago
Social experiences lend us to distribute the computing of our problems to those other humans around us. We naturally store problems we can't solve, then reach out for additional processing power when others are near. It's an expression of love, in that we can probably leave with positive net calories after the problem is solved.
In a sense, you're renting out your head for distributed computing without charging anything. You're like Folding@Home for your friends' lives.
- qu4z-2 14y agoI guess the trick is to be careful about what you compute. Helping your friend compute that infinite loop doesn't help anyone.
- stephengillie 14y agoWhat if what you're computing is the fact that it's an infinite loop, and that's why this friend finds you so valuable? We all subsidize each other in different ways with different currencies.
- maxerickson 14y agoIt's kind of scary how many stupid self perpetuating behaviors there are. Stuff like angry driving (where aggressive maneuvers make other drivers angry, and so on).