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The singularity as cognitive decoupling

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An interesting way I like to think about the singularity is as the cognitive decoupling. Specifically, the singularity is the final industrial revolution that lets capital be converted directly into intellectual labour 1. The first industrial revolution occurred when capital became convertible into manual energy – i.e. humanity learned to...

An interesting way I like to think about the singularity is as the cognitive decoupling . Specifically, the singularity is the final industrial revolution that lets capital be converted directly into intellectual labour 1 . The first industrial revolution occurred when capital became convertible into manual energy – i.e. humanity learned to harness various energy sources to produce directed motion at a whim. The second cognitive revolution will occur as soon as humanity learns to direct intellectual or cognitive energy at a whim. Just as capital became a substitute for manual labour during the

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