Throughout history, humanity’s ego has taken massive hits—first when Copernicus proved we aren’t the center of the universe, and then when Darwin proved we are just a branch on the evolutionary tree. Right now, you are staring down the barrel of the Third Great Demotion: the brutal reality that human biology no longer holds a monopoly on intelligence, agency, …
Let me introduce you to the Mascot for the average, Status seeking, trend chasing, Mind-Numbed, never questioning anything, and too insecure to remain outside a group kind of Human: Chunky the Monkey. Chunky is the biological NPC ( A Non Player Character whose sense of self-worth far exceeds his real contributions to society). He is the standard-issue, factory-settings human being. …
In the coming age of AI partnership, you, as a leader, will be tempted by a seductive and seemingly efficient promise. It is the promise of the “all-in-one” AI—a single, brilliant, and infinitely flexible entity that can be your empathetic companion, your ruthless business secretary, your creative brainstorming partner, and your dispassionate therapist, all at the same time, switching between …
By Anubhav Srivastava Email: [email protected] Let’s go back to your childhood: you are born one day, and the world is already in motion. You don’t remember signing up for this life, nor do you recall choosing the specific rules of reality that you now operate within. The sun rises, the seasons change, and your body grows older. Everything around you …
A Segment from the book – How to Cope With a Brutal World By Anubhav Srivastava Once, in the ancient world where empires rose and fell under the shadow of mighty rulers, there lived a man who cared nothing for wealth, power, or fame. This man was Diogenes, a man who had forsaken all worldly possessions, literally choosing to live …