I think the real question is how do we retain information better, if that would happen, then surely you don’t need someone to actively remind you of hidden information. If I retained 1% of the stuff I’ve read in the past, I’d be the equivalent to an encyclopaedia. I write tutorials sometimes, and my ability to write good ones has never depended on the presence or absence on participants.
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Interesting thread, I see these huge lists all the time full of links, resources etc. But something to think about is that someone who wants to program most likely already has a plan. And if they don’t, I don’t think they have the time or ability to decipher this material.
To me, the real turning point is if and when we learn how to precisely control our personalities—in short, reengineering human nature itself. Of course there’s the nature vs nurture matter in this, not to mention all the potential factors than even go into a personality, let alone alter it. But I’m 100% against uncontrolled transhumanism, or even mere unregulated genetic modification or augmentation.
Though, let’s suppose there was a way to correct obviously harmful behaviorial defects with at least a partial genetic basis, particularly behavior every society would see as egregiously harmful, and especially criminal (supposedly anti-social personality disorder- such as psychopathy—is one of these). Would the prospect of even reducing that behavior be worth it?