Cognitive sovereignty
Cognitive Ecology: The Human
Our data is an extension of ourselves.
Humans should own their digital selves, just as they own their physical selves.
As we’re heading into a new technological era where human minds are commodified to create digital products and tools, maintaining our cognitive sovereignty—our capacity and right to independent and creative thought—is paramount to our survival and to building a future in which all beings can live in dignity.
Human thought should not be mined by data moguls.
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Your data shouldn’t be someone else’s digital property.
Your work shouldn’t be someone else’s digital property.
Your art shouldn’t be someone else’s digital property.
Your life should not be mined for content.
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Your data is an extension of your personhood.
You should own your digital self, just as you own your physical self.
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We must protect our cognitive ecology from the pollution of algorithmic binary thinking.
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Think for yourself.
Live this life for yourself.
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Don’t let the algorithm shape your mind.
Cognitive sovereignty is the hard currency of the future.
The human algorithm shapes reality, but reality is not shaped by Homo sapiens alone.
Don’t let your mind lose touch with the objective world.
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Physical sovereignty will not survive without digital sovereignty.
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You are the smallest unit of resistance: a unique worldview that encapsulates the entire universe.
A clear mind can poke a hole in the fabric of our collective reality and glimpse at possible futures.
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While tech moguls continue pouring their fortunes into artificial intelligence, we the people should go all-in on developing our brains.
Organic data centers are the future.
This closes The Human. The Planet and The Future resume in September, for paid subscribers. Explore the notebook of meditations here: Intro to Cognitive Ecology.
Claudia Befu