Digital Behavioral Design 38: The sci-fi tech landscape ??
Hi, It's Brian here.
Honestly, it gets boring when you constantly teach the same subject. But what I love about teaching psychology and tech is the constant change.
It's true--humans haven't changed in thousands of years. Aristotle's principles of persuasion are just as relevant to today's technology. And Cicero's advice on how to win an election in ancient Rome is so brilliant, I once planned to write an article on what Cicero could teach us about social normative influence.
Though humans don't change, this is what keeps changing.
First, psychology and neuroscience deepen our understanding of what shapes human behavior. The more we understand the details, the better we know what drives human emotion, cognition, and behavior.
Second, psychology-driven technology keeps shifting, often in unimaginable ways.
It's not obvious why videos of people scratching paper get millions of views till you understand that ASMR videos stimulate physiological responses in a percentage of the population that many describe as pleasurable.
It's not obvious that our social status needs are so powerful that people will pay $2,300,000 for an NFT jpeg of an ape, which buys respect better than a Lambo--by a longshot.
It's not clear how technology can help blind people to see through their tongue, how deaf people can regain their hearing, or how we can use brain-to-brain communication till you understand how the brain interprets sensory input signals.
It's unclear how AI can read our emotions with terrifying accuracy till you understand that each emotion triggers a distinct pattern of facial colors based on differences in the level of oxygen pumping through our veins and arteries. This is also why cameras can read your pulse, so watch what you think in public--mass thought police technology is now in its infancy.
All of these were once unthinkable absurdities. But now, they're old news.
I'm sharing some crazy game-changing technology and updates on my 2022 training schedule in this update.
THE SINGULARITY IS COMING
Researchers teach human brain cells in a dish to play "pong"
OpenAI chief scientist says advanced AI may already be conscious
New AI detects your emotions by scanning you with radio signals
A fabric that "hears" your heart's sounds
New Contact Lens Brings Seamless Augmented Reality a Step Closer
DIGITAL TRENDS
Nearly a quarter of Americans get news from podcasts
Three-in-ten Americans now read e-books
Scientists find that the impact of social media on well-being varies across adolescence
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2 年Brian, these tools ( Brain Police Technology?) they sound great for individuals to compensate or enhance themselves ( for those of us with ADHD, gamifying work is great). But essentially whats keeping us from a dystopian totalitarian tech future? ...not that its not looking like it...