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ReadMultiplex.com: You Have 5000 Days: Navigating the End of Work as We Know It. Part 11: The Reversal of Obsolescence.
Episode 20
Published 1 week, 4 days ago
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In this installment, we dive headlong into the transformative power of Marshall McLuhan's four laws of media, known as the tetrad. We apply them rigorously to the evolution of cognitive prosthetics, from humble calculators to omnipotent computers and now to generative AI. This exploration reveals how the current wave of obsolescence echoes profound historical technological shifts. Yet it also brins on a dramatic reversal that will redefine human purpose, creativity, and existence itself. This reversal is no mere downfall. It stands as the climactic transformation in the Hero's Journey, where the hero, having braved the abyss, returns not just changed but empowered to reshape the world.
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