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Nobody knows how the whole system works (surfingcomplexity.blog)
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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

But that's the strength of society to begin with, no one person knows how any given complex system works because its impossible for one person to know, we come together in specialised groups to create these systems over time with the collective knoweldge of many people.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Idk if I'd call it a "strength". Feels more like a weakness.

    But sure. This is the reason bureaucracies exist. Knowledge accrual, organization of specialties, long term investment planning, and distribution of surplus... as critical today as it was 8,000 years ago.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Agree that it weakens certain things, but I don't see how we can overcome that. It's great to have a knowledgeable GP as your doctor, but their breadth of knowledge causes them to fail at a deep knowledge of specific disease states. So he might be able to determine you have cancer, which then causes him to send you to an oncologist who specializes in that area.

    Basically, there is a limit to the volume of information a human can hold. This was partially what AI advertised it could help overcome, but it's so much worse than expected. If we could somehow increase the volume of information a human could hold and process, you'd be in much better shape for those doctor visits that end in "well, I guess this symptom is just you getting older" when really it's SOMETHING but the doctor completely lacks the knowledge of that area.

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