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"Social media is a spectacularly effective method for warping our generative [mental] models. It overloads them with bad evidence about both the world around us and who we are." aeon.co/essays/social-media-and-the-neuroscience-of-predictive-processingPermalink On twitter.com
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"Living well, in predictive processing terms, means being able to effectively manage uncertainty – and that’s predicated on having a generative model that represents the world accurately."Permalink On twitter.com
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"Debord was right to be concerned about us: the detachment of appearance from reality can cause profound harm to our wellbeing, and drive us to take drastic action."Permalink On twitter.com
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"This emerging scientific picture adds to the growing consensus that digital hyperstimulants are a threat to our wellbeing – and lends weight to those voices calling for change in how social media is designed, operated and regulated."On twitter.com