Redphone
@redphone
1/ Our brains are hardwired for a world that no longer exists. Technology accelerates exponentially while our intuitions are built for a linear world. This mismatch is a big part of why we feel overwhelmed. Here’s an unlock I’ve been using: 🧵
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Redphone
@redphone
2/ For 99% of human history, effort was linear. 🥾 Walk twice as far → Takes twice as long. 🍓 Gather twice the food → Takes twice the work. Our minds were built to understand this. We expect straight lines.
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Redphone
@redphone
3/ But the world now runs on curves. This is the exponential pace of change in AI, biotech, and computing. It’s why our linear intuition breaks, and trying to predict the future suddenly feels like a hallucination.
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