We have yet to recognise that foresight trumps information in the game we are playing with machines … In the future, the human edge is going to come from what we value and from our judgement, not from going head-to-head with machines to parse facts.*
Bina Venkataraman

It’s a weird time to be alive right now. There’s so much input … All this stuff has to go somewhere. And so it ends up in our heads.**
Campbell Walker

I remember my friend and mentor
Alex saying that the future will be shaped by
foresight, intention, and love –
These very human attributes are why we are not threatened by
information, but welcome it,
Indeed we need information:
Stripped of its cumulative body of ideas,
the naked human brain is far less impressive.^

In preparation, and so we don’t compete with machines,
We identify what Bina Venkataraman identifies as our
judgements and values, and I point to as our
talents, energies, and values, through which
we shape our imagination and intent.^^

*Bina Venkataraman’s The Optimist’s Telescope;
**Campbell Walker’s Your Head is a Houseboat;
^Matthew Syed’s Rebel Ideas;
^^Let me know if I can help: geoffrey@thinsilence.org