Sunday: Song of the Exile

Evolution to me sometimes feels like displacement.

The need to evolve is a deep yearning of gaining control under uncertainty. As a result of that, I am both enchanted and exhausted by the development I achieved. Yet the tension of simultaneously experiencing novelty & nostalgia, being charmed & confined will oftentimes leave me profoundly challenged.

Everything is changing at an unprecedented speed and appears to present a threat of alienation. In the context of AI development, I know it will displace traditional ways of work & life. The human-defined economic/political landscape will be “optimized” into a much more efficient and more impersonal order.

I notice my own appreciation of this disruptive & powerful force and see myself dedicating time to be part of this paradigm shift. It is refreshing & chilling, and to my amusement & horror, I might be an agent of such forces to change, and an exile in endlessness of that big force of evolution.