Discussion: Medieval Minds Might Adapt Better to AI Hierarchy
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-09-01
A discussion on whether medieval people might adjust better to the AI era. The view suggests that medieval people were acclimated to a hierarchy of beings superior to themselves, whereas the death of humanism (humans as the pinnacle) feels like a total collapse of meaning to modern people.
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