"The Cognitive Revolution": we outsourced our muscles, now we're outsourcing our minds
dlevine815 · x · 2026-09-03
Konstantine publishes a long-form essay "The Cognitive Revolution (When Machines Do The Thinking)", arguing humans externalized their muscles and built the modern world, and are now externalizing their minds. He opens with his daily Waymo commute: the car does physical work (moving five thousand pounds of metal and glass across the Bay Area) and cognitive work (reading the road, making predictions). dlevine815 praises the framing.
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