It’s easy to become a mimetic robot.
We have an inherent tendency to imitate, fit in, and adhere to the norms of our tribe. It’s a survival instinct, after all.
But we exist in an era that has evolved beyond mere survival – most of us spend our time swimming around the top of Maslow’s Pyramid. Hence, we’re in constant tension between fitting in and standing out.
Mimesis is the bedrock of the AI world. We trained AI systems to imitate, learn from existing data, and then regurgitate it back to us. They excel at blending into the machine-like processes they’re a part of. They embody mimesis.
Your capacity to transcend the expected, to question the norm, to envision and bring forth the unheard of – that’s the power of standing out. It’s the audacity to choose not to fit in, but to break free from the mold, that makes us human.
So here’s to standing out, to embracing our uniqueness in a world that often urges us to fit in. Here’s to harnessing the power of our humanity and using it to create, inspire, and transform.
AI can take care of the rest. It can fit in where needed. The race to the bottom.
But you, the human, you’re here to stand out.
