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<p>Dear List,</p>
<p>It looks it is time to conclude the session. The presenters may
be willing to send some final comments, otherwise I am adding here
an interesting observation (via Malcolm Dean) that matches some of
our previous exchanges. <br>
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<p>Regards,<br>
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<p>--Pedro<br>
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<div><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cosmosinstitute.substack.com/p/rebooting-the-attention-machine__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!XQpwMxNiwJEp8TUj9Lo81XGuUsDaHxTsnDJKcz-I3HF2P4VLTAXLDCvwt8aPTBJ9vpgcbgin0K7RsvqNG6IxK4o3E74P$" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://cosmosinstitute.substack.com/p/rebooting-the-attention-machine</a></div>
<div>Cosmos Institute, 6 June 2025<br>
<b>Rebooting the Attention Machine<br>
</b><i>Bush’s Tools, Mill’s Rules, and the Future of Free Speech<br>
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At 6 a.m., a cancer researcher finds 432 new papers in her
inbox—more than Pasteur read in a lifetime. A songwriter opens
TikTok: 700 hours of video went up since she brewed her coffee.<br>
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Every leap in communications—papyrus, printing presses,
telegraphs, radios, the Web, generative AI—has widened the gap
between what is produced and what any one mind can absorb.<br>
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That pattern is no passing fad; it is baked into the arithmetic of
attention. The supply of ideas compounds, but the bandwidth of the
human brain does not.<br>
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In this flood, what principles can keep us afloat? What
engineering blueprints and philosophical concepts are needed to
navigate the chaos, reclaim our inquiry, and remain self-directed?
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