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The End of Thinking? Entropy, Technology, and the Human Condition | Russian-American Deep Dive

In this episode, we dive into an expansive conversation that weaves together philosophy, ethology, poetry, cognition, and technology. Starting with the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching — “You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. ” — the discussion unfolds into themes of responsibility, meaning, and entropy in culture and biology. We explore: 🕉️ The Bhagavad Gita and the idea of duty without attachment to results. 🌼 A poetic reflection on the daisy — and whether it “thinks itself the author of its own flowering.” 🧬 Entropy, memory, and how symbolic structures help humans resist dissolution. 🐒 Animals, culture, ritual, and human uniqueness in symbolic thought. Zohran Mamdani vs Elon Musk. Socialism vs Oligarchy. Amish way of life. 🧭 How technology and AI might atrophy human cognitive abilities. 🪞 Language, abstraction, and the danger of confusing our maps for the territory. 🧩 Warm Data, Nora Bateson, and how shared thinking creates sanity. ⚙️ The illusion of progress, monopolies, and the limits of social control. References: Marshall McLuhan • Nora Bateson • Nate Hagens • Zak Stein • Lewis Mumford • Konrad Lorenz • Alfred Korzybski