The reality, risks, & consequences of scaling consumer-entertainment technologies to a global population with little cognitive security. [mirrored from Substack]
Western, American culture will be in frontier language models’ training data.
Most other cultures will not.
If nobody steps in, ~90% of mankind's culture could die quite soon.
Globally, indigenous cultures face an unprecedented threat to their traditional heritage.
The Marubo, a 2,000-member tribe in the Brazilian Amazon, recently made headlines: they received Starlink in September 2023. Within 9 months, their youth stopped learning traditional body paint and jewelry making, young men began sharing pornographic videos in group chats (in a culture that frowns on public kissing), leaders observed "more aggressive sexual behavior," and children became addicted... (read 1354 more words →)
3rd best thing I've read in 2025
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