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  • Carl M · 2 years ago
    Indeed.
  • Adrian Bool · 2 years ago
    I've long thought that he most significant part of The Matrix was the near instantaneous programming of people. The great thinkers in time often mastered multiple disciplines - and their discoveries were born from these different perspectives. As mankind understands more and more about individual subjects it has become impossible for anyone to have a detailed understanding of say, all the sciences. Therefore, I feel that the greatest invention we could build today would be the 'download facility' portrayed in the Matrix to provide human minds with the knowledge required to carry us further from where we are now.
  • Daniel Miessler · 2 years ago
    I agree, Adrian. That would do more to advance humanity than almost anything else. If you could imbue someone with the knowledge, for example, of how negatively their actions could effect the world, they're far less likely to take part in that behavior.

    Most people are harmful to those around them out of ignorance, not out of malice. If we could flash people with collective knowledge at certain intervals (like in school) then we could simply sit around and have think tank - oriented discussions and focus on interaction in school. We could then capture the output and propagate it to the world.
  • Carl M · 2 years ago
    Part of the process of discovery is the LEARNING how to discover. Instant programming with facts and knowledge will not necessarily lead to new discoveries.