Technology Isn’t Ruining Us! It’s Evolving Us

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 1:18: access to information, calculator, gender, human intelligence

Notable quotes from "Technology Isn’t Ruining Us! It’s Evolving Us"

• Are you worried that it's going to impact human intelligence in a negative way?

  about human intelligence · at 0:00

• Of fear and hatred and there's plenty of that, but there's also massive, massive progress. And I think that progress is a function of us having access to knowledge about one…

  about progress · at 0:59

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

Products & tech

• calculator — Product · 1 mention · first at 0:05
  People said that about the calculator, right? That it was going to lead to kids cheating in tests and so on and so forth. And it didn't. it just made us smarter, enabled us as humans to do more complex computations.

Concepts & topics

• human intelligence — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:01
• access to information — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:20
  And so, I don't see any evidence that it's making us dumber in any way. we have overwhelming access to information. And I think that on one level that has actually made us all way more tolerant and respectful and kind.
• polarization — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:32
  People tend to fixate on the polarization politically in our society.
• Religion — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:39
  But actually think about it from the other perspective. 20 years ago, take your pick. Abortions, religion, sexuality, gender, trans, right? take your pick. All of those were decades and decades behind where they are now.
• gender — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:42
  Other perspective. 20 years ago, take your pick. Abortions, religion, sexuality, gender, trans, right? take your pick. All of those were decades and decades behind where they are now.
• sexuality — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:42
  Other perspective. 20 years ago, take your pick. Abortions, religion, sexuality, gender, trans, right? take your pick. All of those were decades and decades behind where they are now.
• progress — Concept · 1 mention · first at 1:04
• abortion — Concept · 1 mention
• trans — Concept · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Are you worried that it's going to impact human intelligence in a negative way?

0:03 I mean, people said that about the calculator, right? That it was going to lead to kids cheating in tests and so on and so forth. And it didn't. Like, it just made us smarter, enabled us as humans to do more complex computations. And so, I I I don't see any evidence that it's making us dumber in any way. I mean, we have overwhelming access to information. And I think that on one level that has actually made us all way more tolerant and respectful and kind. People tend to fixate on the polarization politically in our society.

0:35 But actually think about it from the other perspective. 20 years ago, take your pick. Abortions, religion, sexuality, gender, trans, right? I mean, take your pick. All of those were decades and decades behind where they are now.

0:49 Yes. It is amazing how bright and beautiful and colorful our world is now and how respectful and kind we are on the whole. Now, there are still pockets of fear and hatred and you know, there's plenty of that, but there's also massive, massive progress. And I think that progress is a function of us having access to knowledge about one another, living together, growing together, hearing from one another. Um, and I think that's going to

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "Technology Isn’t Ruining Us! It’s Evolving Us"?

In order: 0:00 access to information, calculator, gender, human intelligence.

What is mentioned in this Young and Profiting episode?

10 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including human intelligence, calculator, access to information, polarization, Religion, gender. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Technology Isn’t Ruining Us! It’s Evolving Us"?

The episode runs 1 min; the transcript is about 232 words in 4 timestamped sections.

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