Extraterrestrials and the human discipline needed before first contact
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A reflection on how the first possible sign of extraterrestrial intelligence would test not only science, but humanity’s ability to verify evidence, resist manipulation, manage uncertainty, and remain disciplined before contact.
Attention capitalism and the battle for the human mind
Before the day has properly begun, before a thought has had time to form in silence, the phone has already staged an entire emotional sequence: a headline that provokes, a video that absorbs, a comment that validates, a post that unsettles, a…