“Those who think through possible outcomes with discipline, forge connections, in so doing, to other cosmi in which those outcomes are more than mere possibilities. Such a consciousness is measurably, quantitatively different from one that has not undertaken the same work and so, yes, is able to make correct decisions in an Emergence where an untrained mind would be of little use.” ThinkingMindLittlesDifferentUseWould BeAbleDecisionConsciousnessPossibilityDisciplineConnectionsMereOutcomesEmergence Book:Anathem Source: Anathem
“This is my experience of Oprah Winfrey - she makes decisions as frequently as she can to contribute with consciousness, with awareness, with love. I know - this is the source of her joy, her vitality, her unending creativity and her connection to people.” PeopleKnowsJoyDecisionConsciousnessCreativityAwarenessSourceConnectionsVitalityUnending Author:Gary Zukav
“With every decision that anyone makes, the world changes. The decision that we give our consent to is the one that remains in our consciousness, but the one that we didn't make-that alternate world goes on in its own direction. So there's uncountable numbers of alternate "us-es."” WorldGivingDecisionNumbersConsciousnessGoes OnRemainsConsent Author:Richard Bach
“Three features mark the Anglo-American system as different from all others. One is the extent to which our law is formed in litigation. Another feature is the way we conduct these cases: we pit antagonists against each other, to cast up from their struggles the material of decisions. A third- and largest in the public consciousness- is the trial by jury.” WayDifferentLawThreeDecisionConsciousnessCasesStruggleMaterialsThirdsMarkCastsTrialsFeaturesPitsJuryAntagonistTrial By Jury Book:The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal System Source: The Law of the Land: The Evolution of Our Legal System
“When people talk about the singularity, when people talk about superintelligent AI, they're not talking about sentience or consciousness. They're talking about superhuman ability to make high-quality decisions.” PeopleAbilityDecisionConsciousnessQualityTalkingNot TalkingHigh QualitySingularitySuperhuman Author:Stuart J. Russell
“If human beings are losing every time, it doesn't matter whether they're losing to a conscious machine or an completely non conscious machine, they still lost. The singularity is about the quality of decision-making, which is not consciousness at all.” IfsHumansStillsMatterLostHuman BeingsDecisionConsciousnessQualityLosingConsciousMachinesDecision MakingSingularity Author:Stuart J. Russell
“When you're writing, you're making decisions about compression and the shape of a life, which are very similar to how we experience our inner consciousness.” WritingDecisionConsciousnessShapesMaking DecisionsCompression Author:Rachel Holmes
“There are some political issues where mainstream press attention only hurts. We think about activism as being this generic model of consciousness-raising, then hopefully media attention, attraction of new people to your cause, building public support for your cause, then decision-makers reacting to that change in public opinion. That's true for some types of activism, but it is not true for all of them.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalCausesHurtDecisionAttentionConsciousnessOpinionSupportIssuesMediaBuildingTypeModelsPressesAttractionActivismHopefullyMakersMainstreamPublic OpinionReactingGenericDecision MakersPolitical Issues Author:Rachel Maddow
“What new psychology suggests, it's the factor that is top of consciousness at the moment before you make that economic decision that will win the day.” MomentsWinningDecisionConsciousnessPsychologyEconomic Author:Robert Cialdini
“I've found that in life, and certainly in music, it's all just a series of occurrences in which you are constantly assessing the potential outcome of your decisions based on past precedence. As an aside, this is apparently the defining factor in science that separates artificial intelligence from human consciousness. One thing that our brains are really good at is taking a bunch of answers and extrapolating the question, whereas in computing, you input a question and it will provide an answer.” PastDecisionBrainConsciousnessArtificial Intelligence Author:RJD2