The lessons of waves
Learning principles from the sea
I am writing this, as I did my previous post, in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. With a few notable exceptions, the beaches are not very friendly here. Big waves, with enormous power. There is no way to swim in them. The picture above is of a graffiti on a wall in the tourist strip of the town. A most amazing anthropomorphized representation of the foam of the surf.
I had several walks on the beach admiring the powerful waves as I was thinking about the arrogance of communism.
I love watching the waves, I always did. I see the infinite complexity of the universe represented in them. The sand forming ephemeral patterns as the water pulls back.
The power display is incredible and humbling. I tried myself in the waves and I did get humbled. I ended up in the washing machine a few times, knocked, rolled and roughed over in the sand.
I tried to describe the interactions of the waves, but I failed. Then I went out to make a video, but I was not happy with the result. The experience is difficult to convey.
It is a spectacle where events can be foreseen but not predicted with any precision. You can discover patterns, identify principles, you can analyze and explain, but you cannot model or predict, let alone control it.
You can play and cooperate with it but if you do not respect its power, you will be punished. There are those who are brave enough to ride them. Puerto Escondido is a surf town. It is possible to take advantage of the waves. IF you understand that you are at their mercy. IF you understand that you are not the boss.
Some believe, that more than ever, we can be in control. A comment to my last post says:
“Central planning is entirely feasible to meet supply and demand needs in a fully digital economy. Prices are no longer crucial but could still be useful in some contexts.
The WEF and it's One World Order plans are entirely predicated on this emerging reality.”
It is absolutely clear what the goals of the WEF are, but that does not make them either feasible or real. The communists believed that all they need is ideology and political power. Klaus thinks that all they need is power and technology (and some penetration, of course)
I watched a Sabine Hossenfelder video the other day about the cost of AI and the implications of that cost. What I concluded from it is that if Sam Altman can get his seven trillion (“F*ck it. Let’s make it eight”) dollars, the end result will still not be able to match the intelligence of a common octopus.
As I was looking at the waves, as I was thinking about decision making and communist arrogance, I kept wondering why is it so difficult for some to understand the true complexity of the world when it is right in front of their eyes………