Hari Seldon from Asimov's Foundation? On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 13:05 Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote:
> But I just don’t understand the metaphor. These are separate sensor > suite and software that was added by some manufacturers long after motor > vehicles had become popular. > > I think of emotions as more rogue, non-compartmentalized, side effects of > memory. When quickly put my dog on a leash because I spot another dog at > the park who won’t share toys and won’t play nice, that’s more like a > driver assist. It is **not** the piloerection and aggression I see in my > dog when once she spots that dog. > > > > Incidentally, Tesla tracks the position and types of cars in the vicinity, > even without the full self-driving product. > > > > > > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly > *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:47 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] A million year old driving assistant > > > > That makes sense to me, Jochen. > > > > Our X3 has the same feature and I found it helpful on a recent trip. My > M240 doesn't have it. > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 12:32 PM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > > I am reading at the moment the German translation of "The Museum of > Abandoned Secrets" from the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko. It is a long > novel about the history of Ukraine. She writes sentences as long as pages > where one metaphor follows the next like pearls on a necklace of beads. > > One of these metaphors made me think if we can describe emotions as a > "driving assistant" for the vehicles created by our selfish genes. A > driving assistant shaped by million years of evolution which wakes up in > the right moments and guides us in the right direction (whenever it is > supper- or pairing time). If we select the right direction, then it rewards > us by a boost of energy or fuel. > > > Does it make sense to extend Dawkins' metaphor like this? Our BMW 330E has > for example a system that warns the driver if he comes to close to the edge > of the lane. Then the wheel starts to vibrate. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_systems > > > > -J. > > > > > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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