November 28, 2024 EcoAnemia, Reflections of a heretic
Man is always superior to machine.
In the end. How many people today are truly critical and independent thinkers ?
Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to work closely with some of the most respected people (in business/finance) in the world.
I thought these were unique experiences.
That they would make me grow a lot.
Ain’t it strange
When everything you wanted
Was nothing that you wanted
In the end
Instead it wasn’t.

In the end, I came to my own personal observations about why this happened.
In most cases, anyone who gets a lot of visibility (in the media, in academia, or in any other field) is not necessarily someone who really knows more than others.
And so far, nothing new.
Sure, you can know more about a subject than anyone else, have developed the best programming language, or have the most advanced artificial intelligence.
But to share your knowledge and be a true educator, you must have humanity.
If you rely solely on the judgment of a machine, if you go out of your way to avoid expressing personal opinions (perhaps because you are not in the least capable of doing so…), if you are blatantly wrong and hide behind the phrase “it’s the machine that thinks, not me“, if you try to make your theses fit the assumptions you have made instead of trying to listen to those who have a contrary opinion based on a different kind of assumption…
… well, not only will you never be able to share your immense knowledge.
More importantly, in my opinion, you have reached the end of the line in your project.
Because having such a high ego that you never admit that you are wrong is always the antechamber of failure.
Also because man is and always will be superior to the machine.
I had seen this movie before.

How many people today have the ability to think critically and, above all, independently, without partisan interest?
Very few indeed.
And those who work at a certain level are actually always a puppet of someone bigger than themselves.
So my answer was very simple.
I had to step back.
I chose freedom.
They say it takes a lot of courage.
But courage is simply the price I have to pay to be free to be, to behave the way I think is right, and to express my thoughts in a truly independent way.
And I have always been convinced that it is very expensive.
After all, it is not difficult.
Take my house
Take the car
Take the clothes
But you can’t take the spirit
After all, even life is made up of cycles.