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Not every activity/innovation is an automation, atleast not directly #4

Open sanjarcode opened 2 years ago

sanjarcode commented 2 years ago

I have developed a mindset where I have come to categorize every invention/activity/innovation as an automation.

This may be true, if the universe is considered as an information system.

But on the surface, or as a first thought - things may not be automation, and it may be better for me to not think of them as being one.

e.g. chemistry, physics - from a human perspective didn't start as automation, though of course it helps predict the future (short time - like Newton's laws of motion) and nature of things around us.

Other examples can be space travel, or invention of the wheel. They may have helped us automate something, but it's not helpful to think of them as automation when creating them.

sanjarcode commented 2 years ago

The question now is, if something should not be thought as an automation, what to think/categorize it as?

Leave it uncategorised?

And why do I feel the need for a fundamental categorization?

Did the default categorization of 'automation' help decrease cognitive load. Maybe.

Goal: think and write about this. It's important.

sanjarcode commented 2 years ago

Some categories of innovations/inventions of the 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Engineering#:~:text=The%20ranked%20list,High-performance%20Materials

sanjarcode commented 2 years ago

The list in the link above can be classified as per https://github.com/non-tech-stuff/sanjar-PVS/issues/5, into:

  1. Information - Radio, TV, Internet, fiber optics, Computer
  2. Matter:
    1. Transportation and Energy - Petroleum, Automobile, Spacecraft, water distribution, Nuclear energy, electrification
    2. Comfort - consumer electronics, health tech