Youtube : https://youtu.be/6fj-OJ6RcNQ
Invidious : https://inv1.nadeko.net/watch?v=6fj-OJ6RcNQ
Piped : https://piped.video/watch?v=6fj-OJ6RcNQ
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title : The Brainrot Apocalypse (a DIY survival guide) by Struthless
runtime : 33:21
channel/uploader : struthless
type : well research video essay
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Description for those who prefer
We're not cooked... but we're definitely getting slowcooked
This is a video about the Gradual Disempowerment of humanity, as a result of overreliance on AI. It's also a guide to implimenting some simple but (in my opinion) effective solutions.
RESOURCES:
This is your brain on ChatGPT: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/your-brain-on-chatgpt/overview/
Gradual Disempowerment: https://gradual-disempowerment.ai/
(1) Scroll with a goal:
oa.mg
Gateway Drug:
https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthetics_Wiki
Cool article:
https://ourworldindata.org/limits-personal-experience
(2) Bullshit Proof Vest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Barriers_to_critical_thinking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cognitive_biases
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Informal_fallacies
Falsifiable* Non Fiction Books:
https://archive.org/details/200ProofsEarthIsNotASpinningBall_201710/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/greatdinosaurmys0000hamk
https://archive.org/details/dinosaursbydesig00gish/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/michelleremember0000smit
https://archive.org/details/populationbom00ehrl/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/hollowearthgreat0000bern
*varying degrees of falsifiability - some books will be mostly bullshit, but there’s some really interesting stuff here too that is worth thinking about. I don’t want this to come across as a critique of alternative ideas or an obedience to “official narrative” dogma: I wholeheartedly encourage everyone to debunk falsifiable mainstream explanations of reality too.
(3) Mission McClued In
Question: What evidence would change your mind?
*Source for that graph: https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from
Classic Media Theory Books:
https://archive.org/details/onphotography0000sont_l9h0
https://archive.org/details/understandingmed0000mars_g1t0
https://archive.org/details/ellul-propaganda/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/pdfy-NekqfnoWIEuYgdZl/mode/2up
(4) Algorithmic Resistance
archive.org
New to the Internet Archive? Here are some fun places to get you started:
https://archive.org/details/lost-telecourses
https://archive.org/details/pulpmagazinearchive
https://archive.org/details/bannedbooks
https://archive.org/details/zines
https://archive.org/details/ephemeralvhs
https://archive.org/details/uw-ethnomusicology-archives
https://archive.org/details/letterformarchive
A documentary that inspired making this video:
https://archive.org/details/newtechnologywhoseprogress
An animation that inspired it:
https://cors.archive.org/details/the_hangman_1964
Some Utility Collections:
https://archive.org/details/mit_ocw - free MIT lectures
https://archive.org/details/freemusicarchive - ditch spotify / streamers
https://archive.org/details/folkscanomy_drawing - learn to draw
Journals (just a search, but could be handy if you’re new to IA)
An Internet Archive veteran?
May I suggest:
https://archive.org/details/casolaro
https://archive.org/details/unlistenablemusic
https://archive.org/details/lost-posters
https://archive.org/details/gapmusic
https://archive.org/details/The-ZORA-Canon-collection
https://archive.org/details/folkscanomy_protest
https://archive.org/details/vvshapes
Digital Garden:
https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history
(5) Man Plans and Rod Laughs
The Twilight Zone (ia user link)
Seasons 1:
https://archive.org/details/the-twilight-zone-1959-s-01-e-00-original-pilot/
Season 2:
https://archive.org/details/the-twilight-zone-1959-s-02-e-11-the-night-of-the-meek
Season 3:
https://archive.org/details/the-twilight-zone-1959-s-03-e-15-a-quality-of-mercy
Season 4:
https://archive.org/details/the-twilight-zone-1959-s-04-e-16-on-thursday-we-leave-for-home
Season 5:
https://archive.org/details/the-twilight-zone-1959-s-05-e-22-an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge
Brain Centre at Whipple’s