No more software brain

A lot of folks are talking about ‘software brain’ again.

Data. Databases. Everything is data, in databases. Methodical, organized, controllable.. Who controls the database controls everything. Yada-yada.

But software brain is a choice. Organizing things that way is a choice. A popular choice, but a choice.

On the flip side, you could (for instance):

• Think on paper, not in apps. It’s messy, unstructured, hard to recall. The mess is the point.
• Plan less. It’s counterintuitive, unproductive. The spontaneity is the point.
• Have fewer opinions. The discourse is friendlier, and algorithms have less power over your heartstrings.
• Make your coffee differently every time. The randomness is the point.
• Enjoy wrong turns or getting lost. GPS databases are based on the opposite.
• Act on feeling, not just on logic. We do anyway, logic is often just a story we tell ourselves.

The list could go on and on.

The point is this: if we live in ways that wouldn’t suit a database, we don’t get software brain, and tech doesn’t consume our world, or our worldview.

That’s rare. A place where new, unexpected ideas show up. We need more of that: ChatGPT already covered the rest.