Youtube : https://youtu.be/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

https://www.my-mooc.com/en/

https://ourworldindata.org/

Gateway Drug:

https://tvtropes.org/

https://neocities.org/

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/amusing-ourselves-to-death-public-discourse-in-the-age-of-neil-postman-neil-postman

https://archive.org/details/pdfy-NekqfnoWIEuYgdZl/mode/2up

(4) Algorithmic Resistance

archive.org

https://web.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

https://archive.org/details/the-twilight-zone-1959-s-05-e-22-an-occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge/The+Twilight+Zone+1959+S05E33+The+Brain+Center+at+Whipple’s.mp4

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