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  1. Current versionJavier Nieto·

    Aeneas Universal and The Gym for the Mind

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    […] challenged by someone. That's hard to get on your own. Today, Iwe hope this site serves as a starting ground for us to […]

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    […] ["gyms"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gym). The word was derived from the ancient Greek term "gymnasion," that werewhich was a public place in Ancient Greece used for both physical and intellectual pursuits. As work became more sedentary, people began deliberately seeking physical activity in gyms. We now need to do the same for our minds. With the rise inof Artificial Intelligence, we run a risk of cognitive atrophy and being intellectually sedentaryintellectual inactivity. I think the equivalent gym for the mind is having your […]

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    Aeneas Universal and The Gym for the Mind

    Machines already outcompete us physically, and they're beginning to outcompete us cognitively too.

    made urban workers much less active through more sedentary jobs. Consequently, we started to see the rise in . The word was derived from the ancient Greek term "gymnasion," that were public place in Ancient Greece used for both physical and intellectual pursuits. As work became more sedentary, people began deliberately seeking physical activity.

    We now need to do the same for our minds. With the rise in Artificial Intelligence, we run a risk of cognitive atrophy and being intellectually sedentary. I think the equivalent gym for the mind is having your thinking challenged by someone. That's hard to get on your own.

    Today, I hope this site serves as a starting ground for us to challenge each other intellectually through public and private discourse. We invite the friction in communication as an opportunity to grow.

    Tell me where I'm wrong (about this, or about what the site should be) below this thread.