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The Tyranny of Logic: When Intelligence Becomes a Cage

The Deeper Thinking Podcast

For those who’ve started to wonder whether logic might be the problem, not the solution.

We built machines to outthink us, believing logic was the crown jewel of intelligence. But as data-driven models collapse under their own contradictions, and AI replicates the very biases it was meant to erase, we must ask: has our devotion to rationality gone too far? This episode argues that intelligence isn’t about consistency or computation—it’s about contradiction, narrative, emotion, and survival.

True intelligence, we suggest, may require letting go of logic altogether—or at least recognizing its limits. Drawing from Kahneman, Simon, McLuhan, Nietzsche, and ancient traditions of embodied knowing, we explore how a new understanding of cognition could liberate us from the tyranny of structure.

Reflections

• Rationality isn’t neutral—it’s historical, cultural, and political.
• Most decisions are not made logically, but narratively and emotionally.
• AI doesn’t think—it reflects, replicates, and codifies what it’s been fed.
• The most successful leaders tell stories, not statistics.
• Intelligence is not optimization—it is adaptation, contradiction, and instinct.

Why Listen?

• Rethink the foundational role logic plays in AI, governance, and decision-making
• Explore how bounded rationality and heuristics outperform linear logic
• Understand why emotional narrative often beats rational argument in public life
• Engage with Kahneman, Simon, McLuhan, Nietzsche, and Gigerenzer on the limits of rationality

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Bibliography

• Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
• Simon, Herbert. Models of Bounded Rationality. MIT Press, 1982.
• McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media. MIT Press, 1994.
• Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. Penguin, 2003.
• Gigerenzer, Gerd. Gut Feelings. Viking, 2007.

Intelligence isn’t about obeying logic—it’s about knowing when to abandon it.

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