At the risk of eliciting hundreds of eye rolls due to another podcast discussing the perils of technology, Keep Going is diving into the fray. We know it's a bit risky because we too are experiencing the palate fatigue around the talking heads warning us about AI, the singularity & advancing techno-annihilation. But fear not! We are not experts! We are 1/3rd rube, 1/3rd luddite & 1/3rd dabbler...I'll let you attempt to determine who is what. But we are decidedly NOT in preacher mode, though I do have to step off my soapbox at least once. SO what do we have in store for you?
We're glad you asked.
Our conversation starts with an experiment in crafting a marathon plan using ChatGPT (glitchy) before Michael reveals a momentary existential crisis around relentless progress & the seeming imperative of accumulation in our modern world. John jumps in imploring us to beware of riches & rewards for - & I quote: "The big payout will never be big enough."
But fear not...we pivot before things get too heavy: I talk about how you can't unsee your mom naked & leaving piles of poop on the trail. Thankfully, Michael re-grounds the conversation around how we can use technology to help us become better runners & humans.
Along the way, we use the Tao te Ching, magpies thieving shiny baubles & carts getting out in front of horses as metaphors for technology's best case uses. We finally end with a plea to find the others.
Without further delay I present to you the episode we call Dark Necessity: The Paradox of Technology.
Until next week, godspeed my friends, godspeed.
