I believe that before my children reach working age, AI will dominate knowledge work and routine creativity, leaving novel problem-solving through "productive mistakes" as humanity's main value proposition. You're concerned that modern technology, especially social media and short-form content, is eroding people's ability to develop this creative problem-solving capacity by capturing attention and promoting passive consumption over active creation. This could worsen with more personalized AI content and VR. Your proposed solution focuses on developing "attention sovereignty" in your children and creating structured environments for unstructured exploration. You favor a future of "sovereign AI augmentation" where AI enhances human capabilities while preserving autonomy, though you're concerned profit motives might prevent this ideal scenario. #### Concept Definitions - Productive Uncertainty: Humans excel at exploring ideas through productive mistakes and novel connections, leading to breakthrough innovations - Attention Sovereignty: Ability to control one's own attention rather than having it externally captured - Producer vs Consumer: Distinction between creating value/content versus passively consuming it. Future economy may heavily reward producers - AI vs IA: Contrast between replacing human intelligence (AI) versus augmenting it (IA) - Meta Learning: Learning how to learn; developing pattern recognition and adaptation skills crucial for future-proofing - Resonance vs Resolution: - Resolution: providing accurate solutions. AI is good at already - Resonance: create shared understanding through emotional connection - Sovereign AI Augmentation: any AI-human connection should preserve human autonomy without dependency on a controlling entity (corporation, government