https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/ Recent content in Information and Identity on The Approximate Mind Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US © 2026 Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-living-curriculum/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-living-curriculum/ <p>What does it mean to know a field?</p> <p>Not to have read about it. Not to have studied it once. But to <em>know</em> it. To hold it in your mind as a living body of understanding that grows, shifts, updates, connects.</p> https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-weight-of-words/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-weight-of-words/ <h3 class="relative group">How Language Shapes Who We See <div id="how-language-shapes-who-we-see" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#how-language-shapes-who-we-see" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>The moment a person receives a diagnosis, language reshapes reality. &ldquo;Dementia patient&rdquo; is not the same person as &ldquo;Eleanor.&rdquo; The label precedes the person into every room, every interaction, every assumption about capacity.</p> https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-curation-economy/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-curation-economy/ <p>What makes expertise valuable?</p> <p>For most of history, the answer was simple. <strong>Expertise was valuable because it was scarce.</strong> The doctor knew medicine. The lawyer knew law. The engineer knew structures. You paid them because you did not know what they knew, and acquiring that knowledge would take years you did not have.</p> https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-borrowed-voice/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-borrowed-voice/ <h3 class="relative group">When AI Speaks, Whose Words Does It Use? <div id="when-ai-speaks-whose-words-does-it-use" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#when-ai-speaks-whose-words-does-it-use" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>Margaret sits across from her daughter Sarah, frustrated. The AI assistant on her tablet just suggested she might enjoy a podcast about cryptocurrency investing and intermittent fasting.</p> https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-compounding-self/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/main/information-and-identity/the-compounding-self/ <h3 class="relative group">What Happens When AI Actually Learns You <div id="what-happens-when-ai-actually-learns-you" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#what-happens-when-ai-actually-learns-you" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>Six months have passed since Margaret first used the new system.</p>