Seeing Differently: Filling the Space between the Real and Digital
summary
Argues that vision and meaning come from history not raw data, citing 90% of visual input coming from brain inference, a kitten/rat deprivation experiments and quick demos (color adaptation, Kiki/Bouba, spinning figure) with surprising tallies like ~7% colorblind response and ~99% Kiki consensus. Proposes a location-based messaging app called Traces that forces recipients to travel to a place to retrieve messages, claiming it restores value by creating shared physical experience. No deployment metrics or user trial results are reported, and the claim is presented as a design principle for the space between digital and physical.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:00Lightness
- 3:00Context is everything
- 4:00Why is context everything
- 5:00How does your brain make meaning
- 6:00How does your brain evolve
- 8:00Your brain is learning
- 9:00What does the brain see
- 10:00Illusions
- 11:00The Frog
- 12:00Assumptions
- 13:00Free Will
- 14:00Pain
- 15:00Motion
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