Regarding humanity's final moat, I found an answer: stories. This is an insight I gained after reading "The Warm Technology." The book provides a key perspective: The birth of human consciousness is marked by our beginning to understand the world through stories. We process chaotic experiences into causal narratives to handle the dimension of time and predict the future. It can be said that the ability to construct stories is the first core advantage that distinguishes humans from other species. A more central inference in the book is: Consciousness itself is the mechanism that transforms vast unconscious information into "stories." This model is very clear: the unconscious areas of the brain (driven by intuition, emotion, and desire) are the true decision-makers. Our perceivable consciousness plays the role of a spokesperson, tasked with rationalizing and narrating the unconscious decisions before outputting them. This mechanism explains the fundamental reason for the inconsistency between knowledge and action—the final action directive needs to receive approval from the unconscious. Behind your inability to resist scrolling through Douyin lies a humanity that even AGI cannot reach. Stories are the starting point of consciousness, and then stories elevate into a more advanced intelligence: empathy. When a person learns and categorizes enough stories, they gain the ability to understand others from their perspective. Empathy is the source of imagination and the cornerstone of trust. This made me realize where the boundaries that AI finds difficult to cross lie. AI can process knowledge, but it lacks a chaotic unconscious core that needs to be "narrated." Therefore, it cannot truly possess the profound empathy and trust generated by the layered progression of stories. Humanity's strongest moat is not our ability to process information, but our essence as natural "storytellers." As Einstein said: Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited, while imagination encompasses the entire world.
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