# Joscha Bach
- A [[person]] on [[twitter]]: @plinz.
- Seems like an all-around nice guy. I agree with most (everything?) I've heard him say, so far.
- Conversation with [[Lex Fridman]]
  - Born/raised in East Germany ([[outsider]])
  - Thinks social networks should become Agoras -- although, of course, he doesn't use that terminology.
  - https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1287721063787487232
  - Neurons, like all cells, are like individual organisms evolved to reap rewards; they self-adjust to trigger on the right stimuli, which results in them being "reinforced": getting fatter.
  - Doesn't believe in the self/identity; probably an advanced meditator.
  - One's attention is focused by default on instances in which our internal models of the world fail to predict it accurately. In a sense introspection and fascination with mental processes is a symptom of maladjustment.
- [[go]] https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach/
  - See [[tweet]] https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1340038264749584384 by [[a yawning cat]] for pulled quotes.
  - See also [[tweet]] https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1287721063787487232


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