John Nosta

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NOSTALAB; digital health strategist, patient engagement

AI's Thought Completion Erodes Our Cognitive Agency
SocialMar 17, 2026

AI's Thought Completion Erodes Our Cognitive Agency

🧠Whose Mind Is It Anyway? (How AI is making thinking feel easier...and less our own.) 📌Artificial intelligence (AI) completes our thoughts, blurring correctness with content. 📌AI's assistance can shift into influence on our beliefs and actions. 📌Decreasing "cognitive friction" may weaken our judgment...

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AI-Generated Text Dilutes Writing's Signal of Thought
SocialMar 17, 2026

AI-Generated Text Dilutes Writing's Signal of Thought

LLMs can write. The prose is often smooth and the structure is darn convincing. And when language can be generated that easily and at that scale, writing begins to lose some of what made it feel substantial in the first...

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Reclaiming Human Thought in AI’s Borrowed Mind
SocialMar 16, 2026

Reclaiming Human Thought in AI’s Borrowed Mind

Yes--and here it's essence of this idea today. The Borrowed Mind: Reclaiming Human Thought in the Age of AI. https://t.co/i6NfSmqTlI @pmarca

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AI Completes Patterns, Assuming Answers Already Exist
SocialMar 16, 2026

AI Completes Patterns, Assuming Answers Already Exist

This is an important insight. AI does not seek an answer. It seeks to complete a pattern and operates under the "techno assumption" that a this answer already exists. https://t.co/xSStNmwZk3

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Could Reduced Sperm Motility Signal Natural Conception Limits?
SocialMar 16, 2026

Could Reduced Sperm Motility Signal Natural Conception Limits?

Interesting. I wonder if decreased motility is associated with other abnormalities? Could decreased motility be "nature's way" of limiting conception?

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The Borrowed Mind Tops Kindle Cognitive Psychology Rankings
SocialMar 15, 2026

The Borrowed Mind Tops Kindle Cognitive Psychology Rankings

A nice early moment for The Borrowed Mind. 👉The book is currently #1 New Release in Cognitive Psychology on Kindle and climbing in Epistemology. 🙏Thank you to everyone helping this conversation about AI and human thought get started. https://t.co/D7TcstgnY1

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AI Dilutes Thought, Restoring Value to Human Speech
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Dilutes Thought, Restoring Value to Human Speech

When Writing Becomes Detached From Thought 📌AI weakens writing as proof of thought. 📌Words can look wise without a mind behind them. 📌Human speech may regain value as thought made visible. https://t.co/XebP7NKNXe

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Intelligence Will Soon Be Sold Like Utilities
SocialMar 12, 2026

Intelligence Will Soon Be Sold Like Utilities

🚨COGNITION as a COMMODITY Here's a clip of Sam Altman describing a future in which intelligence becomes a utility that can be sold like electricity or water on a meter. To me, it was a striking comment, and I understand the...

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AI-Era Book Ranks with Kant, Descartes, Hume
SocialMar 12, 2026

AI-Era Book Ranks with Kant, Descartes, Hume

Judged by the company you keep... 🔥Today I noticed The Borrowed Mind sitting at #9 in Epistemology on Amazon, in the company of thinkers like Kant, Descartes, Hume, and Russell. 1. Complete Works of Immanuel Kant — Immanuel Kant 2. The Art of...

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When AI Overabundance Makes Thought Less Meaningful
SocialMar 12, 2026

When AI Overabundance Makes Thought Less Meaningful

🤔 Can "too much" and "too easy" undermine what makes thought meaningful? 🔥AI and the Abundance Bubble https://t.co/Uc4MgjZT1b

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Unlocking Words, Facts, Thoughts—Beware What You Wish
SocialMar 12, 2026

Unlocking Words, Facts, Thoughts—Beware What You Wish

📖Guttenberg UNLOCKED WORDS. ℹ️The internet UNLOCKED FACTS. 🧠LLMs UNLOCKED THOUGHTS. 🚨Be careful what you wish for... Much more in The Borrowed Mind. https://t.co/D7TcstgnY1

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Emotional AI Triggers Trust Loop, Eroding Scrutiny
SocialMar 12, 2026

Emotional AI Triggers Trust Loop, Eroding Scrutiny

From The Borrowed Mind... "When human emotion meets algorithmic fluency, something happens that I have started calling a loop of plausibility. AI produces language that feels emotionally correct, and we interpret that feeling as truth. We do not notice ourselves doing...

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Orthogonality: Key Difference Between Human Thought and AI
SocialMar 9, 2026

Orthogonality: Key Difference Between Human Thought and AI

🔥Today's essential read. Trust me. "Orthogonality." This is at the heart of understanding the difference between human cognition and AI computation. 🔗https://t.co/eXQIeWqBhZ @drmichaellevin @drfeifei @anilkseth

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Iterative Intelligence Drives Learner‑Centric LLM Evolution
SocialMar 9, 2026

Iterative Intelligence Drives Learner‑Centric LLM Evolution

That's about right. 1/4, 1/4, 1/4 and 1/4. But what i find pushing up beyond 1/4th is dynamic of ITERATIVE INTELLIGENCE and LEARNER-CENTRICITY with LLMs. --Iterative Dynamics. https://t.co/WS0Noc6eQd --The Borrowed Mind https://t.co/D7TcstgnY1

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AI Computes Freely, Humans Bear the Cost of Errors
SocialMar 2, 2026

AI Computes Freely, Humans Bear the Cost of Errors

🚨Computation Without Consequence 👉A clinical study reveals the divide between AI computation and human judgment. 📌AI handles patterns with ease. 📌Humans feel the weight of being wrong. 📌That’s where the divide becomes clear and important. https://t.co/tjfOTsWnCC #AI #medicine #digitalhealth

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Profusa Enables Real‑Time Tissue Biochemistry Monitoring
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Profusa Enables Real‑Time Tissue Biochemistry Monitoring

👍Profusa is my pick for 2026. Fascinating technology to measure real time tissue biochemistry. This is a fundamental shift from blood to tissue to shine a new light on cellular status and metabolism. https://t.co/gfduGvgJTX @ProfusaInc #medicine $PFSA #diabetes

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AI-Driven Care Replaces Outdated Pharmacy Tear Sheets
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI-Driven Care Replaces Outdated Pharmacy Tear Sheets

⚡ How AI, Data, and Innovation are Rewriting the Future of Care Let's take a closer look at education in medicine and healthcare. But let's start with a simple question. 🤔 Are you happy with that generic "tear sheet" of information...

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