taste 3

Developing taste & judgement are an essential skill in the AI era. # # But taste is different from knowledge and takes more time. Gaining knowledge is a software upgrade. It strengthens existing synapses. It’s fast, reversible, no new “cables” required. Taste is a hardware upgrade. It destroys inefficient pathways, grows neurons for new pathways, and wraps axons with myelin speeding up signals 100x. (London cab drivers literally have a larger hippocampus.) Taste takes time. How we acquire taste depends on the environment. ...

I ordered a Caramel Cashew Cookie - Soft & Chewy at the Chennai airport, an hour before my flight. I’ve had cookies before, but not heated. The person at the counter put it in the microwave for 30 seconds before handing it to me. It was the best discovery I made in Jan 2026! It is crumbly. It is chewy. It melts. It soaks. It bends when you pick it up. It’s warm. It’s sweet. It’s nutty. It’s gooey. Oh, I could go on. It’s heavenly. ...

You can hear people over the Internet. You can see people over the Internet. Now you can touch people over the Internet. When can we smell and taste them? Or are these senses too mundane to worry about? I, for one, would be very happy to be able to taste recipes online. via Ravikiran