The Market as a Conscious Entity
Linking the Market Mind Hypothesis to the Free Energy Principle & OODA loop
In the ever-shifting landscape of financial markets, where prices oscillate and moods sway, Patrick Schotanus’s Market Mind Hypothesis (MMH) offers a revolutionary lens: the market is not a mere mechanism but a conscious entity, a collective mind extended through human agents and technology. Rooted in an interdisciplinary tapestry of economics, cognitive science, and philosophy, Schotanus’s work—highlighted in his No Way Out conversation —draws a striking parallel between the market’s dynamics and Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle (FEP), a cornerstone of modern neuroscience. By exploring this connection, we uncover how the market’s consciousness emerges as it minimizes free energy, striving to predict and adapt to an uncertain world, much like the human brain.
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