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AI refactors previous use of humans, and unleashes new use for humans. Two weeks traveling Japan proved to be the perfect setting to contemplate some of the sweeping changes facing our society over the coming years and decades. The smart people I know generally agree that 80% of the work of 80%+ of jobs will be refactored significantly by AI. And
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Imagine a Substack that rewrote Michel Montaigne’s essays but for the modern times. It would change the Old English voice to a Tim Urban voice, and translate the topics to be relatable today. Sounds fun, sounds extremely time-consuming. We’re probably getting to a point with AI where all schemes can be realized.
Books like Antifragile, Seeing Like a State, and Incomplete Nature have given me a deep appreciation for the power of randomness to produce resilience, strength, and creativity.