Engineering Generosity

The principle here is reciprocity, but notice that it is not simultaneous. Unlike the notion of barter, time is allowed to elapse before one deed is repaid by another. Trust is required to bridge that gap. Unlike barter, the exchange is not mechanistic in that it does not place a concrete value on one deed versus another. Rather it is inherently... See more

The chief challenge, as Lee sees it, is how to make AI smarter without just throwing more data and computing power at it. His hope rests on the iterative tweaking of algorithms that improve the performance of AI at a “geometric pace.”

the era of business poetry begins today.

What is the value of work in a world on the cusp of automation, and how will humans redefine their relationship with it?

Kindness has unlimited upside.”

Over time, plenitude is a process in which more and more goods and services are provided to more and more people, as technologies advance and costs come down to grant new free ‘indulgences’ every year.

Creators make money so they can make stuff, instead of the other way around.

They value me as a resource, someone who GSD and makes things happen.

They value that I know how to do stuff, so they don’t have to.

But they don’t actually value who I am, what I stand for, or my potential to change the world.