Future of Work

important point here: these systems are much better at doing tasks than jobs. and giving people better tools to do their work faster often leads to qualitative changes in what they can do. (of course, over the long run, we expect these systems will be able to do all of some of… Show more

Let’s talk about Ambition vs. Agency Ambition is like speed: • speed = scalar quantity • has only magnitude Agency is like velocity: • velocity = vector quantity • has both magnitude & direction It doesn’t matter how fast you run if you’re running in the wrong direction.

Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem October 13, 2007

Elon Musk on remote work May 31, 2022

Amazon: How do we keep experimenting in superfast delivery? September 19, 2013

“Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt.

here are some posts about online communities that I find very good for one reason or another (Not a full list, no particular order, mostly from the running list we keep at @capiche. screenshots in this thread are their quotes, not my notes) Please add to this list! 👇thread👇

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵

This is the fundamental tension: culture vs. math. 1. Management has clearly and consistently shown a greater preference for offices than workers. vs 2. During a downtown, it’s clearly advantageous for zombie-office companies to reduce their footprint

How do you formulate an aim in life when you don't even know what jobs will exist in a few years, or what will be invented? You don't shoot for a specific job. You shoot for the process the job does: I want to work with the human mind, code, solve problems, fix things, etc.