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AI dismantles that constraint. In many domains, what was historically a competitive advantage now becomes tablestakes. The economic value of knowledge goes down, not because the intrinsic value of knowledge has changed but because its supply has dramatically increased.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
AI has changed knowledge economics. Previously knowledge was assumed to be relatively expensive to acquire and difficult to distribute, but now it’s table stakes - accessible to all.
It impacts the knowledge value chain: curiosity > knowledge > curation > judgement
Curiosity creates the inquiry.
Knowledge populates the options.
Curation filters the right ones through.
Judgment makes the final call.
When knowledge becomes abundant, value migrates to the functions that exist upstream and downstream from it: framing the inquiry and acting on the output.
In this new architecture, curiosity, curation, and judgment create real advantage.
Intrinsic value is subjective and rooted in meaning.
Economic value emerges when that meaning meets scarcity and relevance.
Economic value emerges when that meaning meets scarcity and relevance.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI
The prescription economy necessarily creates imbalances between those who have a prescription to offer and those who believe they need it. Power and value flow from one to the other. Economies of description—say the moms' group you're part of or the running club you joined—are predicated on the inherent value of everyone's experience, perspective,... See more
Tara McMullin • The Prescription Economy — what works
Descriptive content seeks to explain, catalog, or narrate its subjects. It treats subjects with curiosity. When descriptive content presents an argument, it argues for a way of interpreting and making sense of a phenomenon.
Prescriptive content presents solutions, advice, or rules to guide future action. It treats the audience as agents who will act... See more
Prescriptive content presents solutions, advice, or rules to guide future action. It treats the audience as agents who will act... See more
Tara McMullin • The Prescription Economy — what works
love how multi-faceted this is!
The aesthetics within each taste world are not random but map to the social needs of the individuals — e.g. the wealthy prefer goods that signal capital and privilege, while countercultures advocate conventions and beliefs antithetical to the current class structure.
Culture: An Owner's Manual • Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
Culture Is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism
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