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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.
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
In “Ontological Designing”, Anne-Marie Willis introduces the concept of Ontological Design, articulating that “we design our world, while our world acts back on us and designs us.” Ontological Design describes the relation act of shaping and being shaped by what we build.
Designing For Desire
Emile Durkheim’s notion of “collective effervescence,” the ecstasy shared by participants in music, sports, dancing, or spirituality. Rosa believes that attuning ourselves to this intense feeling of invigorating camaraderie is a necessary alternative to measuring, mapping, analyzing, and exploiting the world. In this sense, resonance is the... See more
🏡 I Don’t Resonate With You
The German sociologist Hartmut Rosa thinks that resonance has social currency. According to him, resonance changes the object’s role. When listeners hear an idea that resonates with them, they become creators. When followers hear an instruction that resonates with them, they become participants. In his 2016 book, Resonance , Rosa examined the... See more
🏡 I Don’t Resonate With You
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
The Hunt for Grey Swans—Top 15 Methods & Frameworks—#1 CIPHER
Grey Swan Guildgreyswanguild.medium.com