Daniel Santos

in many ways, we do not need super-powerful AIs for the transformation of work. We already have more capabilities inherent in today’s Gen2/GPT-4 class systems than we have fully absorbed. Even if AI development stopped today, we would have years of change ahead of us integrating these systems into our world.

There comes a moment in life, often in the quietest of hours, when one realizes that the world will continue on its wayward course, indifferent to our desires or frustrations. And it is then, perhaps, that a subtle truth begins to emerge: the only thing we truly possess, the only thing we might, with enough care, exert some mastery over, is our

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the edge of a vast national park, and one of the biggest challenges is protecting the animals from lions—especially at night. Richard had noticed that

Imagine if you found out someone was going to die tomorrow.

Imagine how much attention, compassion, and generosity you’d give them.

Imagine how you’d forgive their faults.

Imagine what you’d do to make their last day on Earth the best it could be.

Now treat everyone like that, every day.

Learning a skill means doing the most with the least. Expert performers, we often say, “make it look easy.” This is for good reason.