Joe Gerber

Civilizational collapse, then, looks like this dynamic at the scale of an entire civilization: a low-grade but constant loss of capabilities and knowledge throughout the most critical parts of our institutions, that eventually degrades our ability to perpetuate society.

To talk about the future is useful only if it leads to action

now

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EF Schumacher

One second-order effect may be organisational flattening. If junior employees can perform at near-expert levels with the support of Copilots or enhanced knowledge resources, seniority will be reconsidered in ways we’ve not had to before. How you contribute to a company may be less about the years you spend there, and more about the relationships yo... See more

Today, it’s better to think of Roku not just as an advertising company or the folks who make cheap TVs and streaming sticks, but also as a data company with millions of detailed profiles.

But today, AI holds out the possibility of overcoming Polanyi’s Paradox. One of the strengths of AI—especially AI based on unsupervised learning, including today’s large language models—is its ability to find patterns in unstructured data. In other words, AI can potentially capture tacit knowledge. It can learn effective sales techniques not from a... See more