the world will be getting so much richer so quickly that we’ll be able to seriously entertain new policy ideas we never could before … If history is any guide, we will figure out new things to do and new things to want, and assimilate new tools quickly.
“White collar” professions (doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants, therapists) start resembling trades. Reasoning gets automated while judgment and relationships stay human.
As reasoning gets automated, judgment and relationships become the new currency of recommendation — and the stakes increase. The professions that survive are the ones where trust and contextual decision-making can’t be offloaded to a model.The four-year degree as pre-requisite? Dead. Education is replaced with apprenticeship.
When theoretical depth exceeds what practitioners need to understand in order to do the work, formal education gives way to apprenticeship. The complexity of the underlying systems becomes irrelevant to the craft of applying them.Art: the power laws of creativity This is the hot topic. When we automate away so much of what we do, what’s left but fostering beauty, reflection, and connection in the world? We call art our last refuge as if it’s the only thing that lacks utility, but it’s loaded with it. Just because we have better tools doesn’t mean we no longer need to be involved in the making. Art is defined by its humanity. It wants a human signature, a point of view that machines can’t replicate.
When everyone has the same tools, stewards become curators of possibilities, choosing which solutions to implement, which problems to prioritize, which futures to pursue.
We want leaders who can be moved by emotion as well as reason, who understand that the best decision on paper isn’t always right for people.
