The Elevator: Networking, Long-Term Thinking, Digital Curation
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Networking is one of the best things you can do in an AI world.
I remember that awkward feeling of being back at some public events after COVID…
There was the shock of isolation from lock-downs, which then led to a boom in in-person events, and what will now be accelerated further by the boom in AI.
As software commoditizes, individual problem-solving leverage expands... As intelligence scales, our humanity, and our human attention remain scarce... Ande even if we have AI agents making deals, making decisions, and making purchase choices on our behalf, personal relationships cannot be removed, and our value on human experiences may very well grow.
I’ve always found so much more benefit by being in person with people whom I have learned from. You pick up subtle skills around being human that come from embodied knowledge (currently irrepricable from AI intelligence).
So, it will pay to put yourself out there more and to learn to connect with others.
Here are some ways to enhance those skills:
Speaking on camera, on stages, in group sessions. Check out Ultraspeaking.
Community building skills; Check out Belong Book
Immersive Retreats and Communities: Live and work with others, workshop together, collaborative travel (from a prev post) or Edge Esmerelda.
Connection and conversations skills: The Connection Course.
Attending networking events: Baby Bathwater
Our technology makes it incredibly easy to isolate. We retreat to home, with our phones. To move past this inertia…
Reach out to someone today you’ve been meaning to connect with, or want to catch up with. See if you can get together in person soon.
xx David
On to some links…
The Seth Godin interview: What I learned about the long view from sci-fi legends. (The Big Think). Highly reccomend.
LLM’s as Index Funds. (Contraptions)
In my quest to understand Fascia better, I have discovered Human Garage, which I’ve found to be the best technique for doing fascia adjustments yourself. If you have random aches/pains, I highly recommend looking for their YouTube shorts/videos, which give you at-home mobilizations. They are highly effective and stress-reducing.
Scary yet many likely truths here….”Crashing the Car of Pax Americana” (Ben Hunt). Aligns with my basic assumptions around Game Theory being fundamentally different now globally.
Huge kudos to Sari and the team for their launch of Sublime! If you like to curate and learn through curation this is a great app for it. (Out of Beta)
Quotes and Bread Crumbs…
High ROI on Ecstatic Dance.
10k Posts
Lots of Seth today
Tyler Cowen
Bordeom
Have a great weekend,