"What is the fundamental human skill? It's riding the crest of change and embracing the unknown, says Tim O'Reilly, tech trend visionary and CEO of O'Reilly Media. He "imbibed" this idea from sci-fi writer Frank Herbert ( Dune) in the 1970s and has been "surfing the edge" of change ever since. Tim founded Global Network Navigator (GNN), the first ever commercial web portal, and sold it to AOL in 1995."
"AI is not taking jobs: the decisions of people deploying it are. We're concentrating value in the hands of people who use it to gamble on share prices. Venture capitalists (VCs) are treating companies like financial instruments they can trade for a profit by consciously whipping up a media bubble rather than fostering real growth. These Silicon Valley hype-meisters should be ashamed of themselves."
"He has long argued that technology can create new jobs rather than laying people off - it's a key theme in his 2017 book WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us. Despite evidence this year that AI has been wiping out jobs, especially for younger workers, Tim is optimistic people can adapt quickly and flourish in an automated world."
A fundamental human skill is riding the crest of change and embracing the unknown. The first commercial web portal was founded and sold to AOL in 1995, and terms like 'open source' and 'Web 2.0' were popularized, shaping technology culture. Technology can create new jobs rather than eliminate them, and people can adapt quickly to automation. Current deployment decisions concentrate value for financial trading, with venture capitalists treating companies as tradable instruments and inflating media bubbles instead of fostering real growth. Valuing firms that generate real-world profits and reinvesting those gains into societal problems could redirect outcomes toward job creation and social benefit.
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