Reading through this, it struck me that what we need is almost the opposite of what we've got right now. "Work" has become a surrogate community, one that's increasingly transitory. And through busy modern lives we've become more isolated and lost local communities and networks. We're not just human cogs at work, we're human cogs in society, focused on the short term rather than the long term, focused on ourselves rather than the whole. We need to flip that around.
Reading through this, it struck me that what we need is almost the opposite of what we've got right now. "Work" has become a surrogate community, one that's increasingly transitory. And through busy modern lives we've become more isolated and lost local communities and networks. We're not just human cogs at work, we're human cogs in society, focused on the short term rather than the long term, focused on ourselves rather than the whole. We need to flip that around.
Yes, totally agree. And I genuinely believe AI can support that...if we design for it....a piece on "infrastucturing" on it way....
Agreed - that's the premise of my new Substack too. AI is forcing a change, and we have an opportunity to intentionally design what's next.
Looking forward to your next post!
This reminds me of an old metaphor - human values are not an ‘add on’ like the icing on a cake. We actually need a different sort of cake….