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2 people · 5 quotes · 19 Sep 2020 to 26 May 2026
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Friedberg argues COVID behavioral changes will persist like post-9/11 TSA security measures that remain twenty years later.
“We go sit in TSA lines and, you know, get our asses swabbed when we get on an airplane now, And that's still going on twenty years later.”
Marks argues job losses from automation and offshoring coincided with the opiate epidemic in both amount and geographic location.
“And as I said in the addendum, When we lost jobs to automation and offshoring, I think that that coincided with the opiate epidemic and not only in amount but also in location.”
Marks worries that replacing income from lost jobs cannot address purposelessness since jobs provide more than paychecks.
“And I think it's a natural consequence of people sitting around all day. And even if we if we can find a way to replace their income I worry about purposelessness and you know we get so much job so much from our jobs other than a paycheck and you can't replace that stuff.”
Marks expresses concern that AI moves faster than society can adjust, creating a formula for disruption.
“So one of my concerns is that AI moves faster than the ability of society to adjust to it. And that and that is a formula for disruption.”
Marks warns AI's innovation speed exceeds society's adjustment capacity, predicting significant dislocation period.
“Mhmm. So you might say it'll catch up, but I think you could I think at minimum, you're talking about a significant period of dislocation.”