Between 0 and 1
Technology has always been an element of the human experience. It has made our lives safer, more comfortable, more productive.
New technologies often replace human labor, destroying existing jobs. They have however historically created net positive jobs through the formation of new industries- many of which have been unforeseen. As these new industries have formed, members of the labor force have acquired the skills necessary to operate in them.
This process has worked because people have been successfully re-trained at a rate faster than that of technological innovation.
As we all know, though, innovation is accelerating.
The iPhone, for example, has been around for just over a decade, but has completely transformed the world in this time.
It’s expected that A.I. will replace 40% of jobs in the next 15 years (blue collar and white collar alike). Algorithms will not only be better than humans at executing existing work, they will be better than humans at learning how to execute new work too (including work in computer science).
What will the world look like when people cannot compete with AI?
What will be left for people to contribute?
What will the value of a human life be?
The two-number system of binary code is the foundation of all computer processing. At its most elementary level, data processing is nothing more than 0s and 1s.
But life exists between 0 and 1.
When something was created out of nothing, life became that space between 0 and 1.
To compete against this power we’ve produced, we must dive further into that which lies between 0 and 1.
True creativity lies between 0 and 1.
Emotional intelligence lies between 0 and 1.
Entrepreneurial insight lies between 0 and 1.
Experiential wisdom lies between 0 and 1.
Most of us are investing our time today into acquiring skills and knowledge that will be obsolete tomorrow.
We must refocus our energy on the space between 0 and 1 so to stay relevant in this world we’ve created.
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