There's a lot less need for capital in digital though. You can build today with nearly $0 what would have cost companies tens of millions just 10-15 years ago. And that's without AI.

AI greatly shortens that, which is why no company will rest on their laurels with this technology and downsize.

plus the fired staff could buy their own pin making machine but still add quality to it.

Either way it's a bad example - physical costs money and space. Digital is easier to get and match. I work in Gaming, every tool ever made has always made its way to individuals who raised the competition.

What's stopping the pin makers who got fired from building their own pin making company and selling good pins at a premium?
Tailored clothes sell at a premium, hand made shoes sell at a premium.

Most people can't afford to buy them, but it's not like they don't exist.

I'm talking about jobs and the grander picture.

But even if we zoom in, as someone who works on art and on projects where quality matters I can tell you for a fact most of us would not abandon quality. We use AI as a tool in a pipeline to shorten processes but we'll always maintain control over it

I appreciate your opinion but I disagree. Or rather, even if it's the point, history has taught us that technology that came to replace always ended up adding rather than subtraction.

If a business relies solely on AI, they're basically forfeiting their advantage because I can use the same tools.

Just wanted to jump in and say it was a great talk.

It's something I'm trying to hammer to my students constantly about the importance of narrative as a throughline of a game and you gave me some great points to further drive this home.

5/ Obama didn't campaign on Gay Rights, and we were fine with it because we knew we had to take it piece by piece.

It doesn't mean to abandon the fight or your values, it just means to prioritize them so you could be strong enough to protect marginalized people from a place of power.

Focus.

4/ Trans rights are important, 100%. But they're not the #1 issue, yet they're perceived as that by the voters.

The top party issues should be central to every voter - say saving Democracy. Then when you win you can bring in additional change for marginalized groups.

3/ The party and the people have to start talking about where they're winning and what they did well, instead of constantly talking about it not being enough.
Winning should be celebrated, because voters want to feel that their choices brought real change.

Start winning, then tackle the extras.

2/ Biden was perceived as delivering a weak economy. It didn't matter that the economy was booming under him and would continue so if Harris won, because that wasn't what people were hearing.

The Dems have to improve their messaging because it's not going through the social media noise.

ahhhh!!!! Idk what I'm more excited about, seeing this news or seeing this news reach me on BlueSky.

(btw @mishacollins.bsky.social is here on Bsky so go follow him ;))