David Mattin
@dmattin.bsky.social
Human in the Exponential Age
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More here: https://linktr.ee/davidmattin
The world that is coming will be transformed. But for now at least, we'll still be the same old humans, wandering through it, trying to find connection and meaning.
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The world that is coming will be transformed. But for now at least, we'll still be the same old humans, wandering through it, trying to find connection and meaning.
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year everyone!
And remember, in a world of intelligent machines, what remains to us is to is be *human*, and to be there for one another.
If you do that, what's coming can be full of opportunity and joy.
If you do that, what's coming can be full of opportunity and joy.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
And remember, in a world of intelligent machines, what remains to us is to is be *human*, and to be there for one another.
If you do that, what's coming can be full of opportunity and joy.
If you do that, what's coming can be full of opportunity and joy.
Cultivate, also, a connection to local community and to nature.
In a world of overwhelming complexity, small is beautiful. Turn to what is around you. Cultivate your garden.
In a world of overwhelming complexity, small is beautiful. Turn to what is around you. Cultivate your garden.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cultivate, also, a connection to local community and to nature.
In a world of overwhelming complexity, small is beautiful. Turn to what is around you. Cultivate your garden.
In a world of overwhelming complexity, small is beautiful. Turn to what is around you. Cultivate your garden.
Build an atmosphere of mutual support and understanding. Overcome any petty family differences if you can.
I know, all of this is easy to say and hard to do. But in the world that is coming, you're going to need each other.
I know, all of this is easy to say and hard to do. But in the world that is coming, you're going to need each other.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Build an atmosphere of mutual support and understanding. Overcome any petty family differences if you can.
I know, all of this is easy to say and hard to do. But in the world that is coming, you're going to need each other.
I know, all of this is easy to say and hard to do. But in the world that is coming, you're going to need each other.
It starts with your relationships with those closest to you.
The institutions and support systems that have been in place in the Global North in the post-WWII era are going to go through a period of severe stress.
You need you family to be an enclave of support and safety amid all that.
The institutions and support systems that have been in place in the Global North in the post-WWII era are going to go through a period of severe stress.
You need you family to be an enclave of support and safety amid all that.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It starts with your relationships with those closest to you.
The institutions and support systems that have been in place in the Global North in the post-WWII era are going to go through a period of severe stress.
You need you family to be an enclave of support and safety amid all that.
The institutions and support systems that have been in place in the Global North in the post-WWII era are going to go through a period of severe stress.
You need you family to be an enclave of support and safety amid all that.
So my advice?
In this environment, emotional resilience and adaptability will be key. Find ways to cultivate that, and to cultivate it in your children if you have them.
In this environment, emotional resilience and adaptability will be key. Find ways to cultivate that, and to cultivate it in your children if you have them.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So my advice?
In this environment, emotional resilience and adaptability will be key. Find ways to cultivate that, and to cultivate it in your children if you have them.
In this environment, emotional resilience and adaptability will be key. Find ways to cultivate that, and to cultivate it in your children if you have them.
But perhaps not.
And even that's where we land in the end, I think it's probable that some great convulsion is ahead before we get to the promised land.
And even that's where we land in the end, I think it's probable that some great convulsion is ahead before we get to the promised land.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
But perhaps not.
And even that's where we land in the end, I think it's probable that some great convulsion is ahead before we get to the promised land.
And even that's where we land in the end, I think it's probable that some great convulsion is ahead before we get to the promised land.
Perhaps the powers-that-be will choose to distribute the rewards of AGI via some form of universal basic income.
Perhaps we’ll build a world of shared abundance.
Perhaps we’ll choose to double-down on democratic forms of political organisation.
Perhaps we’ll build a world of shared abundance.
Perhaps we’ll choose to double-down on democratic forms of political organisation.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Perhaps the powers-that-be will choose to distribute the rewards of AGI via some form of universal basic income.
Perhaps we’ll build a world of shared abundance.
Perhaps we’ll choose to double-down on democratic forms of political organisation.
Perhaps we’ll build a world of shared abundance.
Perhaps we’ll choose to double-down on democratic forms of political organisation.
The nature of economic activity is going to change. Perhaps beyond all recognition.
And there’s no getting around it: this could mean significant social upheaval, and perhaps a full scale breaking and remaking of the socio-economic conditions we live under.
And there’s no getting around it: this could mean significant social upheaval, and perhaps a full scale breaking and remaking of the socio-economic conditions we live under.
January 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The nature of economic activity is going to change. Perhaps beyond all recognition.
And there’s no getting around it: this could mean significant social upheaval, and perhaps a full scale breaking and remaking of the socio-economic conditions we live under.
And there’s no getting around it: this could mean significant social upheaval, and perhaps a full scale breaking and remaking of the socio-economic conditions we live under.
The first year is a wrap, and we've barely scratched the surface. So much more research, analysis, thoughts, conversations, and learning is coming.
And in the meantime, the investment portfolio is on fire.
Here's to Year Two!
www.realvision.com/theexponentialist
And in the meantime, the investment portfolio is on fire.
Here's to Year Two!
www.realvision.com/theexponentialist
The Exponentialist — From Raoul Pal & David Mattin
As technological progress converges and accelerates and we move into an exponential world, how we work, invest, communicate, and live will change irrevocably.
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November 28, 2024 at 10:59 PM
The first year is a wrap, and we've barely scratched the surface. So much more research, analysis, thoughts, conversations, and learning is coming.
And in the meantime, the investment portfolio is on fire.
Here's to Year Two!
www.realvision.com/theexponentialist
And in the meantime, the investment portfolio is on fire.
Here's to Year Two!
www.realvision.com/theexponentialist
to our deepest ideas on consciousness and its relationship to the cosmos.
Nothing quite like The Exponentialist community exists out there. Not, at least, as far as I can see.
And I'm super-proud of it.
Nothing quite like The Exponentialist community exists out there. Not, at least, as far as I can see.
And I'm super-proud of it.
November 28, 2024 at 10:59 PM
to our deepest ideas on consciousness and its relationship to the cosmos.
Nothing quite like The Exponentialist community exists out there. Not, at least, as far as I can see.
And I'm super-proud of it.
Nothing quite like The Exponentialist community exists out there. Not, at least, as far as I can see.
And I'm super-proud of it.
With Musk as de-facto second Vice President, the party of accelerationists has won.
For now. This is just the start.
A far greater struggle between Creatures and Machines is coming.
For now. This is just the start.
A far greater struggle between Creatures and Machines is coming.
November 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
With Musk as de-facto second Vice President, the party of accelerationists has won.
For now. This is just the start.
A far greater struggle between Creatures and Machines is coming.
For now. This is just the start.
A far greater struggle between Creatures and Machines is coming.
What you see happening now with the strange new Musk-Trump alliance is the start of all this
it's the start of the 'accelerate vs decelerate' polarity moving into mainstream politics.
it's the start of the 'accelerate vs decelerate' polarity moving into mainstream politics.
November 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
What you see happening now with the strange new Musk-Trump alliance is the start of all this
it's the start of the 'accelerate vs decelerate' polarity moving into mainstream politics.
it's the start of the 'accelerate vs decelerate' polarity moving into mainstream politics.
In the end, this faultline will manifest as a division between those who want to literally merge with intelligent machines, and those who want to remain the same organic, embodied humans we've always been
it will manifest as a division between the party of Creatures and that of Machines.
it will manifest as a division between the party of Creatures and that of Machines.
November 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
In the end, this faultline will manifest as a division between those who want to literally merge with intelligent machines, and those who want to remain the same organic, embodied humans we've always been
it will manifest as a division between the party of Creatures and that of Machines.
it will manifest as a division between the party of Creatures and that of Machines.
in its place we'll see a new faultline
between people who want to lean into a hugely powerful set of emerging technologies, including AI, and those who want to lean out
people who want to accelerate, and those who want to slam on the brakes.
between people who want to lean into a hugely powerful set of emerging technologies, including AI, and those who want to lean out
people who want to accelerate, and those who want to slam on the brakes.
November 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
in its place we'll see a new faultline
between people who want to lean into a hugely powerful set of emerging technologies, including AI, and those who want to lean out
people who want to accelerate, and those who want to slam on the brakes.
between people who want to lean into a hugely powerful set of emerging technologies, including AI, and those who want to lean out
people who want to accelerate, and those who want to slam on the brakes.
the faultline we're used to is the traditional framework around which we structure our collective choices
a framework that models those choices as either 'conservative' or 'progressive'
but that framework is now exhausted. It cannot make sense of permanent tech-fuelled revolution
a framework that models those choices as either 'conservative' or 'progressive'
but that framework is now exhausted. It cannot make sense of permanent tech-fuelled revolution
November 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
the faultline we're used to is the traditional framework around which we structure our collective choices
a framework that models those choices as either 'conservative' or 'progressive'
but that framework is now exhausted. It cannot make sense of permanent tech-fuelled revolution
a framework that models those choices as either 'conservative' or 'progressive'
but that framework is now exhausted. It cannot make sense of permanent tech-fuelled revolution
This quote is so prescient
an ongoing technology revolution is now the central shaping fact of our collective lives
the big faultline running through our societies will be between people who want to lean into the tech revolution, and those who want to lean out
an ongoing technology revolution is now the central shaping fact of our collective lives
the big faultline running through our societies will be between people who want to lean into the tech revolution, and those who want to lean out
November 26, 2024 at 10:54 PM
This quote is so prescient
an ongoing technology revolution is now the central shaping fact of our collective lives
the big faultline running through our societies will be between people who want to lean into the tech revolution, and those who want to lean out
an ongoing technology revolution is now the central shaping fact of our collective lives
the big faultline running through our societies will be between people who want to lean into the tech revolution, and those who want to lean out
This is the room of my dreams
November 26, 2024 at 10:40 PM
This is the room of my dreams
The great C64
my Dad came home with one in 1984
like an alien object landing in my bedroom
been hooked on the computing revolution ever since
you?
my Dad came home with one in 1984
like an alien object landing in my bedroom
been hooked on the computing revolution ever since
you?
November 18, 2024 at 2:57 PM
The great C64
my Dad came home with one in 1984
like an alien object landing in my bedroom
been hooked on the computing revolution ever since
you?
my Dad came home with one in 1984
like an alien object landing in my bedroom
been hooked on the computing revolution ever since
you?
Steve! How long have you been here?
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Steve! How long have you been here?