Compelling a perspective is the only thing cinematography / photography is doing. Bias equals point of view. There can't be any unbiased point of view because they're the same thing.

There's a conversation on education to be had here.

The chain of resource acquisition and information gathering necessary to arrive at a point where you need to make a long-distance phone call you could never afford was impressive in itself. Calling card fraud by a bright minor for educational purposes against a corporate entity absolutely loathed by every adult at the time just wasn't that big of a deal.

From my perspective the point of being a hacker is individual but follows observable desire paths. A lot of those have been filled in now.

Any role where the human is a buffer against chaos should be thought of as secure by everyone involved. All automation and information flow will be in service to this position. This is not a bottleneck, it is the point of the exercise.

A large part of the trades is learning how to deal with toxic coworkers or shops, or understanding that you're being worked like a rented mule for no real reason. And I was able to leave all that behind for a moment.

Real estate agents are a good example. They might be the only people involved aware of the processes everyone's engaged in and moving things forward. Having helped build tools for a local shop I can tell you that their checklists and flowcharts can't and won't be built with AI because hoarding and sharing information has always been part of their competitive advantage.

A corollary might be that the value of human involvement is unknowable because human beings aren't rational. The Doorman is a buffer against chaos.

The people who didn’t immediately reduce headcount are all busy rewriting their stack from the ground up and you won’t hear much from them right now.

The real problem with fire equipment is that it will sit there in an emergency unless you have the staff on hand to operate it. Small, remote, or cheap towns get to burn while they wait for volunteer #2 to make it to the station.

Every organization sets up something like this once they grow past a certain point.

This isn't a pipeline, it's a pool.

Actually, let's think of it as a stew. Lots of different base ingredients, add seasoning and heat. When the individual bits are delicious they start bubbling up to the surface. Not every bit is a carrot or chunk of meat. Some are potato, maybe that's a bean.

Strictly a function of management quality and experience.

His gears start slipping halfway through the article and it ends with a weird parasocial vibe.

As an employer, UBI and universal healthcare might slash payroll costs and eliminate most of the hiring process.

As a founder, UBI might remove the funding barrier to entry.

What's the downside, and who is it a downside for?