You Have Been Deskilled!

As we look at the calendar it’s worth taking a deep breath and acknowledging how far we’ve come in our shared journey. Things are moving so fast, and if you’ve been following this series or just need a quick reorientation, remember: We’re not talking about the apocalypse or some doom-and-gloom terminator-style robot takeover. This is about the hero’s journey, firmly in what Joseph Campbell would call the call to adventure. The ordinary world, that place where you had a nine-to-five, staring at spreadsheets all day and coming home exhausted is dissolving behind us. We’re stepping into something new, navigating a forest we’ve never been in before, and it really helps to have a map or at least a compass. That’s precisely what dropped just four days ago: On January 15, Anthropic released their latest Economic Index repo ...