Future of Work
Who Needs An Office Anyway?
I wanted to share with you a video of a talk and Q&A session I gave in San Diego a few weeks ago. It summarizes my thoughts about the future of work, but also some broader ideas about the nature of our economy and where everything is headed.

The Irony of Automation
A.I. might "liberate" most humans to do jobs that are less meaningful and entail limited agency. It'll be more fun than it sounds.

NVIDIA: The Distributed Rocketship
The world's most innovative hardware is developed "from home."

Universal Basic Leisure
It makes economic sense to let people do whatever they want.

The Weird Future of Work
I asked ChatGPT to go into my head and figure out what happens next.

Remote Is Not Enough
The next productivity boom will not come from robots doing more; it will come from humans doing less.

The Winners and Losers of Distributed Work (Part 2)
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An Office Is Not The Office
A recent announcement from Zoom gives hope to the pro-office crowd. But reading beyond the headlines shows we're never going back to the old normal.

The Winners and Losers of Distributed Work (Part 1)
How will AI and remote work affect global and local income distributions? Lessons from the globalization and automation of manufacturing jobs.

Who Gains From AI?
How will recent innovations impact jobs and corporations? Meta's earning call offers some hints.
