Many suffer from lack of work, while others suffer *from* work -- its inability to provide, its effect on their personal lives, their health. We can do something about it!
Thread on what we've learned in six years at Bloomberg Beta. ⤵️
If we learn from communities outside the technology industry, we might not have to choose!
Every experience gave me a lens, and I now need them all... because so much of what we believed was wrong!
(Though they have made things cheaper to buy…)
A year later we were (over my foolish objection) the first venture capital fund to declare a focus on “AI.” (Save, thanks to @shivon!)
medium.com/@shivon/the-cu…
Turns out the “will the robots take the jobs” tug of war might matter less than we think...
shiftcommission.work/findings-of-sh…
machinelearnings.co/were-waiting-f…
also.roybahat.com/who-will-find-…
All happening! vox.com/2018/3/30/1717…
Turns out, it’s a more diverse group than current founders -- which shocked absolutely nobody.
nytimes.com/2015/07/02/ups…
(Of course @sarafenskebahat noticed I missed a belt loop!)
/end (phew)
shiftcommission.work/full-text-of-s…
One thing we need: much more data. Probably 10,000x less data relevant to the future of work than, say, climate change.