What a fascinating story! And such a great example of how understanding what’s happening inside the hearts and minds of individuals on the ground matters for longer-term collective patterns. And AI is fantastic at zooming in and out of those different levels. Loved the specificity of the example and AI conversation. Thank you for sharing!
Good stuff. I suffered for years for my assumptions earlier in life. Many were popular beliefs that work on average, but when they don't, you can get wrecked because you are blind to how vulnerable you actually are.
This "How do you make high-stakes decisions in unfamiliar territory when time is running out?" might have helped me avoid a massive relationship blunder that stole a decade and half my assets. But if someone had asked me that at the time about the situation I had put myself in - I very likely would have shrugged it off and proceeded to my chosen fate ;)
Working overseas in vastly different cultures than my own for a decade also schooled me on not assuming anything about anything too soon.
These experiences, plus some other factors I had going on, had me asking serious questions about the CV19 story as soon as I first heard of a new disease in Wuhan in Oct 2019. I didn't have AI, but starting so early gave me so much more time to ponder new info and news etc as it came out compared to most everybody else in my 'real life' circles.
So when I was warning them to not believe the official narrative, and calling/prophesying where I saw things were gonna head to, well all I got was ridicule. No one was interested because they assumed I had knew no more than they did. I had been investing at least an hour a day for months by the time lockdowns arrived and right on through to all the mandate craziness and the years following.
When things went exactly where I had forecast people didn't respect me for it. They chose to stick with the approved narrative rather than take the time to check out my research etc because they were "too busy to spend hours reading stuff online". Crazy how otherwise smart, intelligent, competent people got so deceived and so in denial about it.
Would the AI the public has access to in 2026 have made a difference in revealing the truth sooner across 2019-2024? I have no idea TBH, but suspect (aka assume!) people would still shake out into the same camps as they did.
These kind of unusual situations are where true generalists (those who have achieved a decent level of competence across say 3 or more quite different fields) are super helpful to have in/near the final decisionmaking roles because the much lauded 'experts' are way too specialized/siloed to ever connect, let alone see, the dots that really matter across different industries/fields/cultures.
Anyway, thanks for cross-posting this Joel as the core principles apply to all areas of life, not just business per se.
This is amazing! Great contribution to the AI discourse.
Tianna thanks for engaging!
Thank you so much for sharing, very helpful!
For sure!!
What a fascinating story! And such a great example of how understanding what’s happening inside the hearts and minds of individuals on the ground matters for longer-term collective patterns. And AI is fantastic at zooming in and out of those different levels. Loved the specificity of the example and AI conversation. Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic insights
Good stuff. I suffered for years for my assumptions earlier in life. Many were popular beliefs that work on average, but when they don't, you can get wrecked because you are blind to how vulnerable you actually are.
This "How do you make high-stakes decisions in unfamiliar territory when time is running out?" might have helped me avoid a massive relationship blunder that stole a decade and half my assets. But if someone had asked me that at the time about the situation I had put myself in - I very likely would have shrugged it off and proceeded to my chosen fate ;)
Working overseas in vastly different cultures than my own for a decade also schooled me on not assuming anything about anything too soon.
These experiences, plus some other factors I had going on, had me asking serious questions about the CV19 story as soon as I first heard of a new disease in Wuhan in Oct 2019. I didn't have AI, but starting so early gave me so much more time to ponder new info and news etc as it came out compared to most everybody else in my 'real life' circles.
So when I was warning them to not believe the official narrative, and calling/prophesying where I saw things were gonna head to, well all I got was ridicule. No one was interested because they assumed I had knew no more than they did. I had been investing at least an hour a day for months by the time lockdowns arrived and right on through to all the mandate craziness and the years following.
When things went exactly where I had forecast people didn't respect me for it. They chose to stick with the approved narrative rather than take the time to check out my research etc because they were "too busy to spend hours reading stuff online". Crazy how otherwise smart, intelligent, competent people got so deceived and so in denial about it.
Would the AI the public has access to in 2026 have made a difference in revealing the truth sooner across 2019-2024? I have no idea TBH, but suspect (aka assume!) people would still shake out into the same camps as they did.
These kind of unusual situations are where true generalists (those who have achieved a decent level of competence across say 3 or more quite different fields) are super helpful to have in/near the final decisionmaking roles because the much lauded 'experts' are way too specialized/siloed to ever connect, let alone see, the dots that really matter across different industries/fields/cultures.
Anyway, thanks for cross-posting this Joel as the core principles apply to all areas of life, not just business per se.
Andrew that’s such amazing insight! Yeah this principles are so good and can be applied in so many ways
Love the story. Thanks so much for sharing!
Great framework for getting granular on your project. 20 minutes well spent.