I sit between two worlds.
On one side, I speak with people who can’t pay their bills. On the other, I meet founders who are drowning in capital. That gap—between what Silicon Valley is building and how everyday people are keeping up—is a threat to all of us.
The “Age of A.I.” could be an age of miracles and wonders — for a few. But it will not uplift the majority by accident.
That will require a real commitment at the political level to a “new deal” between technology companies and humanity.
And at the economic level, it will require a whole series of new “moonshots” — aimed at providing food, clothing, shelter, energy and broadband to dislocated workers at scale.
Call it dignity tech, social tech or stability tech. It’s the frontier of the frontier. I will meet you there.
I am honored to be working with Peter Diamandis and the folks at the X Prize to eventually create a new X Prize to “distribute abundance” in the exponential era.
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