Dror Poleg's Newsletter Archive
Unleash the Crazy Ones
The internet enabled humans to share videos that TV would never air. AI will enable them to share tools that companies would never build.
Creativity and Interaction
Innovation is the result of humans copying each other imperfectly. Remote work and AI offer new ways to do so.
Is Your Job Safe?
Do we need more programmers, or are many of them going to be broke in a few years? The answer to both questions is yes.
God, AI, and the Scalable Class
Most people no longer need to work. Our survival depends on convincing them it's ok to do something else.
ChatGPT On the Future of Offices and Cities
I had a long conversation with ChatGPT about the future of cities and offices. We focused, in particular, on the impact of different technologies on the size and location of offices, and the type of activities they were used for.
Lauren Razavi on Digital Nomads and Remote Work
Many people can work from anywhere. By some estimates, 35 million people already live as “digital nomads”— taking their work with them to various destinations for months at a time. These people tend to earn more and spend more. And they’re just getting started. With the advent of remote
Remote Banking Crisis
Banks tried to kill remote work. Now, remote work is trying to kill banks.
What’s Happening in Israel?
The country's illiberal turn and liberal pushback present a new opportunity — for Israelis, Palestinians, and the broader Middle East.
Alain Bertaud on The Future of Cities
Technology is forcing our cities to evolve. It is redefining the meaning of location and accessibility, it changes the way we work and move around, and it forces us to reconsider many of our basic assumptions. How should cities respond? What can be done to increase opportunity and tackle inequality?
Meta Productivity
When it comes to the future of work, Zuck remains ahead of the curve. Here is his latest report from the HR-verse.
A Faster Office
Distributed work is a natural evolution of the office itself. To remain attractive, physical offices should stop thinking about productivity.
Judy Stephenson on The History of Working from Home
📚I am writing a new book about the future of work, cities, and companies. Click here to read the first few pages. Earlier this week, I hosted Dr. Judy Stephenson for a chat about the history of working from home and mixed-use cities. You can watch the whole thing below
Productivity and Bullshit
Technology creates more work. More work creates technology. But the way it does so is increasingly unclear.
Recording: Paul Millerd's Pathless Path
Earlier this week, I chatted live with Paul Millerd about careers, uncertainty, and finding the right balance between living and making a living. The recording and transcript are available below. Transcript [00:00:00] Dror Poleg: Hi everyone. I hope you can all see us and hear us. My. Dror
Why Do You Work?
Earlier this month, I chatted with Paul Millerd about the internet's power to spread ideas, make different professions scalable, and impact inequality, uncertainty, and well-being. We also discussed my own journey and some key decisions that shaped my career and education. It was an unusual and quite personal
Are Suburbs a Ponzi Scheme?
A conversation with Tracy Hadden Loh on urban inequality, housing, transit, zoning, and more.
Compensating the I in AI
AI is not just the ultimate copycat. It's also an enforcer and enabler of whole new ways to reward human creativity. The upshot? More revenue streams for creators, more opportunity, and more inequality.
