Future of Work
Today It’s Cheating, Tomorrow It’s Fair
AI is the coworking of the 2020s: loved by customers, hyped by investors, and unable to make any profits.
The Future of Work is Funny
People talk about coding, math, and even plumbing. One skill that matters in the future? A good sense of humor.
General Purpose Urbanism
Our cities and offices must learn from the architecture of AI models.
Tariffs and Intangible Assymetry
There's a fundamental asymmetry between China and America: Ideas spread quickly but factories are built slowly. China can catch up with American innovation faster than America can keep up with Chinese manufacturing (even if America wanted to). Over the past decades, America's policy response has been
Zoom and Boom
At work and at war, convenience trumps authority every time.
The Nonlinear Economy
Most of us are playing a game that no longer exists.
London Event: AI & The City
How will artificial intelligence reshape our cities, companies, and careers? Join some of London’s most innovative investors, founders, and thinkers for drinks, a keynote presentation, and a conversation about navigating an increasingly unpredictable world. Drawing on insights from my upcoming book, I will explore how AI is exposing the
Artificial Intelligence Is Working Remotely
A new tool from OpenAI shows how COVID-19 set the scene for a revolution in white-collar work.
Working The Nvidia Way
A new book sheds light on how to poach, manage, and retain talent.
AI and the Future of Work: The View From the Trenches
Two years after the launch of ChatGPT, most of us are still trying to grasp the implications. Is generative AI a friend, a foe, or a harmless fad? Can it make me more productive, or does it threaten my job? Is innovation in this space stalling, or is it just
Keynote: Dror @ MIT
How the laws of show business are reshaping our cities, companies, and careers.
WeWork Did What?!
At least someone is bullish about offices. But it's not a landlord, tenant, or real estate investor; It's a software company.
You're Already Remote
The best companies pretend to hire locally to fool everyone else.
Don’t Sleep With Your Boss.
Yes, old work is done better in person. But new work will ultimately produce the greatest value.
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.
