With Spotify Wrapped reminding me that the year is coming to a close, I thought I’d put my thoughts down on just how strange and fascinating this moment in history is.
Thoughtful synthesis across some pretty divergent topics. The autonomous cab point for India is spot-on, the employment dimension often gets sidelined in tech discussions but it's probably the most immediate constraint. A few years back I worked with teams analyzing mobility infrastructure in emerging markets, and pushback from incumbent operators was consistently fiercer than any technical hurdle. What's intersting is how this kinda mirrors your fragility thesis in section 1, optimization works until human systems resist it.
Thanks for going through it and pointing that out. Glad to know I wasn’t completely off in thinking about the friction between tech and social structures.
Thoughtful synthesis across some pretty divergent topics. The autonomous cab point for India is spot-on, the employment dimension often gets sidelined in tech discussions but it's probably the most immediate constraint. A few years back I worked with teams analyzing mobility infrastructure in emerging markets, and pushback from incumbent operators was consistently fiercer than any technical hurdle. What's intersting is how this kinda mirrors your fragility thesis in section 1, optimization works until human systems resist it.
Thanks for going through it and pointing that out. Glad to know I wasn’t completely off in thinking about the friction between tech and social structures.