My dear startup founder friend,
You told me that everything is “hyper-determined,” that “life is a big game because of that.” You’re not alone in thinking this: Silicon Valley loves to preach inevitability.
A Silicon Valley paradox
“Technology has its own agenda.” — Kevin Kelly https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-unabomber-w/
“Technology happens because it is possible.” — Sam Altman https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt.html
“Probability that AI exceeds the intelligence of all humans combined by 2030 is ~100%.” — Elon Musk https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1871083864111919134?lang=fr
Notice the pattern: inevitability, inevitability, inevitability.
Precisely what you believe.
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