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为什么通才在人工智能时代胜出？

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0:00 未来属于高自主能动性者

1:29 I - 自主能动性即无需许可即可迭代的能力

4:48 高自主能动性者无需许可便能持续迭代

5:58 高自主能动性者将人生视为一场巨型实验

7:10 高自主能动性者坚信困难可为

9:26 II - 人工智能对高自主能动性者不构成威胁

14:14 第三章 - 通才为何在AI时代胜出

18:38 第四章 - 五大人类核心能力

25:08 第五章 - 自主性的实践之道

#ai #能动性

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XI_Xt0ci2Y

中文 English

0:00 未来属于那些明白人工智能需要引导，工具需要

0:04 大师的人，

0:05 数据需要洞察，内容需要语境，成功需要远见。

0:10 头脑是故事的发电机，掌控它的人将会繁荣。

0:14 十到二十年内，大部分技能将会过时。

0:16 除非你彻底改变对成功的思考方式。

0:20 因为如果你是高能动性的人才，这无关紧要，为什么？

0:24 因为你的成功不依赖于某项特定技能。

0:28 因为你不是专才，你没有局限心智，阻碍你

0:32 去学习

0:33 除了追求高薪职位或学位所带来的社会地位之外的事物。

0:37 你有远见，并且明白在今天的世界里，你可以学习任何

0:41 必要的

0:41 技能或知识来实现目标。

0:44 不幸的是，如果你的父母没有培养他们自己的能动性，

0:48 他们很可能也没传给你。

0:49 除非你刻意且痛苦地重新学习过，否则

0:51 在你觉得掌控未来之前，你还有工作要做。

0:55 你

0:56 需要付出一些努力，才能掌控自己的未来。

0:59 现在确定了这一点，最重要且现在及未来十年内仍然相关的技能是能动性。

1:03 它贯穿一生。

1:04 因为如果你能自己设定人生方向，做必要的事情去实现，

1:06 并避免当今世界无数的诱惑和干扰，你永远不怕被取代。

1:10 如果被取代了，

1:10 那也无所谓，因为你能迅速适应。

1:14 所以这视频里，

1:15 我想分享五个关于能动性的观点，

1:16 为什么它比以往更重要，和如何练习它，助你实现想要的人生。

1:20 第一个观点是，能动性是“无须许可即可迭代”的能力。

1:25 这对现在网络上大多数人谈论的能动性来说稍有重新定义，

1:25 因为他们说能动性就是无须许可即可行动。

1:29 但我们会看到为何那不完全正确。

1:34 或者说，也许这就是能动性的定义，但我想用对你更有用的方式重新定义。

1:38 我们先引用克里希那穆提的一句话。

1:38 唯有持续反叛的人才能发现真理，而不是那些随波逐流、盲目遵从传统的人。

1:43 为了理解高能动性人士，

1:44 了解他不是怎样很有帮助。

1:47 能动性不是机械的顺从，

1:49 顺从是当你的思想仍通过一条脐带连接着社会时的状态。

1:52 顺从是发展阶段之一，

1:54 你的思想完全通过文化程序运作，

1:58 根据流行和他人认同来判断真伪，

1:59 而非基于自身经历或独立探究。

2:01 认真想想我刚说的，如果没理解，请倒回去再听一遍。

2:06 你会明白这是生活中的最大威胁之一。

2:07 你出生时，心智如新电脑，

2:09 有操作系统，但硬盘空白。

2:11 人生前二十年你都不会独立思考，那没关系，

2:16 因为没人会，

2:16 无论你认为自己多独立，这只不过是另一种顺从形式。

2:19 那个以为自己反抗父母的小孩

2:20 只是顺应了朋友的期望而已。

2:24 螺旋动力学的“九阶段自我发展模型”显示，

2:24 约50%的人处于顺从阶段，

2:27 意味着半数人缺乏真能动性的认知发展。

2:31 顺从源于生存，因为人类生存不仅靠物质层面，

2:33 也不仅是动物繁衍基因，

2:33 还有心理层面，繁衍信念、思想和信息。

2:36 如果你有一份工作，你在这领域的能动性很低，

2:39 因为如果这份工作没了，你的生存危在旦夕。

2:40 所以你必须顺从才能保住工作。

2:43 首先要拿到这工作，就得顺从你认为老板喜欢的样子，

2:46 老板才会录用你。

2:47 工作时，你可能得遵守着装规范，

2:50 按流程办事，

2:51 经上级批准。

2:53 可能还得做朝九晚五的作息。

2:56 再比如，若你有坚定信仰，归属于某政党或宗教，

3:00 你没有高能动性，

3:00 因为你的善恶观从文化固化，而非个人调查或发现。

3:04 科技、商业及AI领域

3:05 现在都热衷谈论“高能动性”，但那只是另一种迎合潮流的顺从。

3:09 没有参与谈论，

3:10 就被视为落伍。

3:12 所以，这视频也有一定程度的顺从，

3:14 大家在某些方面都是顺从者。

3:16 顺从是生存工具，也能作为工具使用——

3:20 我在YouTube领域

3:20 保持相关性，也是种生存策略。

3:23 那么，真正的能动性是什么样？我们如何培养，

3:27 让情绪、财务和机会不受他人操控？

3:31 首先，高能动性的人无须许可就开始迭代。

3:34 拥有能动性就是成为句子的主语，而非直接宾语。

3:38 它是行动的倾向，而非等待被动。

3:40 这句话摘自Devin Erickson的《成功的第三要素》一文。

3:44 字面上，能动性是处于行动或运作的状态。

3:48 用来形容人时，意味着倾向于无外界促使或许可主动追求目标。

3:52 但观察真正成功的人，光行动并不足够。

3:55 谁都能创业，但不代表能成功。

3:58 大多数人不会成功，

3:59 因为缺了关键拼图。

4:03 遇到问题时，你要反思、调整并重新尝试，

4:06 反复迭代直到达成目标。

4:09 所以我认为能动性不仅是行动，更是对迭代、学习和执行的永恒承诺，

4:14 在犯错和改正时，

4:15 不被“无效”的舒适顺从所诱惑。

4:19 对，就是在说那些两周内启动又放弃的人。

4:22 第二，高能动性者把人生当作一场大型实验。

4:25 低能动性者通常持有雇员心态。

4:29 他们接受任务，凭借某种身份或资质，

4:31 激活大脑渴望群体认同的部分，

4:34 立即让判断力受限。

4:35 他们无法跳出被设限的框架思考。

4:38 而高能动性者则是自己生活的科学家。

4:42 他们有想法，

4:43 设定目标，

4:44 形成假设，试验、调整、研究并努力，

4:48 但常常失败，

4:49 因这正是实验的一部分。

4:52 他们预期失败，唯有这样才能逐渐筛选有效方案。

4:56 这也是当今许多人对成功的误解所在。

4:59 他们被许诺高薪工作或快速致富的方法，

5:03 按部就班做该做的事。

5:05 但失败后，

5:06 他们判定不可能实现，责怪他人，

5:09 不反省可改正的错误，

5:10 也不重试。

5:14 第三，高能动性者相信“艰难”。

5:18 你看着这视频想成为高能动性者，因为相信它将改变生活。

5:21 你在追求目标，而目标分为三类：

5:25 简单目标，

5:25 即日常或凭现有技能资源可达成的；

5:27 困难目标，暂时做不到，但通过学习可达成；

5:31 不可能目标，

5:31 指现阶段不现实、不可能，或需完成一系列困难目标后才能达成。

5:34 低能动性者的信念体系，

5:35 往往在成长或接受某种意识形态时被塑造，

5:38 如政党、

5:39 宗教、朋友圈，

5:43 这使他们将困难目标误判为不可能，根本不会尝试，

5:46 也不了解不可能只是暂时的，

5:49 直到看到不可能转为可能。

5:51 以塞利格曼对狗的实验说明社会如何让大多数人如此。

5:55 狗经历

5:56 无法躲避的电击，感到无能为力。

5:59 后来它们被置于可跳墙逃避电击的环境，却没有尝试逃脱，

6:03 选择忍受电击。

6:04 追求人生理想可能很难，但你被训练成相信无路可走，

6:08 因此不会尝试，也不考虑其他可能。

6:11 换言之，你被训练成为忍受默认生活的“狗”。

6:16 你以为别人都在遭受而这必然如此，不可选择。

6:20 好消息是，能动性可以训练。

6:24 你可以培养这种技能或特质。

6:27 但除非你深刻理解其在当下世界的应用，否则实践步骤都无意义。

6:31 以上是高能动性者的特点，接下来讲第二点：AI并非高能动性者的威胁。

6:35 我曾发过一条推文，意外获得很多关注，

6:36 只是分享了我用AI的方法：找任务，找YouTube专家讲解，

6:40 让AI总结他们的视频，

6:41 利用AI转化成元提示，测试、优化并重复使用。

6:45 这是效果最佳的策略，

6:46 我在几期前的视频里详细拆解过这个过程。

6:49 我不记得视频题目了，封面写“34分钟学AI”或者“29分钟学AI”之类的。

6:53 说回来，

6:53 你现在能够获得

6:54 实现任何目标所需的全部知识。

6:55 但人们仍然无动于衷，这一点至关重要。

6:58 成功比以往更容易，但不中意成功的人依然不会成功，

7:03 说明问题不在于

7:04 获取机会和公平，而一直是能动性的问题。

7:07 而高能动性者会以十倍速度超越别人，因为他们无须许可便行动，

7:11 行动门槛几乎为零。

7:11 若资金或资源有限无法完成大目标，你可以定小目标积累资源。

7:15 人们都担忧同样问题，

7:17 坦率地说，是因为思路不清。

7:20 举例，AI会产生海量内容，打压人类创作者这点被广泛担忧。

7:24 我正在对这话题写文章，

7:26 欢迎看我简讯，链接见描述。

7:27 首先，AI是工具，

7:29 需要有人用它完成具体目的。

7:32 当然，任何人都能让AI生成热门帖子，甚至数千个，

7:37 AI还能模拟它们是否会火。

7:39 但这有何实际用途？

7:41 你只是听了觉得“哦还挺对的”，

7:43 然后就不再思考，

7:44 通过这种方式获取点赞和粉丝。

7:46 但变现呢？忠诚度呢？品牌长期经营呢？

7:49 没错，

7:50 AI可以帮忙理解这些或辅助你做决策。

7:52 但那是完全不同的事。

7:54 你开始学习，

7:55 你协调实现更宏大愿景，

7:58 这与你自己动手

7:59 没太大区别，

8:01 只是信息来源

8:01 更快而已。

8:03 你仍是决策者。

8:04 AI确实能按指令生出精美画面，但

8:07 有巨大区别在于

8:08 一个有愿景的人用AI辅助执行，和单纯想快出画的人不同。

8:12 许多现代艺术家用AI做初稿，

8:15 然后用Photoshop微调，让画面更符合预期，

8:19 因为现阶段的图像生成器难以细节化。

8:20 整体而言，我认为AI暴露了创作过程真正重要的东西。

8:25 当你让AI替你做所有决策，

8:27 也就是基于网络上海量观点猜测什么有效，

8:30 内容没有贯穿的主线，主题，个性，愿景，

8:33 更没有语境。

8:35 这就是创作者的价值所在：

8:38 创造语境，

8:39 而非仅内容。

8:40 内容若无语境毫无意义，AI生成内容也一样。

8:45 除了脑子短路和梗图——

8:47 其实那些梗图挺好玩的，

8:48 但它们只能让你停留在平台，

8:50 看到广告

8:51 从而让社媒平台赚钱，

8:53 而有主线、有品牌愿景、为特定目的打造的内容，

8:57 是特定人用AI或不用AI创作的。

8:58 除非使用者本身已擅长内容创作，否则AI几乎无用。

9:02 这个概念你懂了吗？

9:04 百分之九十九的AI生成内容直接成为垃圾，因为如果内容有效，

9:09 那就有价值，

9:10 无论是否AI生成，

9:13 内容大多由人为组织，

9:14 带入个人语境。

9:15 创建企业你必须有品牌使命，AI只是帮你执行工具，

9:20 且需持续迭代。

9:21 写书你得掌控所有细节，还要能让人愿意读，

9:25 靠市场和销售推书，而书本身不会自我推销。

9:28 创作艺术，你还是得有想法，想把它变成现实。

9:32 换而言之，没啥变。

9:34 人们讨厌新事物，然而新事物正揭示最初重要的东西。

9:39 你若不能用AI创作艺术，那你根本不是艺术家。

9:43 你只是擅用工具如Photoshop，而工具会被替代。

9:47 但愿景和能动性不会被替代。

9:52 说到这里，

9:53 第三点是为什么通才在AI时代会胜出。

9:55 学校通过承诺专精带来的名望，奴役最聪明的人，

9:59 让他们心胸狭窄，

10:00 不敢推翻真正的统治者。

10:04 这段话出自我免费发布的书《目的与收益》，虽然有些断章取义，

10:07 但基本正确。

10:10 每当我写成为通才、多学科者或多兴趣者的视频，

10:14 总有人跳出来告诉我我错了，

10:15 但他们没给有力论据。

10:16 有时倒是有，但根本没听我讲什么，

10:18 反而证明了我说的。

10:19 有人甚至引用莎士比亚的名言：“万事通，样样通但无一精通”，

10:22 却不知那是误传，原话

10:23 常优于专精。

10:25 莎翁是剧作家，但只是表达的载体，

10:28 他得深入理解人性、人物、语言、古典文学、舞台艺术、

10:32 宗教、哲学、军事、音乐、

10:34 航海、

10:35 自然、社会、人体医学，等等，

10:38 他是一个综合者，利用自己的多元兴趣为优势。

10:41 看看财富500强CEO、达尔文、乔布斯或其他有远见战略家，

10:44 他们都有特定愿景，

10:46 不断学习并采取必要步骤达成。

10:48 别把特定的载体或领域当成专才，专才依附技能，

10:51 而技能会随着技术进步被替代和进化。

10:56 现在看不到，

10:58 但Photoshop曾改变艺术行业。

11:01 今天看Photoshop，是流程中不可缺的工具，

11:04 但当年刚出现，

11:05 手绘艺术家定会大喊要亡，

11:07 AI也是同理。

11:08 我非常支持AI，

11:10 未来会有更多视频

11:11 谈我对AI负面面的看法，

11:13 比如现在创作领域，

11:17 有人叫AI写剧本，

11:19 然后镜头前读稿，一眼看出AI味，

11:22 我对此有很多话说。

11:23 通才却不在意技能会否被替代或升级，

11:26 他们专注目标，

11:27 专注愿景，

11:28 专注做必要的事，包括调整目标以便成功。

11:31 他们不认同单项技能，

11:33 也不对某技能如Photoshop特别热爱，

11:35 而热爱生命方向和去创造生命。

11:37 我细说一下。

11:39 人类是造工具者，

11:42 能适应任何环境繁荣。

11:45 若将狮子置于阿拉斯加，北极熊放进草原，

11:48 都会死，

11:49 但人类无论在哪都能建造住所、

11:51 造衣服，猎食，

11:53 因为他们有计划与执行能力。

11:55 19世纪工业化时，美国教育采用普鲁士模式，

11:59 这不是真教育，

12:00 而是大规模顺从工具。

12:01 它旨在制造服从的士兵，

12:03 顺民，公务员，

12:04 遵纪守法的工人，

12:07 通过强制出勤，教师训练，分级测试。

12:09 听起来熟悉吗？

12:11 社会要你简单、可预测、易分类，

12:14 为何？

12:16 因为这样最有利其利益，

12:18 最有利组织获利。

12:21 了解系统就知道，它形塑成最符合终极目标的样子，

12:26 社会的目标

12:26 是让你保持无知愚钝，

12:29 无论是否刻意。

12:30 系统自然形塑符合金字塔顶层人无意识的愿望。

12:34 那你怎么办？

12:35 你如何应对？

12:36 奴隶一生只被允许干一事，

12:38 让他们大脑关闭学习，

12:39 即成为专才，而你作为自由个体，

12:42 应该做更多事，

12:44 你该成为通才。

12:46 换言之，你要反抗出生赋予你的路，

12:49 追求兴趣导向的教育，聪明运用自己的才能，

12:54 这就是

12:54 第四点，人类五大能力。

12:58 能动性很好，但我们仍受物理定律约束，

13:01 这引发会随AI热度波动的一个重要问题：

13:03 AGI（人工通用智能）会让人类智能无关紧要吗？

13:07 我们快速探讨几个问题：

13:08 人类能力是有限还是无限？

13:12 作为高能动性通才，我们是否拥有学习和做到不限于遗传基因限制的能力？

13:15 我们在许多领域繁荣，因为知识和工具使我们适应。

13:18 基本问题是，人类思考和方式是否有限制？

13:21 如果主要限制是大脑处理速度和记忆，难道不能增强吗？

13:25 AGI出现后，这可能变得更容易。

13:29 我们会不会就是AGI？

13:30 我们会不会成为超级智能？

13:33 这些问题值得探讨，现实尚未到来，

13:36 我关注近期未来。

13:38 人类五项基本能力，AI或AGI能否使之无关紧要？

13:42 第一是计算，即思维能力。

13:46 思考有限制吗？

13:48 没有，拥有通用计算机，计算没有限制，

13:52 只需时间与内存。

13:54 我们已拥有，如果AGI或外星生物也拥有，将无优势。

13:57 有人说AGI能更快计算，但这并不加快物理制造进度。

14:01 你可以有建造粒子对撞机的想法，

14:04 但仍需资源，

14:06 并得花时间建造。

14:08 第二项能力是变革，即物理创造。

14:12 变革即创造，

14:14 我们用知识把原料变火箭。

14:19 人类手和身体擅长根据步骤创造一切，

14:21 造飞船、望远镜；

14:24 还能造制造工具的机器。

14:27 我们非只适合单一生态。

14:29 所以，基本操作串联后能力是否有限？

14:33 答还是没有。

14:34 设想埃隆·马斯克遥控大猩猩做步骤，若时间够可能造出火箭。

14:39 重点是时间。

14:40 变革需要时间，奇点也改变不了，

14:42 正如启蒙或宇宙大爆炸没直接创造火箭。

14:46 它们可能创造先决条件，仍需长时间。

14:49 时间是压缩算法，防止一切一次发生。

14:52 AGI算力可能比脑更快，但不代表制造更快，

14:55 你想造火箭，仍需搜集资源。

14:58 第三、四、五项能力是变异、选择和注意力，

15:00 它们关系到导航思想空间，

15:03 或者说创造知识。

15:06 我们能计算、创造，但知识有极限吗？

15:10 知识有两功能：

15:11 促成特定事情发生，优先是好事；

15:15 捕捉现实模式，存储信息避免总从零开始。

15:17 比如明白日升日落，季节变换，

15:21 无此认知生活会崩溃。

15:23 模式认知让我们能靠近目标规划，

15:27 明白寒冷会冻死，用知识储备穿衣住馆，

15:29 保障安全。

15:33 把思想空间比作地图，亮区是你探索过，

15:36 暗区是潜在机会。

15:38 地图表面是可发现测试的思想，

15:41 验证其有效性。

15:44 成果若不靠近目标或越走越远，出现问题，

15:47 需纠错调整。

15:51 变异能力，是否有新想法数量限制？

15:54 思想遍历、能动行动、创造力结合，

15:57 跌跌撞撞找出好主意，

16:00 飞越森林而不走路。

16:02 我们可理解、创造、发现无限新想法解决无穷问题。

16:05 AGI亦然，受制于自然法则，

16:08 但潜能仍在手。

16:10 第四是选择，

16:13 想法多但能筛选好的吗？

16:16 问题是，无累积错误学习难进步，

16:19 重来没完不累，

16:21 比如想构建电动车，不能从燃油车重新起步。

16:23 我们是通用控制系统，高效导航思想空间，

16:26 避免迷失，

16:28 犯错修正。

16:31 第五是注意力。

16:33 人类还自如切换视角改变焦点。

16:36 遇问题时注意力往哪里去？

16:39 想建火箭，祈求旧神帮忙有用吗？

16:42 还是换镜头找到机会？

16:44 这是难题，因为我们困在思维范式和意识形态，

16:47 但我们确实能在问题中转换注意力。

16:49 能选择心灵透镜找到平静，科学透镜寻求进步。

16:52 单靠精神哲学毫无差别于不完整系统，无法解决某些问题。

16:55 安全感是好工具但坏主人非万能。

16:58 AGI不会超越我们，除非改变可能性，那时另当别论。

17:01 第五，如何真正练习能动性？

17:05 日常生活中，我们常为目标牺牲手段，

17:08 而游戏中，手段变为目标的动力。

17:13 这是游戏的动力反转。

17:16 摘自《游戏》一书：“能动性即艺术。

17:20 通过练习他人能动性，

17:22 直到能创造自己的能动性。

17:26 换言之，

17:27 你先遵守规则，后制定规则。”

17:30 这意味着高能动性最重要特征是知道何时突破顺从。

17:34 能动性非技能或特质，而是一种艺术。

17:36 观察游戏最能体现这种艺术；绘画记录视觉，音乐记录声音，故事记录叙述，

17:42 游戏记录能动性。

17:42 玩游戏，目标常在心，赢得比赛。

17:46 随之而来是各种任务，但必须按你的经验顺序完成。

17:50 从一级开始，升至二级及以后。

17:52 等级越高，生活越有趣，因为你能选择下一个挑战且有意义的目标。

17:55 这并非你还在教程阶段，

17:58 正因如此你可能感觉生活失控。

18:00 你冲破童年、学校和工作进入十级，感觉卡关。

18:04 游戏不再有趣，制作者不希望你升级，

18:07 促使你停留当前级别。

18:09 你身陷无聊焦虑循环，任务重复枯燥，

18:12 新挑战让你力不从心，

18:13 因为你不知道如何学习。

18:16 你人生最重要的“Boss战”是追寻自己的路。

18:18 如何开始实践？

18:22 首先你得有追求，可以是任何事，

18:24 因为大部分人其实不知道真正想要什么，

18:25 而是深知自己不想要什么，用这认知明确未来方向。

18:29 从此你有了行动方向，

18:31 你设定具体可行目标，

18:34 然后采取以下步骤：

18:38 研究成功流程，YouTube、社媒、优质课程或导师，

18:41 尝试各种技巧实施学到的流程，

18:43 并尝试获得成效。

18:45 大多数方法不适合你，但没关系，

18:46 识别模式、原则、关键杠杆，

18:48 记录关键结果驱动因素。

18:50 然后自创流程，结合你的生活和情况，

18:52 最后传授给他人，

18:54 因为教者学得更多，

18:56 不会复述就不算真正理解。

18:57 这也是我为何喜欢社媒。

19:00 它是聚焦点，你别指望通过电台、电视或手写信成就大业，

19:03 而是写内容。

19:05 社媒成本低，低风险，学习与能动性内嵌其中，

19:10 是现代伟大的游戏。

19:13 你能学习他人能动性，借鉴内容、指南和课程，

19:17 公开实验得到直接反馈，

19:20 快速识别有效与否，

19:22 强迫你学会未来必备技能，如写作、说服、市场营销、

19:26 销售、讲故事，

19:27 真正学会互联网内容定位。

19:28 剩下的由你决定怎么用这信息。

19:32 喜欢视频请订阅我的Substack。

19:34 我每周左右发一次免费简讯，月两次付费简讯。

19:38 支持频道，

19:39 支持我的工作，考虑加入付费订阅。

19:42 里面有我自己的AI提示、写作和社媒技巧，

19:46 还有完整的个人业务启动课程。

19:48 去看看，报名吧。

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19:51 感谢点击。

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0:00 The future belongs to those who understand that AI needs direction, tools need

0:04 masters,

0:05 data needs insight, content needs context, success needs vision.

0:10 The mind is a story engine and those who learn to control it will thrive.

0:14 Most skills will be irrelevant in 10 to 20 years.

0:16 That is unless you completely change how you think about success.

0:20 Because if you're a high agency individual that doesn't matter, why?

0:24 Because you aren't dependent on a specific skill for your success.

0:28 Because you aren't a specialist, you didn't focus your mind, preventing you

0:32 from learning

0:33 outside of that focus on the status of a high paying job or degree.

0:37 You have a vision and you understand that in today's world you can learn any

0:41 skill or

0:41 acquire any knowledge that is needed to achieve it.

0:44 Now unfortunately, if your parents did not cultivate the skill of agency in

0:48 themselves,

0:49 they probably didn't pass it off to you.

0:51 And unless you have deliberately and painfully gone through the process of rele

0:55 arning, you

0:56 have some work to do before you feel in control of your future.

0:59 Now with that set, the most important skill to learn that will be relevant now

1:03 in 10 years

1:04 and until you die is agency.

1:06 Because if you can set your own life direction, do what is required to achieve

1:10 it and avoid

1:10 the infinite number of temptations and distractions in today's world, you will

1:14 never be at risk

1:15 of replacement.

1:16 And if you do get replaced, it doesn't matter because you can quickly adapt.

1:20 So in this video, I want to share five ideas on what agency is, why it matters

1:25 more than

1:25 ever and how to practice it so you can get what you want in life.

1:29 So the first idea is that agency is the ability to iterate without permission.

1:34 And this is a slight redefinition of what most people are talking about online

1:38 right

1:38 now in terms of agency, because they're saying that it is the ability to act

1:43 without permission.

1:44 But we'll see why that is wrong.

1:45 And maybe it isn't wrong.

1:47 Maybe that's the definition of agency, but I want to redefine it in a way that

1:51 is actually

1:51 useful to you.

1:52 So we'll start with a quote from Krishnamurti.

1:54 It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the

1:58 man who

1:59 conforms, who follows some tradition.

2:01 So in order to understand what a high agency individual is, it's very helpful

2:06 to understand

2:07 what it is not.

2:09 Agency is not mechanical conformity.

2:11 Conformity is when your mind is still connected by an umbilical core to society

2:16 .

2:16 Conformity is a stage of development where your mind operates entirely through

2:19 cultural

2:20 programming, judging truth based on popularity and acceptance by others, rather

2:24 than your

2:24 own direct experience or independent investigation.

2:27 Now if you really think about what I just said, if you don't understand what I

2:31 just

2:31 said, please go back and re listen to it.

2:33 You understand that that is one of the greatest threats to living a good life.

2:37 Now when you're born, your mind is like a new computer.

2:40 There's a base operating system, but the hard drive is completely blank.

2:44 For the first 20 years of your life, you do not think independently, and that's

2:49 okay,

2:50 nobody does, no matter how independent you think you are, because that's just

2:54 another

2:54 form of conformity.

2:55 The little kid that thinks he's rebelling against his parents is just con

2:58 forming to

2:59 what his friends want him to do.

3:00 Now in the spiral dynamics in nine stages of ego development models, they show

3:04 that

3:04 around 50% of the population is at the conformist stage of development, meaning

3:09 half the population

3:10 lacks the cognitive development for genuine agency.

3:13 Now conformity stems from survival, because humans don't only survive on the

3:17 physical

3:17 level, like animals, where they're reproducing genes, but they survive on the

3:21 psychological

3:22 level, where they're reproducing beliefs, ideas and information.

3:26 If you work a job, you have a low degree of agency in that domain of life,

3:29 because if

3:30 that job were to go away, your survival is at stake.

3:33 So you must conform in order to keep the job.

3:36 I mean, that's what you have to do to get the job in the first place is you

3:38 have to conform

3:39 to what you think the boss will like so that he can hire you.

3:43 And then while you're on the job, you have to maybe wear a specific dress code.

3:47 You have to go through a specific set of processes to do your work that are

3:50 approved by the

3:51 boss or your manager.

3:53 Maybe you have to conform to a nine to five style work day.

3:56 As another example, if you have hard set beliefs that bind you to a specific

4:00 political

4:00 party or religious organization, you do not have a high degree of agency,

4:04 because your

4:05 ideas of good and bad originate from your culture, not your own personal

4:09 investigation

4:10 or discovery, everyone in the tech and business space and the AI space right

4:14 now loves to

4:15 talk about being high agency, but that's just another form of conformity to

4:19 what is

4:19 popular in the tech and business space.

4:21 And if you're not talking about it, then you're not with it.

4:24 With that said, this video has some degree of conformity.

4:28 We're all conformists in some ways.

4:29 And since it's a survival strategy or survival tool, it can be used like a tool

4:34 .

4:35 I'm surviving in the sense that I'm trying to stay relevant in the YouTube

4:38 space.

4:38 So what does true agency look like?

4:41 And how can we start to develop it in ourselves so that our emotions, finances

4:46 and opportunities

4:46 in life aren't dictated by someone else?

4:49 The first thing it looks like is that high agency people iterate without

4:52 permission.

4:53 To have agency is to be the subject of a sentence rather than its direct object

4:57 .

4:58 It is the tendency to act rather than wait to be acted upon.

5:01 That is a quote from Devin Erickson's article, the third ingredient of success.

5:06 Now agency literally means the condition of being in action or operation.

5:11 When it's used to describe a person, it means the tendency to initiate action

5:15 towards a goal

5:16 without outside prompting instruction or permission.

5:19 But when we look at what actually makes people successful, it isn't just acting

5:23 toward a goal.

5:24 Anyone can start a business, but that doesn't mean it will reach any form of

5:27 success.

5:28 Most of them don't, in fact, because they're missing the one critical piece of

5:32 the puzzle.

5:33 If something doesn't work, you reflect on the situation, make an adjustment and

5:37 try again

5:38 over and over until you reach your end destination.

5:40 Agency then, in my opinion, is not only action, but an undying commitment to

5:45 iteration,

5:46 learning and doing in unison, making mistakes and correcting mistakes without

5:50 being seduced

5:51 back into a comforting conformity because it's not working quote, unquote.

5:55 And yes, I'm talking to you people who start and quit after two weeks.

5:59 Now, the second tell of a high agency person is that they treat life as one

6:03 giant experiment.

6:04 Low agency people can be characterized by the employee mindset.

6:08 They are assigned a task, often with some form of status or credential that

6:12 triggers the part of their brain

6:13 that craves acceptance by the tribe and their decision making is immediately

6:17 compromised.

6:18 They can no longer think outside of the confines placed upon them.

6:21 Now, high agency people are scientists of their own lives.

6:25 They have an idea.

6:26 They set their own goal.

6:27 They create a hypothesis or an educated guess on how to achieve it.

6:31 Then they test, tinker, research and make an attempt toward the goal.

6:35 And then they fail a lot.

6:36 But since this is an experiment, that's a part of the process.

6:39 They expect to fail because how else are they going to narrow down what doesn't

6:43 work

6:44 until they find what does?

6:45 Now, this is a significant issue with how people perceive success today.

6:49 They are promised something by someone else, like a job that pays a lot of

6:53 money or a business

6:54 that can be built really quickly so you can get rich quick.

6:58 And those people do exactly what they're supposed to do.

7:00 But when they inevitably fail, they deem it impossible and blame everyone but

7:05 themselves.

7:06 They don't notice that they made a mistake and that they can correct that

7:09 mistake and

7:09 try again.

7:10 Now, the third thing is that high agency people believe in the difficult.

7:14 You're watching this and you want to become high agency because you believe

7:18 that it will

7:19 make a positive difference in your life.

7:21 You're trying to reach a goal, you're trying to achieve a goal and goals come

7:25 in three

7:25 forms.

7:26 There's easy goals.

7:27 So things that we do every day or things we can achieve with the skills or

7:31 resources

7:31 we already have.

7:32 There's difficult goals.

7:34 So things we can't do right now, but that we can eventually do if we acquire

7:37 the right

7:38 skills and resources.

7:39 And then there's impossible goals.

7:41 So something that is either outside of the realm of possibility and reality or

7:44 something

7:45 we can't do until we complete the series of difficult goals that allow us to

7:48 see impossible

7:49 goals as possible.

7:51 So low agency people have a belief system that was more than likely conditioned

7:55 into

7:56 their mind when they were a kid or later on in life with any kind of ideology

8:00 they accepted

8:01 into their life like a political party, a religion, a friend group they joined.

8:05 And that belief system skews how they perceive difficult goals.

8:10 They see difficult goals as impossible goals and don't even try them.

8:14 And they don't even understand that impossible goals are only impossible right

8:18 now until

8:19 you get to a point where they become possible.

8:21 Now if you take Seligman's dog experiment, which is an experiment done on dogs,

8:25 you can

8:26 see how society does just this to most people.

8:29 So in this experiment, dogs were exposed to unavoidable electric shocks, making

8:33 them feel

8:34 as if they had no control over their environment.

8:36 Later, when they were placed in a situation where they could simply jump over a

8:39 small

8:40 wall to escape the shocks, the dogs did not attempt to do so.

8:44 They just wind and bore the shocks even when escaping was easily available to

8:47 them.

8:48 So the goal of reaching the life you want may be difficult, but you were

8:52 trained to believe

8:53 that there is no way to achieve it.

8:55 So you don't even think about it or consider that idea.

8:58 In other words, you're just trained to bear the shocks of the default path.

9:02 You just think that the pain of the life that everyone is going through is

9:07 normal and

9:08 not optional.

9:09 The good thing is, is that there is a way to practice agency.

9:13 You can cultivate it as a skill or a trait.

9:16 But these practical steps don't matter unless you have a deep understanding of

9:20 how this

9:20 applies in today's world.

9:22 So those were the characteristics of what a high agency person is, and now we

9:27 need to

9:27 move on to the second idea, which is that AI is not a threat to the high agency

9:32 people.

9:33 To illustrate this, here's a tweet that I wrote a while back and it got a lot

9:36 of engagement

9:37 for some reason, but it's just how I've been using AI.

9:40 Use a task, find a YouTube expert that teaches it, have AI summarize their

9:44 video at example

9:45 slash context, have AI turn that into a meta prompt test refine and reuse that

9:50 prompt.

9:50 This has led to the best results and almost everything I have a, I do actually

9:54 broke down

9:54 that entire process to videos ago.

9:57 I don't remember what the video is called, but the thumbnail says learn AI in

10:01 34 minutes

10:02 or 29 minutes says something like that.

10:04 Okay.

10:05 So back to the point, you now have access to any knowledge you would ever need

10:09 to achieve

10:09 whatever you want.

10:10 And yet people still do nothing with that information.

10:14 That's a crucial point.

10:15 Success is now easier than ever, yet the people who weren't going to achieve it

10:19 still aren't

10:20 going to achieve it, meaning this was never about access or equal opportunity.

10:24 It's always been about agency high agency people.

10:28 On the other hand, we'll outpace everyone else by 10x because they act without

10:32 permission

10:32 and the barriers to action are now close to non-existent.

10:36 If you can't achieve a big goal due to limited money or resources, you can set

10:40 a smaller

10:40 stepping stone goal that will help you acquire that money or resource.

10:44 Everyone is worried about the same thing.

10:46 And frankly, they're only afraid because they can't think clearly.

10:49 So let's look at the prime example, which is that AI is going to create so much

10:53 content

10:54 that human creators don't stand a chance.

10:55 I'm actually writing about this right now.

10:58 You can read it on my newsletter link in the description.

11:01 First thing here is that AI is a tool.

11:03 Those need someone to use them for a specific purpose.

11:07 So sure, anyone can ask AI to generate a viral post or a thousand viral posts

11:12 from a podcast

11:14 and the AI can rank them or run a simulation on whether or not they're actually

11:18 going to

11:18 go viral.

11:19 But what good is that?

11:20 What actual good is that?

11:22 Have you thought about it or have you just heard that and been like, Oh yeah,

11:24 that sounds

11:25 kind of true.

11:26 Okay.

11:27 I'm done thinking about it.

11:28 You can get a bunch of likes and a bunch of followers that way.

11:30 But what about monetization?

11:32 What about loyalty or what about any of the other things that make a brand work

11:36 long term?

11:37 Yes, you can ask AI to help with that or help you understand it.

11:41 But now you're doing something completely different.

11:43 You're not asking AI to do it for you.

11:46 You're learning now.

11:47 You're orchestrating the realization of a larger vision and it's not that

11:51 different from

11:52 doing it yourself.

11:53 You're just getting the information from a different source now in a faster way

11:57 .

11:57 You are still the decision maker.

11:59 And sure AI can generate a beautiful image on command, but there is a huge

12:03 difference

12:04 between someone who has a vision and uses AI to help them execute that vision

12:09 and someone

12:10 who just wants to create a quick image.

12:12 Many artists nowadays use AI for first drafts.

12:15 Many artists still take it into Photoshop and make tweaks that would allow it

12:19 to look more

12:19 like what they want it to look like because you can't get super detailed with

12:23 the image

12:23 generators right now.

12:25 So as a whole, I believe that AI has exposed what really matters in the

12:30 creative process.

12:31 When you ask AI to make all the decisions for you, in other words, you ask it

12:35 to guess

12:36 what works based on hundreds of thousands of opinions on the internet.

12:39 There is no through line.

12:41 There is no theme.

12:42 There is no personality.

12:43 There is no vision.

12:44 There is no context.

12:45 That's what creators are.

12:47 Context creators.

12:48 They're not content creators.

12:50 The content is meaningless without context and AI generations are the same.

12:55 So aside from brain rot and memes, and there's actually some great ones out

12:58 there actually

12:59 like scrolling and seeing some of the brain rot, which are only good at keeping

13:02 you on

13:03 the platform until you see an advertisement so the social media platforms can

13:06 make money,

13:07 which then have a through line and brand vision crafted for a specific purpose

13:11 by a specific

13:11 person using AR or not, AI is practically useless unless the person using AI is

13:17 already

13:18 good at creating content.

13:20 Did that click for you?

13:21 99% of AI generated content goes straight to the bottom of the barrel because

13:26 if that

13:26 content worked, then there's value there and it doesn't matter if it was AI

13:30 generated

13:31 or not because it was more than likely orchestrated by a human who was passing

13:35 off their personal

13:36 context to it.

13:37 When building a business, you must have a brand mission that AI helps you

13:40 execute and

13:41 you must iterate constantly.

13:43 When writing a book, you must maintain control of all minor details and beyond

13:47 that, you

13:47 must still be able to get people to read it.

13:49 Things marketing and sales, which the book is not going to do itself.

13:53 When creating art, you must still have an idea that you are attempting to bring

13:56 into reality.

13:58 In other words, nothing has changed.

14:00 People just hate what's new and that new is shining a light on what mattered in

14:03 the

14:03 first place.

14:04 If you can't create art with AI, then you are never an artist to begin with.

14:08 You were simply good at using a tool like Photoshop and tools get replaced.

14:13 Vision and agency do not.

14:15 So, speaking of that, that brings us to idea number three, is why generalists

14:20 win in the

14:21 AI age.

14:22 Schools were created to enslave the brightest minds by promising the prestige

14:25 of specialization

14:26 so they remained narrow-minded and didn't overthrow the true rulers.

14:30 That is a quote from my book that you can read free on my sub-stack purpose and

14:33 profit

14:34 that is taken quite a bit out of context, but that quote is largely true.

14:38 Now, whenever I write or create a video on becoming a generalist or a polymath

14:42 or someone

14:42 with multiple interests, people just seem to pop up and they want to tell me

14:46 how wrong

14:47 I am.

14:48 And of course, they never give me a coherent argument as to why a specialist is

14:51 better.

14:51 Actually, sometimes they do, but they don't actually listen to what I'm saying

14:55 in the

14:56 first place.

14:57 They don't steal me on my argument.

14:58 They usually inadvertently prove me right.

15:00 And some of them even proceed to quote the classic from Shakespeare, which is a

15:05 jack of

15:05 all trades, master of none, yet they're unaware that that is a misquote and it

15:10 ends with,

15:11 oftentimes better than a master of one.

15:13 Now, some may think Shakespeare was a specialist playwright, but that was

15:16 simply a vessel.

15:17 He had to have a deep understanding of human nature, character development,

15:21 language, classical

15:22 literature, stagecraft, religion, philosophy, military tactics, music,

15:25 navigation, the natural

15:27 world, social structures, the body and medicine, the list goes on.

15:30 He was a synthesizer who used his diverse interests as his edge.

15:34 Now take a fortune 500 CEO, Charles Darwin, Steve Jobs, or any other visionary

15:39 or strategist

15:40 who achieves outside success has a specific vision that they then learn and

15:44 take the necessary

15:45 steps to achieve.

15:46 Do not confuse a specific vessel or niche as being a specialist specialists are

15:52 attached

15:52 to the skill skills always get replaced and evolved as technology advances.

15:57 We don't see this now, but Photoshop disrupted the art industry.

16:01 You see Photoshop now and you see it as an integral part of our process, but I

16:05 can guarantee

16:06 if we were back in those times where Photoshop came around or not even just

16:10 Photoshop, but

16:11 computer generated graphics came around.

16:13 The manual hand drawn artists were probably just screaming at the top of their

16:17 lungs

16:17 that this is going to ruin everything.

16:19 That's exactly what's happening right now with AI.

16:22 And while I'm very pro AI, there's going to be more videos on me talking about

16:26 the

16:26 other side.

16:27 I think there's things that are very, very wrong with AI like the content

16:30 creation space

16:31 right now and people just asking, Hey, create me a script for this.

16:34 And then they just read it to the camera and you can obviously tell that they

16:37 're using

16:38 AI.

16:39 I have a lot to say about that.

16:40 Now, generalists, on the other hand, they aren't, they don't care whether or

16:43 not the

16:44 skill is going to be replaced or if it's going to evolve because they're

16:47 focused on

16:47 the goal.

16:48 They're focused on the vision.

16:49 They're focused on doing what's necessary, including changing the goal so that

16:54 they can

16:54 thrive in anything they do.

16:56 They don't identify with a skill or think they're passionate about a skill like

16:59 being

17:00 passionate about Photoshop.

17:01 They're passionate about their direction in life and creating that.

17:05 So let me break this down further.

17:07 Humans are tool builders.

17:08 We thrive in any niche because we can adapt to it.

17:11 If you were to put a lion in Alaska and a polar bear in the Savannah, they

17:15 would die.

17:16 If you were to put a human in either, they would build shelter, clothing and

17:20 hunt for

17:20 something to eat because they can create a plan and execute on it.

17:23 The reality is to educate large numbers of immigrant children in the 1800s

17:28 during industrialization,

17:29 America adopted the Prussian education model, which was not education at all,

17:33 but a weapon

17:34 of mass conformity.

17:35 It was designed to create obedient soldiers, compliant citizens, civil servants

17:39 and will

17:40 behave workers through mandatory attendance, training for teachers, testing for

17:43 students

17:44 in the concept of grade levels.

17:46 Does that sound familiar?

17:47 Society wants you simple, predictable and easy to categorize.

17:51 Why?

17:52 Because that's what best serves their interests.

17:54 That's what best serves the profits of organizations.

17:56 If you understand systems, you understand that the system takes the shape of

18:00 that which most

18:01 benefits the end goal, which in society's case is keeping you sick and dumb,

18:05 whether

18:06 it's intentional or not.

18:07 It doesn't have to be a conspiracy theory for the system to naturally take

18:11 shape of

18:11 the subconscious desires of the humans at the top of the pyramid.

18:15 So what do you do?

18:16 What do you do about all this?

18:17 Well, if slaves were expected to do one thing throughout the entirety of their

18:21 lives so

18:21 that their minds were closed to learning more, which are specialists, then you,

18:25 as a free

18:26 individual, are meant to do many things throughout your life, you're meant to

18:29 be a generalist.

18:30 In other words, you revolt against the path you were set on at birth.

18:34 You pursue an interest-based education, you use your capabilities wisely, and

18:39 that's

18:39 idea number four, which is the five human capabilities.

18:43 Now agency is great, but we're still bound by the laws of physics, and this

18:46 creates another

18:47 giant worry that ebbs and flows with AI hype cycles.

18:51 Will AGI, artificial general intelligence, make human intelligence irrelevant?

18:56 Let's gain clarity on this by asking a few questions.

18:58 We're going to go through this quick.

18:59 Are human capabilities limited, or are they infinite?

19:02 As high agency generalists, do we not have the capability to learn anything and

19:06 do anything

19:07 that our genes do not limit us from learning or doing?

19:10 We thrive in many niches because we adapt with knowledge and tools.

19:13 So the fundamental question about human capabilities is, are there any limits

19:18 on what we can think

19:19 and how we can think?

19:21 So if the main limit is the processing speed and memory of our brain, can that

19:25 not be augmented?

19:26 And when AGI becomes a thing, will that not be ever more possible?

19:30 Will we not be AGI?

19:31 Are we not already AGI?

19:33 Will we not be amongst the super-intelligent?

19:35 It's fun to speculate about these things and we have some time before it

19:38 actually becomes

19:39 reality, so I want to focus on the near future.

19:42 So there are five fundamental human capabilities.

19:45 Can AI or AGI ever make those irrelevant?

19:49 The first capability is computation, which is mental.

19:52 So is there any limit to what we can compute?

19:54 No, because once you have a universal computer that we can hold in our hands,

19:58 it's just a

19:59 matter of time and memory to compute anything.

20:01 We have that, and if AGI's or aliens have that, they would have the same

20:05 repertoire

20:06 of computation as us and no advantage over us.

20:09 You may say that AGI will be able to compute much faster, but that does not

20:12 speed up the

20:13 pace of the physical transformation that allows things to be built.

20:18 You can have an idea for building a particle collider, but you still need the

20:21 resources

20:22 to build it, and you still need to build it from that.

20:25 The second capability is transformation, which is physical.

20:29 Transformation is creation.

20:30 We turn raw materials into rockets given the right knowledge.

20:34 Human hands and bodies seem to be especially good at creating anything given a

20:38 specific

20:38 sequence of operations.

20:40 We've built spaceships and telescopes, meaning that we can build the thing that

20:43 builds the

20:44 thing.

20:45 We have analysts that build tools to thrive in any environment.

20:47 We are not animals bound to one niche.

20:50 So the question is, is there a limit to what these basic operations can do when

20:54 strung together

20:55 in the right way?

20:56 Now again, the answer is no.

20:58 If humans could tele-operate a gorilla, there is a sequence of steps it can

21:02 take to build

21:02 a rocket given time.

21:04 And no, I'm not saying a single gorilla.

21:07 Imagine if Elon Musk were operating the gorilla.

21:09 What would he do?

21:10 The thing here is time, transformations take time, and a singularity isn't

21:15 going to change

21:16 that just as the enlightenment or the big bang didn't.

21:19 The big bang didn't create rocket ships.

21:21 The enlightenment didn't create rocket ships.

21:23 It created maybe some prerequisites for them, but it still took time to get to

21:27 that point.

21:28 Time is a compression algorithm that prevents everything from happening at once

21:32 .

21:32 In other words, AGI may be able to compute faster than our brains, but that

21:36 doesn't

21:36 mean it will be able to create the thing faster than humans.

21:39 You can have an idea for building a rocket, but you still need to acquire the

21:43 resources

21:43 to build a rocket.

21:44 Now, after computation and transformation as the two capabilities, there is

21:48 variation,

21:49 selection, and attention, and these have to do with navigating idea space, or

21:54 how we

21:54 create knowledge.

21:56 We can compute and transform, but do we have limits on the knowledge that

21:59 allows us to

22:00 do so?

22:01 Now, knowledge serves two functions.

22:03 The first is to make specific things happen, preferably good things rather than

22:07 bad, and

22:08 the second is to capture patterns in reality.

22:10 This allows us to store information in an efficient way so that we aren't

22:13 always starting

22:14 from scratch in our pursuits.

22:16 We understand big-picture concepts like the sun rising and falling each day,

22:20 and seasons

22:21 changing every so often.

22:22 Now without this understanding, much of our lives would fall apart.

22:26 Capturing patterns allows us to plan by proximity.

22:28 We understand that we could freeze to death in a cold environment, so we use

22:32 deposits of

22:32 knowledge, like a jacket, and hotel, to keep us warm while we travel.

22:37 Now think of idea space, or the unknown, as a universal map with light and dark

22:42 spots.

22:42 The light spots are the areas you've explored, and the dark spots are where

22:46 your potential

22:47 lies.

22:48 This map is a surface area for ideas that can be discovered and tested against

22:52 reality

22:52 to verify their validity.

22:54 When those results do not move you closer toward your goal, or move you further

22:58 from

22:58 that, a problem is revealed and you must error-correct toward the goal.

23:02 So with variation, the third capability is there a limit to the number of new

23:07 ideas we

23:07 can come up with to survive and achieve what we set our minds to.

23:11 With computation, we can navigate the entire space of ideas, with agency we can

23:15 take any

23:15 step within that space and eventually stumble across a good idea after many bad

23:20 ones, and

23:21 with creation we can move in unique ways, like flying over a forest rather than

23:25 walking

23:25 through it.

23:26 So we can understand anything, create anything, and discover an infinite set of

23:30 new ideas

23:31 to solve an infinite string of problems.

23:33 Again, AGI can do the same, and we are both bound by the laws of nature, but

23:37 any possibility

23:38 within that is within reach.

23:40 Now the fourth capability is selection.

23:43 We can come up with any idea, but can we find the good ones?

23:46 Now the potential problem here is that it is difficult to make cumulative

23:49 progress without

23:50 learning from mistakes.

23:51 It wouldn't be fun to start over from scratch if we wanted to build an electric

23:56 car after

23:56 a gas car.

23:57 We wouldn't be very developed as a species.

23:59 As universal, cybernetic systems, that's what humans are, we can become more

24:03 efficient

24:04 at navigating idea space to avoid wandering lost.

24:07 We error correct.

24:09 We make mistakes and fix them.

24:10 There's no fundamental difference here either.

24:12 Now the fifth capability is attention.

24:15 One other aspect that humans take for granted is our ability to change our

24:18 focus by changing

24:19 our perspective.

24:20 When a problem occurs, where does your attention go?

24:23 If you want to build a rocket, does it help to ask the old gods to do it for

24:27 you?

24:28 Or can you change lenses to view the situation in a way that allows you to

24:32 perceive opportunities?

24:33 While this is a massive problem for humans, because we get stuck in paradigm

24:36 walk and

24:37 we attach to ideologies, we do have the capability to change where our

24:41 attention goes when problems

24:42 come up.

24:43 We can put on a spiritual lens to find peace and a scientific lens to find

24:48 progress.

24:49 Identifying with a purely ascending and spiritual philosophy is no different

24:52 from being an incomplete

24:53 system that will fail to solve a certain set of problems.

24:57 Security is a great lens or tool, but a bad master and not the end all be all.

25:02 So, AGI does not seem like it can surpass us in any way unless it bends what is

25:06 possible

25:06 and we would have a very different problem on our hands at that point.

25:10 Now the fifth idea about agency is just how to actually practice agency.

25:14 In ordinary practical life, we usually take the means for the sake of the ends.

25:18 But in games, we can take up an end for the sake of the means.

25:22 Playing games can be a motivational inversion of ordinary life.

25:26 But as a quote from the book games, agency is art.

25:29 You develop agency by practicing other people's agencies until you can create

25:34 your own.

25:35 In other words, you play by the rules until you can create your own, meaning

25:39 the most

25:39 important high agency trait is knowing when to break free of conformity.

25:44 Agency as a whole is not a skill or a trait, but an art form.

25:48 And the best way to observe that art form is in games because painting lets us

25:53 record

25:53 sights, music lets us record sounds, stories let us record narratives, and

25:59 games let us

25:59 record agencies.

26:01 When you play a game, you almost always start with the goal in mind.

26:04 Win the game.

26:05 From there, you have various quests, but those quests must be executed in order

26:09 of your

26:09 experience.

26:10 You start at level one, then advance to level two and beyond.

26:14 And once you reach a much higher level, you are able to look back with all of

26:17 your knowledge

26:18 and skill to devise how you are going to reach the next goal.

26:21 The higher level you are, the more fun life becomes because you get to choose

26:24 the challenging

26:25 yet meaningful goal you take on next.

26:28 It is not a sign to you as if you were in a tutorial phase.

26:31 That's exactly why your life may feel out of control.

26:34 You got to level ten, childhood, school, or job, but now you feel stuck.

26:38 The game isn't fun anymore because the game makers don't benefit from you going

26:42 to a

26:42 higher level, so they incentivize you to stay there.

26:45 You get trapped in a loop of boredom and anxiety because all of your tasks are

26:49 repetitive

26:49 and mindless, and any further challenge overwhelms you because you do not know

26:53 how to learn.

26:54 The most important boss fight of your life is to pursue your own path.

26:58 So how do you actually start practicing this?

27:01 First, you simply need something to pursue, and it can be anything because

27:05 nobody actually

27:05 knows what they want.

27:07 Instead, they deeply understand what they don't want and allow that to create

27:11 an aim

27:12 for their future.

27:13 From there, they have a direction to move in.

27:15 Once you have that direction, you set a goal to make it more practical and

27:19 achievable,

27:20 and then you do the following.

27:21 You research processes that others have found success with.

27:25 You can find these on YouTube, social media, courses from reputable creators or

27:28 mentors.

27:29 Then you experiment with various techniques to implement the processes you

27:33 learn and attempt

27:34 to get results.

27:35 By the way, most of these won't work for you, and that's okay.

27:38 Then you identify patterns, principles, and levers, so note the most important

27:42 aspects

27:42 from everything you try.

27:44 These tend to be the things that get results.

27:46 Then you create your own process, so tailor what you learn to your unique

27:49 lifestyle and

27:50 situation, and then you pass it down to others, because the teacher learns more

27:54 than the student,

27:55 and you don't truly understand it if you can't explain it in a way that is

27:58 beneficial

27:59 to someone else.

28:00 This is personally why I love social media.

28:02 First, it's where the attention is, and you're probably not going to build your

28:06 life's

28:06 work by advertising on the radio, or getting on the TV anymore, or by sending

28:11 handwritten

28:12 letters to prospects, you're going to write content, obviously.

28:16 So aside from being an accessible, low cost, and low risk vessel to do what you

28:21 want, learning

28:21 and agency are baked in.

28:24 Social media, the internet, is the great modern game.

28:27 You can study other people's agencies and their content, guides, and courses.

28:31 You can experiment in public and get direct feedback.

28:34 You can quickly identify what works and what doesn't.

28:36 You are forced to learn a future-proof skill stack, like writing, persuasion,

28:40 marketing

28:40 sales, storytelling, et cetera, and you must truly learn what you want to talk

28:44 about on

28:45 the internet.

28:46 I'll let you decide what you want to do with the rest of that information.

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彭澎peng

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2026年3月12日，AWE上海开幕，AI+机器人、智能穿戴集中爆发。老板电器发布全球首款AI烹饪眼镜，可AR实时指导做菜。英伟达开源超大模型Nemotron 3 Super，推理性能大幅提升。谷歌Gemini深度接入办公，自动生成文档表格。OpenAI将Sora视频模型融入ChatGPT。腾讯云混元模型上调计费。全球民间AI智能体应用委员会成立，行业加速规范化落地。#AI

卓然691021

· 1d

杭州GAIC开幕！DN.com现身人工智能大会，AI与域名的未来值得期待！ #新火种ai #GAIC全球人工智能大会 #AI #人工智能 #AI域名 #pickful

行走的帮

· 1d

全网都在问的token是什么？来速通 [暗中观察R]Token的多重身份 - 对开发者，它是上下文和成本 - 对 AI 玩家，它是“养虾饲料” - 对加密用户，它是数字资产 - 对普通人，它则成了一个最容易被混淆的互联网热词 🔥 最近如果碰到大家在问“Token“，那完全是因为全民“养虾”🦞而带出来的“AI虾饲料”的梗，也就是喂养openclaw的AI的算力粮食，即调用API的计算单位 🤖️ AI世界的Token：AI 的算力粮食，也是钱包燃料，是真金白银的花费 - 在AI大模型里：Token是文字的最小处理单位 - 英文：1单词 ≈ 0.75-1.3 Token - 中文：1.3-2汉字 ≈ 1 Token 你每次对话、让它写代码、做总结，都在消耗Token（输入+输出都算），而且API是按Token计费的！大约每百万Token几美元到几十美元不等重度用户一天可能花掉上千元😱 ⛓️ 区块链世界的 Token：区块链上的数字资产可以想象成：数字世界的“股票/会员卡/积分”；可以交易、转移、持有。

#web3 #AI

Love

· 1d

“这个世界是由一群和你聪明程度相差无几的人建造的。”

#Replit 首席执行官阿姆贾德·马萨德谈及传统职业建议为何不再符合现实：

“许多规则纯属偶然，只是历史遗留产物。”

“你的使命是开辟通往未来的道路。找到最契合世界发展方向的做事方式。”

“这并非投机取巧，而是要洞悉系统如何针对你设置障碍。如何真正破解它？如何突破它？”

“人工智能正是实现此目标的绝佳工具。”

“若你深谙这些工具的运作原理，便能意识到自己拥有惊人的时间优势。你能以更快的速度完成任务。”

“许多程序员仍在沿用旧式编程方式，效率极其低下...直到被时代淘汰。”

@amasad与 @jackhneel #ai #codex #claude #claudecode

https://x.com/a16z/status/2031828442585710894?s=20

中文 English

0:00 首先，要有一种心态：这个世界是由并不比你聪明多少的人建立的。

0:08 3 00:00:09.520 --> 00:00:18.240 很多规则是偶然形成的，存在于历史原因中。

0:18 5 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:29.600 你的任务是找到通向未来的道路，找到与世界发展方向最契合的方式。

0:29 7 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:36.560 因为老师和父母给你的建议已经不再适用了。

0:36 9 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:42.480 我们这一代人，比如千禧一代，老一辈给我们的建议是：

0:42 努力工作，考上好大学，完成这一个又一个目标，

0:47 12 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:54.240 找到工作，买房买车，成家立业，仅此而已。

0:54 几年后，大概二十年后，你会成为百万富翁，

0:59 15 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:04.820 因为你的房产升值了，你退休了，幸福地生活。

1:04 17 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:10.670 这种模式存在过，二战后约有二三十年时间。

1:10 19 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:12.880 但现在不存在了。

1:12 所以这不是作弊，而是弄清楚制度如何对你不利。

1:21 22 00:01:23.600 --> 00:01:27.360 你如何破解它？

1:27 你如何突破它？

1:28 你如何以更贴合当今世界走向的方式做事？

1:36 26 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.200 人工智能是实现这一点的绝佳工具。

1:41 只要你懂得这些工具的运作方式，

1:47 29 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:53.200 你就拥有了惊人的时间优势，能做事更快。

1:53 31 00:01:56.720 --> 00:01:57.120 仍有许多程序员

1:57 仍用旧方法编程，非常缓慢，

1:59 他们会一直如此，

2:00 直到被淘汰。

0:00 There's a mindset of, first of all, the world was built by people that are not

0:08 much smarter than you.

0:09 And there are a lot of rules that are accidental, that are there for historical

0:18 reasons.

0:18 And your job is to find the path to the future, find the way of doing things

0:29 that's most aligned where the world is headed.

0:31 Because the advice your teachers, your parents are going to give you, are just

0:36 not valid anymore.

0:37 My generation, like millennials, the advice that the boomers would give us,

0:42 is that you work hard, you get into good university, you check this box, this

0:47 other box,

0:48 you get to get a job, you buy a house and a car, you get a family, that's it.

0:54 You know, a few years in, like, you'll, you know, 20 years later, you're a

0:59 millionaire,

0:59 because your house property went up value and you retire, live happily ever

1:04 after.

1:05 That's, that doesn't exist, that does like existed for like 20, 30 years, post

1:10 World War II.

1:11 And then it's gone.

1:12 So it's not about cheating, it's about figuring out how the system is rigged

1:21 against you.

1:23 And how do you actually hack it?

1:27 How do you get past it?

1:28 How do you, how do you do things in a way that is more native and true to the,

1:36 where the world is headed today?

1:37 AI is a great tool for that.

1:41 Just the fact, if you're someone who just understands how these tools work and

1:47 understand how you have

1:49 an amazing time advantage, you can do things a lot faster.

1:53 Again, there, there are a lot of programmers that are still doing programming

1:56 the old way

1:57 and they're going very, very slow and they're going to continue to go very slow

1:59 until they get

2:00 obsolete it.

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