Ethan Mollick: “Computer programming is now offering a really good view of this kind of thing. It used to be that being a coder was writing good code on a regular basis. Now suddenly in the course of a few months, it becomes about managing engineering tasks. So I think you’re going to see other shifts in what people’s jobs are expected to be.”
WSJ: “[Some] workers..have embraced “microshifting,” or carving their day into short chunks of work, with intentional breaks for family time or personal replenishment. While employees who work from home have long squeezed personal business into the workday—with or without the boss’s blessing—more are now openly working at the times when they are most productive, often in segments of several hours, and some companies are encouraging it.”
Yaroslav Trofimov: “As technology levels the field between stronger and weaker nations, old-fashioned wars of conquest might no longer be possible.”
Mint: “Simply put: being an outsider is the primary virtue of the outsider; they win because of it, not despite it. Outsiders are untainted by the problems of an existing system that is often perceived to be corrupt, elitist and indifferent to the challenges facing ordinary people. Established political parties are frequently seen—regardless of ideological orientation—as machines run by hypocritical and self-dealing careerists. An outsider is not beholden to these vested interests, can sweep out the corrupt and inject new ideas and energy into a predictable process that only serves the interests of the powerful. The outsider is also seen as ‘self-made’ in the sense that he has been successful in some field other than politics (such as business, law or entertainment) and has name recognition from that success.”
