Brian Klaas

It's bad for anticipating shocks that might come because the world is changing rapidly and is deeply uncertain.

It's bad for anticipating shocks that might come because the world is changing rapidly and is deeply uncertain.

It's bad for anticipating shocks that might come because the world is changing rapidly and is deeply uncertain.

Yeah, so one of the examples I use is a case where a Latin American country was looking at different proposals for an electrical grid. And one version of the proposal was hyper-efficient and way cheaper, and it was a single national grid. The second version had these sort of decoupled nodes at the regional level. So if you had a blackout in one area, you could sort of isolate it, right?

Yeah, so one of the examples I use is a case where a Latin American country was looking at different proposals for an electrical grid. And one version of the proposal was hyper-efficient and way cheaper, and it was a single national grid. The second version had these sort of decoupled nodes at the regional level. So if you had a blackout in one area, you could sort of isolate it, right?

Yeah, so one of the examples I use is a case where a Latin American country was looking at different proposals for an electrical grid. And one version of the proposal was hyper-efficient and way cheaper, and it was a single national grid. The second version had these sort of decoupled nodes at the regional level. So if you had a blackout in one area, you could sort of isolate it, right?

But it was way less efficient and way more expensive. Now, they went with the second option, the less efficient option, and the first blackout that happened, it paid for itself. Now, if you were analyzing that choice purely on the basis of short-term profits, short-term efficiency, and so on, you would never have made that choice.

But it was way less efficient and way more expensive. Now, they went with the second option, the less efficient option, and the first blackout that happened, it paid for itself. Now, if you were analyzing that choice purely on the basis of short-term profits, short-term efficiency, and so on, you would never have made that choice.

But it was way less efficient and way more expensive. Now, they went with the second option, the less efficient option, and the first blackout that happened, it paid for itself. Now, if you were analyzing that choice purely on the basis of short-term profits, short-term efficiency, and so on, you would never have made that choice.

But because they thought about the long-term resilience of the system, They emphasized decoupling. They emphasized mitigating risk. They thought about the what ifs. They ended up with a smarter strategy.

But because they thought about the long-term resilience of the system, They emphasized decoupling. They emphasized mitigating risk. They thought about the what ifs. They ended up with a smarter strategy.

But because they thought about the long-term resilience of the system, They emphasized decoupling. They emphasized mitigating risk. They thought about the what ifs. They ended up with a smarter strategy.

And I really do worry that in a moment of extreme social change and rapid technological shifting of AI and all these things, that we are thinking short term and not enough decision makers are pondering the what ifs and planning accordingly for them.

And I really do worry that in a moment of extreme social change and rapid technological shifting of AI and all these things, that we are thinking short term and not enough decision makers are pondering the what ifs and planning accordingly for them.

And I really do worry that in a moment of extreme social change and rapid technological shifting of AI and all these things, that we are thinking short term and not enough decision makers are pondering the what ifs and planning accordingly for them.

This is a fun one to talk about because I've written books in the past. This one changed my worldview completely, and I feel the happiest I have literally ever been in my life. And a lot of the reason for that is just because it's a mentality shift. It's sort of this understanding, first off, that it is unbelievably improbable that humans exist, let alone that I exist. So I feel grateful for that.

This is a fun one to talk about because I've written books in the past. This one changed my worldview completely, and I feel the happiest I have literally ever been in my life. And a lot of the reason for that is just because it's a mentality shift. It's sort of this understanding, first off, that it is unbelievably improbable that humans exist, let alone that I exist. So I feel grateful for that.

This is a fun one to talk about because I've written books in the past. This one changed my worldview completely, and I feel the happiest I have literally ever been in my life. And a lot of the reason for that is just because it's a mentality shift. It's sort of this understanding, first off, that it is unbelievably improbable that humans exist, let alone that I exist. So I feel grateful for that.

It's also that when I realized the uncertainty and the lack of control that I have over my life, I have become more of an explorer, right? I've become more of an experimenter. I try things that I wouldn't try in the past. And as a result of that, I'm sort of attuned to the serendipity that happens when something unexpected comes into my life and the joy from it.

It's also that when I realized the uncertainty and the lack of control that I have over my life, I have become more of an explorer, right? I've become more of an experimenter. I try things that I wouldn't try in the past. And as a result of that, I'm sort of attuned to the serendipity that happens when something unexpected comes into my life and the joy from it.