Brian Klaas

And it's why I think we all have this sense that the world is constantly falling apart at a quicker pace than usual. I think it is partly because it is.

And it's why I think we all have this sense that the world is constantly falling apart at a quicker pace than usual. I think it is partly because it is.

Yeah, so this is where I sort of put myself in the sort of perspective of a hunter-gatherer living 200,000 years ago, right? Their world was extremely unstable and unpredictable day to day because they didn't know if a predator would eat them. They didn't know if their crop would fail or if their gathering would fail.

Yeah, so this is where I sort of put myself in the sort of perspective of a hunter-gatherer living 200,000 years ago, right? Their world was extremely unstable and unpredictable day to day because they didn't know if a predator would eat them. They didn't know if their crop would fail or if their gathering would fail.

Yeah, so this is where I sort of put myself in the sort of perspective of a hunter-gatherer living 200,000 years ago, right? Their world was extremely unstable and unpredictable day to day because they didn't know if a predator would eat them. They didn't know if their crop would fail or if their gathering would fail.

They didn't know if they would have their next meal or if they would die in childbirth, right? Really scary stuff happening all the time. but their overall world never really changed. So you think about generation after generation, if you know how to hunt and you know how to gather, you can teach your kids and they're gonna have the exact same strategy for life.

They didn't know if they would have their next meal or if they would die in childbirth, right? Really scary stuff happening all the time. but their overall world never really changed. So you think about generation after generation, if you know how to hunt and you know how to gather, you can teach your kids and they're gonna have the exact same strategy for life.

They didn't know if they would have their next meal or if they would die in childbirth, right? Really scary stuff happening all the time. but their overall world never really changed. So you think about generation after generation, if you know how to hunt and you know how to gather, you can teach your kids and they're gonna have the exact same strategy for life.

So parents taught children how to live and it was very stable across generations. Now, think about our world. We live in a world that is hyper-optimized and seemingly stable day-to-day. Google Maps tells you how long it's gonna take you to get to work and usually it's pretty close. You click a button on Amazon and the package arrives at the right time or at least on the right day.

So parents taught children how to live and it was very stable across generations. Now, think about our world. We live in a world that is hyper-optimized and seemingly stable day-to-day. Google Maps tells you how long it's gonna take you to get to work and usually it's pretty close. You click a button on Amazon and the package arrives at the right time or at least on the right day.

So parents taught children how to live and it was very stable across generations. Now, think about our world. We live in a world that is hyper-optimized and seemingly stable day-to-day. Google Maps tells you how long it's gonna take you to get to work and usually it's pretty close. You click a button on Amazon and the package arrives at the right time or at least on the right day.

We have these sorts of illusions of control that exist from systems that are seemingly extremely stable on the day-to-day. At the same time, The overall structure of our world has radically changed. I mean, the internet didn't exist when I was a kid, at least not for most people. AI didn't exist for most people until a year or two ago.

We have these sorts of illusions of control that exist from systems that are seemingly extremely stable on the day-to-day. At the same time, The overall structure of our world has radically changed. I mean, the internet didn't exist when I was a kid, at least not for most people. AI didn't exist for most people until a year or two ago.

We have these sorts of illusions of control that exist from systems that are seemingly extremely stable on the day-to-day. At the same time, The overall structure of our world has radically changed. I mean, the internet didn't exist when I was a kid, at least not for most people. AI didn't exist for most people until a year or two ago.

You have all these macro level changes, computerization, all this sort of stuff, smartphones. And it's created this dynamic that's really unique in human history where children teach their parents how to navigate the world rather than the reverse.

You have all these macro level changes, computerization, all this sort of stuff, smartphones. And it's created this dynamic that's really unique in human history where children teach their parents how to navigate the world rather than the reverse.

You have all these macro level changes, computerization, all this sort of stuff, smartphones. And it's created this dynamic that's really unique in human history where children teach their parents how to navigate the world rather than the reverse.

So this is where I think we have engineered a system, a sort of upside down world, different from all of the humans that came before us, where the Starbucks will never change, but the rivers will dry up and our democracies might collapse. And when you think about that, it's the inversion of what we want. What we want is sort of the serendipity and unexpected joy of flukes in our daily life.

So this is where I think we have engineered a system, a sort of upside down world, different from all of the humans that came before us, where the Starbucks will never change, but the rivers will dry up and our democracies might collapse. And when you think about that, it's the inversion of what we want. What we want is sort of the serendipity and unexpected joy of flukes in our daily life.

So this is where I think we have engineered a system, a sort of upside down world, different from all of the humans that came before us, where the Starbucks will never change, but the rivers will dry up and our democracies might collapse. And when you think about that, it's the inversion of what we want. What we want is sort of the serendipity and unexpected joy of flukes in our daily life.