Quincy Larson

I think fundamentally people are going to still need to learn and they're going to still need to go out and do things to provide for their families. That has been how it has been throughout civilization.

I think fundamentally people are going to still need to learn and they're going to still need to go out and do things to provide for their families. That has been how it has been throughout civilization.

throughout the history of every civilization, whether that is, you know, the hunter gatherer tribes, like people have needed to go out and figure out how to keep the calories coming to keep the body going. Right.

throughout the history of every civilization, whether that is, you know, the hunter gatherer tribes, like people have needed to go out and figure out how to keep the calories coming to keep the body going. Right.

And I think institutions come in and fall, but we've got these human animals, you know, a hundred thousand years of human tribes interacting with one another and, you know, warring and things like that. But I still think that they're going to need to learn. I don't think there's going to be a magic matrix thing where you just teach me how to fly a helicopter and there's a program. I know Kung Fu.

And I think institutions come in and fall, but we've got these human animals, you know, a hundred thousand years of human tribes interacting with one another and, you know, warring and things like that. But I still think that they're going to need to learn. I don't think there's going to be a magic matrix thing where you just teach me how to fly a helicopter and there's a program. I know Kung Fu.

There's not going to be some magic upload. There might be something that dramatically speeds up education. But people are still going to need to design those systems and figure out how to optimally convey that information. So Free Code Camp is still going to be doing that 100 years from now. We're still going to be teaching. And that I can be confident of.

There's not going to be some magic upload. There might be something that dramatically speeds up education. But people are still going to need to design those systems and figure out how to optimally convey that information. So Free Code Camp is still going to be doing that 100 years from now. We're still going to be teaching. And that I can be confident of.

So now that you know what is unlikely to change, then you can focus on what is likely to change in terms of preferences, in terms of people's ability. We're probably going to have faster and faster internet connections. We're probably going to have more and more photorealistic 3D environments that we're walking around in. We're probably going to have way better data processing.

So now that you know what is unlikely to change, then you can focus on what is likely to change in terms of preferences, in terms of people's ability. We're probably going to have faster and faster internet connections. We're probably going to have more and more photorealistic 3D environments that we're walking around in. We're probably going to have way better data processing.

AI is probably going to continue to improve, whether it'll be just step changes like we've seen throughout AI history or whether it's going to be like a smooth upward gradient. TBD, right? But I think... We can be relatively confident that human decision making is still going to be involved. Human labor is still going to be involved.

AI is probably going to continue to improve, whether it'll be just step changes like we've seen throughout AI history or whether it's going to be like a smooth upward gradient. TBD, right? But I think... We can be relatively confident that human decision making is still going to be involved. Human labor is still going to be involved.

We're still going to be doing things and people are going to still need to learn stuff. So that is my worldview. I don't think a nuclear war is going to end human civilization. I think humans will just build back and you're not going to eradicate all 88 billion humans on Earth.

We're still going to be doing things and people are going to still need to learn stuff. So that is my worldview. I don't think a nuclear war is going to end human civilization. I think humans will just build back and you're not going to eradicate all 88 billion humans on Earth.

Even if you look at all the extinction level events that have happened throughout human history, I think there have been like six great extinction events. Humans would easily survive all of those. Like we're way better prepared to survive those kinds of things than these giant dinosaurs or these species that can't even communicate with one another. Right. Look at all our technology.

Even if you look at all the extinction level events that have happened throughout human history, I think there have been like six great extinction events. Humans would easily survive all of those. Like we're way better prepared to survive those kinds of things than these giant dinosaurs or these species that can't even communicate with one another. Right. Look at all our technology.

We're not going to die out. People who are thinking the world is going to magically end or that some, you know, technology is just going to come and fundamentally change everything. Like keep waiting. I think what is going to happen is it's just going to be continual incremental progress for probably millions of years. And we're at the very beginning of this.

We're not going to die out. People who are thinking the world is going to magically end or that some, you know, technology is just going to come and fundamentally change everything. Like keep waiting. I think what is going to happen is it's just going to be continual incremental progress for probably millions of years. And we're at the very beginning of this.

So that is kind of like my worldview and that informs my decision making. So sustainability, let's focus on not dying as an organization. Let's focus on making sure we have plenty of sustainability and that we don't pull, you know, a Facebook where we hire tons of people and then have to lay tons of people off heartlessly. Right.

So that is kind of like my worldview and that informs my decision making. So sustainability, let's focus on not dying as an organization. Let's focus on making sure we have plenty of sustainability and that we don't pull, you know, a Facebook where we hire tons of people and then have to lay tons of people off heartlessly. Right.