Reid Hoffman

So here's what's stunning, which most people won't realize. So the printing press, of course. Of course it's great. I mean, here we have all these books. It's how we create a middle class. We can't have science without the printing press. You have to be able to print and disseminate information in scientific journals in order to have science.

So here's what's stunning, which most people won't realize. So the printing press, of course. Of course it's great. I mean, here we have all these books. It's how we create a middle class. We can't have science without the printing press. You have to be able to print and disseminate information in scientific journals in order to have science.

So here's what's stunning, which most people won't realize. So the printing press, of course. Of course it's great. I mean, here we have all these books. It's how we create a middle class. We can't have science without the printing press. You have to be able to print and disseminate information in scientific journals in order to have science.

All of our modern life is based on scientific advancement. It's super critical. And yet the discourse around when the printing press was created was this is the destruction of human society. It's the destruction of knowledge. It's the destruction of human capabilities like memory. Wow. And so a lot of the discourse we're having right now around AI was the discourse around the printing press.

All of our modern life is based on scientific advancement. It's super critical. And yet the discourse around when the printing press was created was this is the destruction of human society. It's the destruction of knowledge. It's the destruction of human capabilities like memory. Wow. And so a lot of the discourse we're having right now around AI was the discourse around the printing press.

All of our modern life is based on scientific advancement. It's super critical. And yet the discourse around when the printing press was created was this is the destruction of human society. It's the destruction of knowledge. It's the destruction of human capabilities like memory. Wow. And so a lot of the discourse we're having right now around AI was the discourse around the printing press.

And there's both good news and the challenging news around this. The good news is, of course, we get to the other side of the printing press and modern society is enabled. The challenge is we had nearly a century of war. Because of it, because all this religious work, who can distribute God's word in printed form?

And there's both good news and the challenging news around this. The good news is, of course, we get to the other side of the printing press and modern society is enabled. The challenge is we had nearly a century of war. Because of it, because all this religious work, who can distribute God's word in printed form?

And there's both good news and the challenging news around this. The good news is, of course, we get to the other side of the printing press and modern society is enabled. The challenge is we had nearly a century of war. Because of it, because all this religious work, who can distribute God's word in printed form?

Exactly. And so we as human beings adjust very badly. to new technological. And we create a lot of problems in doing that. And that's true of every major technological revolution. We've encountered this before. We're encountering it now again. I'm trying to get us to think positively and creatively about how to navigate these otherwise very difficult transitions.

Exactly. And so we as human beings adjust very badly. to new technological. And we create a lot of problems in doing that. And that's true of every major technological revolution. We've encountered this before. We're encountering it now again. I'm trying to get us to think positively and creatively about how to navigate these otherwise very difficult transitions.

Exactly. And so we as human beings adjust very badly. to new technological. And we create a lot of problems in doing that. And that's true of every major technological revolution. We've encountered this before. We're encountering it now again. I'm trying to get us to think positively and creatively about how to navigate these otherwise very difficult transitions.

And by the way, the transitions are always going to be painful. I'm not saying it's pain-free. It's easy. Kick back. Tip your margarita. It's all going to be fine. That sounds nice. Amen. The transition will be difficult. There will be lots of challenges and I don't want to have to learn this new tool and I don't want to have to adjust this new world that the new tool creates.

And by the way, the transitions are always going to be painful. I'm not saying it's pain-free. It's easy. Kick back. Tip your margarita. It's all going to be fine. That sounds nice. Amen. The transition will be difficult. There will be lots of challenges and I don't want to have to learn this new tool and I don't want to have to adjust this new world that the new tool creates.

And by the way, the transitions are always going to be painful. I'm not saying it's pain-free. It's easy. Kick back. Tip your margarita. It's all going to be fine. That sounds nice. Amen. The transition will be difficult. There will be lots of challenges and I don't want to have to learn this new tool and I don't want to have to adjust this new world that the new tool creates.

And by the way, this will change political power and change economic power and change the power and the position I'm in and it will change my job. Yes, there's going to be a bunch of that. That's not easy. And you say, well, who are you to make that happen?

And by the way, this will change political power and change economic power and change the power and the position I'm in and it will change my job. Yes, there's going to be a bunch of that. That's not easy. And you say, well, who are you to make that happen?

And by the way, this will change political power and change economic power and change the power and the position I'm in and it will change my job. Yes, there's going to be a bunch of that. That's not easy. And you say, well, who are you to make that happen?

Because you're making it a benefit to you. This is classically how human societies work and make progress is that we have freedom to make new technologies and we have freedom to make new businesses. We offer them to people as consumers and they have the freedom to adopt them. And that's the normal process stuff. And that's, of course, where the AI revolution is happening as it begins.

Because you're making it a benefit to you. This is classically how human societies work and make progress is that we have freedom to make new technologies and we have freedom to make new businesses. We offer them to people as consumers and they have the freedom to adopt them. And that's the normal process stuff. And that's, of course, where the AI revolution is happening as it begins.