I believe human agency will be the driver of token capital growth. Humans will set ambitious goals, connect dots across domains, build relationships, and recognize patterns that matter most. Without human direction, you have compute running in circles.

💬 Satya Nadella

Heaven only knows why he publishes this on Twitter - but there we are . I 🔗 ‘Readwised’ it so you don’t have to sully yourself.

Anyway - sounds good … right?

Not quite:

HIs story is that as companies build more AI (‘token capital’), the people in the organisation (‘human capital’) actually become more valuable, because they drive goals, direction, and learning.

Valuable to? … Why the organisation of course.

Real Human Agency? Independant of the mighty organisation? Not so much.

John Batelle echoes the thought:

🔗 John Battelle’s Search Blog Will AI Ever Become a True Platform? Not Without Us….

Nadella’s essay is a declaration of AI independence for companies around the world. If only we’d extend that thinking to the individual, we’d have a real revolution on our hands.

💬 John Batelle