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We've all deeply, deeply internalized the logic of the marketplace, which is that our
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value is reflected in our economic value.
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This is one reason why we have otherwise very, very smart well-intended people talking about
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how to turn coal miners into software coders.
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Why is it that we think that they must become software coders?
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It's because their earlier purpose in the market no longer exists, and so we have to
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find them a new one and being a software coder seems like something that the market wants.
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Now unfortunately the way that the market is evolving is that more and more of us are
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going to struggle to outcompete software, artificial intelligence, and robots more and
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more where robots are going to be to drive a car and a truck better than us very, very
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soon.
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AI can already outperform the smartest doctors at identifying tumors on a radiology film.
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AI can already surpass experienced corporate attorneys at editing documents and contracts.
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And so right now we're trapped in this mindset where we all have to find value based upon
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the market's estimation of what we can do.
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But the market's going to turn on more and more of us very, very quickly and has nothing
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to do with our merit.
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That radiologist went to school for a long time, but they just can't see shades of gray
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that the AI can.
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And the AI can reference millions of films whereas the radiologists can only reference
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thousands.
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And so we have to start evolving the way we think of ourselves and our value in this society.
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If we rely upon the market, we're going to follow the market off a cliff because the
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market's going to turn on more and more of us over time, and we can already see that
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the market does not value many of the things that are core to human existence like caring,
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nurturing, and parenting and caregiving.
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And I use my wife as an example.
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My wife is at home with our two boys, one of whom is autistic.
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And the market values her contribution at zero whereas we all know that's nonsense and
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that her work is incredibly valuable and difficult.
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It's not just the caring and nurturing roles.
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It's also arts, creativity, journalism, increasingly, volunteering in the community.
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All of these things are getting valued at zero or near zero and declining.
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And so what we have to do, we have to say look, the market is not omniscient.
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The market's valuation of us and our activities and their value is something that we essentially
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invented.
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And we need to invent new ways to measure what we think is important.
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And I think that this is the most important challenge of our time because if we do not
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evolve in this direction, we're going to follow the market to a point that's going to destroy
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us where eventually AI is going to be able to outprogram our smartest software engineers.
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And then what will we ask people to do that has value?
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So we have to start getting ahead of this curve as fast as possible, and this is why
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I'm running for president.
