Team Human Maggie Jackson
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Sep 28, 2023 Award-winning author and journalist Maggie Jackson discusses her new book on the wisdom of being unsure. Rushkoff advocates for a holistic understanding of life. They explore embracing uncertainty, presentism, obsession with certainty, and the importance of curiosity.
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COVID Test Confrontation
- Rushkoff recounts a bizarre airplane experience where he was chastised for taking a COVID test.
- Flight attendants, unmasked themselves, accused him of potentially spreading the virus.
Systemic Overwork
- Airport workers are often too stressed and overworked to understand the larger systems they operate within.
- This lack of holistic understanding prevents them from improving or redesigning these complex systems.
AI-Driven Systems
- We are becoming parts of systems created by AI, which we don't fully understand.
- Ironically, people find holistic understanding in simpler crafts like gardening after retirement.