The first episode of our new podcast, Should This Exist? is out! It’s a brand new kind of pitch show, where the entrepreneur pitches not just the business case, but the human case for their technology. Please listen and subscribe!
Caterina’s guest in the first episode is neurotech entrepreneur Daniel Chao, CEO of Halo Neuroscience. Halo is a headset that enhances the neuroplasticity of the motor cortex in your brain. It could usher in a new golden age where millions are virtuosos… or bring about the dystopia of Gattaca, where only a select few get superhuman abilities.
My partner Caterina Fake and the Wait, What team have created a voice that puts technology’s impact on humanity front and center. It’s a new podcast called Should This Exist? and the first episode will launch on February 21st. Here’s the trailer!
Manufacturing is returning to America—but not manufacturing jobs, because of automation. Instead, the share of service jobs keeps growing. Economist and management scholar Bruce Greenwald says while this is painful, it benefits women:
“We are in the middle of – and you see it in Europe, you will see it in China, you’ve seen it in Japan for 30 years – an extraordinarily difficult transition. And it is a transition from centralized manufacturing institutions with jobs that are male-oriented to decentralized service institutions with jobs that have a much higher human relationship content that favor women.”