In the modern world you have to reduce a nuanced input to a number to collaborate.

· Bits and Bobs 6/23/25
  • In the modern world you have to reduce a nuanced input to a number to collaborate.
    • To get quantitative scale you need to lose qualitative nuance.
    • But maybe you could use AI to collaborate on a higher dimension.
      • Qualitative nuance at quantitative scale.
    • What if the CEO could have a simulated conversation with every single line employee?[ij]
    • My suspicion is that this would create even more volatility.
    • The ability for one person to steer more directly would allow more boldness from companies… and also more game over events for them when that one person chose wrong.
      • The swarming behavior of companies make them harder to steer… but also gives some insulation from disastrous decisions.
    • The limiting factor of corporations is not the intelligence of any one individual, it's the challenge of central coordination with the fractally complex facts on the ground.

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