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Sep 2023
1h 34m

Dror Poleg — The Future of Work

Jim O'Shaughnessy
About this episode
Dror Poleg is an author, speaker, and researcher investigating technology’s impact on the way people work, live, and invest. He joins us to discuss the relationship between AI and remote work, how cities are going to change, the internet’s role as a matching engine, and MUCH more! Important Links: Show Notes:
  • The relationship between AI & remote work
  • How remote work & AI will change our cities
  • What cities will succeed in the new world?
  • Remote work vs. Back to the office
  • Uncertainty & the death of the “job”
  • How to cure zero-sum thinking
  • The economy doesn’t need us all to be ambitious
  • How work is going to change
  • How AI will transform professions’ scalability; the internet as a matching engine
  • How Dror uses AI
  • Unbundling ideas from execution
  • The value of Twitter
  • The tragedy of the uncommon
  • The great online game
  • UBI & the need for new social systems
  • Dror as emperor of the world.
  • MORE!
Books Mentioned:
  • Rethinking Real Estate: A Roadmap to Technology’s Impact on the World’s Largest Asset Class; by Dror Poleg
  • After Office: A Survival Guide For Cities, Humans And Companies; by Dror Poleg
  • The Longer Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand; by Chris Anderson
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