ZD 26.25: Consulting's New Golden Age
The work is changing hands, not vanishing.
🤖 AI Makes Consulting Stronger (Operating by John Brewton)
It would seem that rapidly improving generative AI tools would kill the consulting business. Why pay for slides your AI could make? It turns out the opposite is becoming true; AI amplifies expertise and raises productivity and billables. Jevons’ paradox in action.
💻 Remote Work Containerized the Office (Forked Lightning)
Remote work moved conversations to Slack and paved the way for AI to be a decision maker, reducing junior roles along the way.
🔨 Why is Meta Destroying Its Engineering Org? (Gergely Orosz)
Meta had an amazing engineering culture for the last two decades. Here is what they are doing to destroy that investment and why they are doing it to themselves.
🤘 No, Everyone is not Using AI for Everything (Gabriel Weinberg)
Some people are using AI for some of the things. Stats are misleading, only a minority of Americans interact with AI on a daily basis. Two-thirds of consumers are rarely, or never, using AI.
👷 America Forgot How to Rare Earth (First Breakfast)
We started the rare earth mining game, then we forgot.
🏋️♂️ The Millennial Midlife Crisis Will Barbell (Priyanka's Substack)
The millennial midlife dip will be real and barbell-shaped. The consumer economy is not ready for it.
💸 How to Invest in IPOs (How They Make Money)
This is a year of huge IPOs. Here is a great piece that helps you understand what is going on with the stocks and how you should engage.
😡 The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech (The Ringer)
Everyday tech rage. There are definitely implementation issues.
⚽ Hacking the World Cup Video Feed (bobdahacker)
If you are running a worldwide sporting event, please don’t forget to bolt the virtual door.
The Look
Ben Evans has updated his AI is Eating the World presentation.
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