Sangeet Paul Choudary — AI and our System Reshuffle | Episode 282
Description:
Sangeet Paul Choudary: bestselling author of Platform Revolution and Reshuffle, and senior fellow at UC Berkeley, joins the show to challenge the conventional wisdom about AI's impact on our economy. Rather than focusing on AI as artificial intelligence, Sangeet argues it's a coordination technology that will rewire entire industries—much like the humble shipping container transformed global trade. We explore why knowledge workers risk falling "below the algorithm," how curiosity and judgment become luxury goods in a world of cheap answers, and why our educational and career structures need complete reinvention rather than incremental reform.
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Important Links:
- Website - https://platformthinkinglabs.com/sangeet-choudhary/
- Twitter - https://x.com/sanguit?lang=en
- Substack - https://substack.com/@platforms
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sangeetpaul/?originalSubdomain=ae
Show Notes:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:14 Main podcast
0:02:04 Sangeet's Core Thesis
0:06:55 Technology's Second Order Effects
0:12:40 Coordination Without Consensus
0:21:49 Resistance to Innovation
0:30:19 The Bottlenecks of Changing Systems
0:35:19 Staying Above The Algorithm
0:44:25 An Impending Cognitive Chasm
0:49:43 The Limitations of Reskilling
0:56:16 Redesigning Hiring for the AI Era
1:10:18 The Human Touch Fallacy
1:22:43 The End of Linear Career Paths
1:34:17 Collective Sense-making in Uncertainty
1:39:49 Sangeet as Emperor of the Day
Books Mentioned:
- Platform Revolution; by Geoffrey G Parker, Marshall W Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary
- Reshuffle; by Sangeet Paul Choudary
- The Hound of the Baskervilles; by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned; by Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman
