@alc2022 I presented this graph to my office (mostly millenials who are phenomenal at their job), they didn’t get it. The exponentiality of the future is hard to understand for those without deep tech literacy.
so here's a challenge
I put you in a time chamber
I give you 10,000 books to read
for every word you read, I ask you to guess the next word
if you guess it right, I give you a cake
if you guess it wrong, I zap your butt
and when you're done, we start over again
and again
and again
every time you say any word that isn't in the books - I severely punish you. if you ever have a novel idea that isn't in the books - I punish you. if you ever propose a creative solution to a problem, but that solution isn't in the book... I punish you. in short, if you detour in any way or form from what's in the book, even if you're correct - I hurt you badly
and we keep doing that again, and again, and again
a century passes, and I finally set you free
you leave the chamber,
having memorized everything in the books
and traumatized of anything not in the books
I approach you
give you a hug
and whisper to you ear:
"tell me something not in the books"