(2021-05-11) Martin The Work Im Looking For

Jess Martin: The Work I'm Looking For. I believe that computation represents a fundamental shift in human capacity, similar in scope to the creation of spoken language or writing. And yet we're only 50 years into a 500-year revolution.

I'm investigating three distinct, but related directions for improvement:

Real-time collaboration

How could we re-imagine a computer as the facilitator of an enriched conversation between multiple humans?

Knowledge representation: There's a common sentiment in programming: "Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."

Tools for thought

How could we adapt the computer to be a tool that helps us learn better, think more clearly, and solve complex problems with ease?

Each of these directions is a fertile field of ideas.

While "what shall I work on?" is one sort of question, the more pressing question is "how shall I work on" these ideas? Startup companies have a VC-dictated playbook and a drive to monetization that limits freedom of inquiry and truncates timelines.

we need new ways of pursuing new work.