Blueprint for Next Decade: Return on Cognitive Spend to Replace EBITDA
GregCook2011 · x · 2026-08-03
Alexander Wissner-Gross and Peter Diamandis released the essay Solve Everything, sketching a blueprint for the next decade where AI accelerates to solve grand human challenges.
The essay proposes that as AI proliferates, the core solvency metric for companies will shift from traditional EBITDA to "Return on Cognitive Spend" (RoCS). Headcount will stop meaning just people when every dollar of electricity burned produces a verified unit of intelligence. It details how the "Industrial Intelligence Stack" might systematically solve scarcity in medicine, energy, and industry.
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