DCinvestor: agency, judgment and social skills will be all that matters in the AI era
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-09-05
DCinvestor sketches 'the man of the future': high agency, strong critical thinking, excellent social skills, accumulated wisdom and trustworthiness — arguing nothing else will hold value, and 'antisocial nerds who got by on superior intelligence are probably fucked very, very soon.' The post captures a circulating view that AI is eroding the premium on raw cognition, leaving trust and execution as the scarce assets.
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