AI makes traditional pioneering less valuable and novel pioneering more so
seanmcdonaldxyz · x · 2026-10-10
A short viewpoint post: AI will make being a pioneer less and less valuable in traditional ways, and more valuable in emergent, novel ones.
The author's analogy: Lewis and Clark would have been losers in the age of the helicopter, full of loser mindset and habits — meaning a paradigm shift in technology re-prices old exploration skills entirely.
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