There is something fascinating and magical to me about a multi millionaire starting a startup in a seemingly mundane field. No space stuff. No let's stop aging. A time saving app. Cool.
If beginning to fix aging was an economically viable opportunity, there would probably be some daring entrepreneurs that would give it a go. There's this oft-repeated trope about "why do the billionaires make apps instead of fixing aging", but it's a very unreasonable expectation to have. People aren't in the business of creating companies to burn hundreds of millions of dollars if there's no hope on the horizon for them to create a sustainable business. That's just an exercise in futility and a waste of time and money.
Depending on what these productivity apps do, the impact could potentially be large. Trying to minimize the work (which I don't think anyone knows what it will be yet) as just "a time saving app" is pretty dismissive. I use a tool called Clockwise to reschedule my 1:1s ever week in Google Calendar. As a manager that lives and dies by my calendar, having a tool that automatically does this for me without having to play meeting time and room roulette is such a huge time and mental burden off of my chest. It allows me to use that valuable time and mental cycles on important things like working on a new initiative or helping a team member with their career development. Take that and multiply it by tens of millions of people and you have real, meaningful impact.
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Depending on what these productivity apps do, the impact could potentially be large. Trying to minimize the work (which I don't think anyone knows what it will be yet) as just "a time saving app" is pretty dismissive. I use a tool called Clockwise to reschedule my 1:1s ever week in Google Calendar. As a manager that lives and dies by my calendar, having a tool that automatically does this for me without having to play meeting time and room roulette is such a huge time and mental burden off of my chest. It allows me to use that valuable time and mental cycles on important things like working on a new initiative or helping a team member with their career development. Take that and multiply it by tens of millions of people and you have real, meaningful impact.