[keiferski]

I think the logical and inevitable conclusion of this quantification is simply throwing out quantification as useful, especially when it comes to things like elite hiring decisions. What will replace it? Charisma, personality, and other attributes that simply can’t be quantified.

It’s easy to forget that the drive to make highly-quantified decisions is largely a recent phenomenon, with in-person charisma having a much longer history. The recent widespread dominance of online video (compared to text) is really just more of a return to this kind of charisma after a long period of textual dominance.

I think the future is dominated by people that understand how to use video (and way down the line, 3D presence tools), not those that are good at optimizing AI tools.

One example of this, I think, is how video searches on TikTok/YouTube seem to be replacing Google searches for younger people. The searcher of 2030 isn’t going to read a perfectly individualized AI-created blog post, they’re going to watch a video by someone they trust.

TLDR: widespread video will herald a return to charismatic authority, displacing quantification systems of authority.