AI replacing managers glosses over the critical distinction between the two dimensions of good management: administrative and developmental.
For most org's that eye up AI efficiency, administrative is the junk that should be automated away. But Developmental managers aren't as easily replaced, or employees aren't aware or capable of engaging AI in the necessary way to not lose that value. Good managers translate with awareness of what's meaningful to the individual. They also provide context to guide the development of the individual, promoting valuable skill growth and retention. Without those layers, it's left to the individual to do so on their own. The problem is that most people lack self-awareness, don't grasp the org's priorities or their own future needs in a way that they can self-direct. AI can bridge this gap, but it's on the individual to prompt such development, yet that's the exact awareness gap that's missing. Short-term gains are real, but so are the long-term consequences in skill development and engagement, likely to lead to retention issues, particularly with the most valuable employees.
I’m standing on a dock in Monte Carlo and I see this enormous yacht and as I’m looking at it a man strolls by and mentions you know that it costs $7000 a day in mooring costs. A Day! Taxing second homes in New York is good and right and isn’t going to bother anybody. Oh by the way that man told us this yacht hadn’t moved in five years. An entire crew was on board. Yeah tax the rich.
Scott, this is completely off subject, but I am attempting to address Trump’s assertions that he has aced three cognitive tests. I recently had a family member pass away from Alzheimer’s. There is an absolutely definitive test now called a PET SCAN. It is conclusive, but from what I can see, the question of whether he has taken that test has never been asked in virtually any news media. This is not in your wheelhouse, but perhaps you can encourage that question through channels not open to me. Thanks,
I have always considered the hugely expensive empty apartments in Manttan, especially owned by international buyers, to be nothing more than safety deposit boxes in the sky.
"most billionaires are really good people" -- I'm finding this seriously hard to believe, Scott. The government answers to rich people, and lately all the government has been doing is starting wars, building a secret police force, and dismantling the rest of itself. So what exactly am I supposed to believe about rich people? What is the logical conclusion, eh?
You're supposed to believe the person writing the article who has personal experience with knowing and working with many billionaires. Some people influencing the government to do bad things doesn't have anything to do with most billionaires just being successful business owners
An xAI Grok user just ran the experiment every Democrat redistricting strategist secretly fears: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭?
The methodology:
— Apportion seats strictly by census population
— Draw compact, contiguous districts inside each state only
— No partisan voter data, no racial engineering, no carved-out shapes
— Prioritize whole counties and natural communities
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭: 𝟐𝟖𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟓𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐬. A 64% Republican House majority drawn purely from where Americans actually live, on a map that looks like the United States and not a Rorschach test.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. The current Democrat-favored maps require 100-mile-long ‘lobster’ districts in Virginia, racial carve-outs in Louisiana, and packed-and-cracked Mississippi maps just to extract one or two extra D seats per state. Compact geometric districts give Republicans a structural majority because 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬.
AI replacing managers glosses over the critical distinction between the two dimensions of good management: administrative and developmental.
For most org's that eye up AI efficiency, administrative is the junk that should be automated away. But Developmental managers aren't as easily replaced, or employees aren't aware or capable of engaging AI in the necessary way to not lose that value. Good managers translate with awareness of what's meaningful to the individual. They also provide context to guide the development of the individual, promoting valuable skill growth and retention. Without those layers, it's left to the individual to do so on their own. The problem is that most people lack self-awareness, don't grasp the org's priorities or their own future needs in a way that they can self-direct. AI can bridge this gap, but it's on the individual to prompt such development, yet that's the exact awareness gap that's missing. Short-term gains are real, but so are the long-term consequences in skill development and engagement, likely to lead to retention issues, particularly with the most valuable employees.
I’m standing on a dock in Monte Carlo and I see this enormous yacht and as I’m looking at it a man strolls by and mentions you know that it costs $7000 a day in mooring costs. A Day! Taxing second homes in New York is good and right and isn’t going to bother anybody. Oh by the way that man told us this yacht hadn’t moved in five years. An entire crew was on board. Yeah tax the rich.
Scott, this is completely off subject, but I am attempting to address Trump’s assertions that he has aced three cognitive tests. I recently had a family member pass away from Alzheimer’s. There is an absolutely definitive test now called a PET SCAN. It is conclusive, but from what I can see, the question of whether he has taken that test has never been asked in virtually any news media. This is not in your wheelhouse, but perhaps you can encourage that question through channels not open to me. Thanks,
I have always considered the hugely expensive empty apartments in Manttan, especially owned by international buyers, to be nothing more than safety deposit boxes in the sky.
"most billionaires are really good people" -- I'm finding this seriously hard to believe, Scott. The government answers to rich people, and lately all the government has been doing is starting wars, building a secret police force, and dismantling the rest of itself. So what exactly am I supposed to believe about rich people? What is the logical conclusion, eh?
You're supposed to believe the person writing the article who has personal experience with knowing and working with many billionaires. Some people influencing the government to do bad things doesn't have anything to do with most billionaires just being successful business owners
Wondering what you think of this claim floating around social media right now, by author M.A. Rothman?
𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐊 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐍: 𝟐𝟖𝟎 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍, 𝟏𝟓𝟔 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓, 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐒, 𝐍𝐎 𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐍𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐒.
An xAI Grok user just ran the experiment every Democrat redistricting strategist secretly fears: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭?
The methodology:
— Apportion seats strictly by census population
— Draw compact, contiguous districts inside each state only
— No partisan voter data, no racial engineering, no carved-out shapes
— Prioritize whole counties and natural communities
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭: 𝟐𝟖𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟓𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐬. A 64% Republican House majority drawn purely from where Americans actually live, on a map that looks like the United States and not a Rorschach test.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. The current Democrat-favored maps require 100-mile-long ‘lobster’ districts in Virginia, racial carve-outs in Louisiana, and packed-and-cracked Mississippi maps just to extract one or two extra D seats per state. Compact geometric districts give Republicans a structural majority because 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟓𝟎-𝟓𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝟓𝟎-𝟓𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 — 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.
If it’s done by Grok, I immediately disbelieve it.