Lenny Rachitsky@lennysan6h ago

The "permanent underclass" is a dark fantasy Silicon Valley keeps telling itself. @illscience (GP at @a16z) points out that by almost every measure, things have never been better, and the job-loss story hasn’t played out as people thought. Radiologists have been “cooked” for 20 years and demand keeps rising. Open engineering roles are at all-time highs. And unlike the mobile era’s winner-take-all markets, every layer of the AI stack has ~20 strong competitors. We discuss: 🔸 Why you don’t need to be chronically online to keep up 🔸 The "/loop make me happier" opportunity in AI 🔸 Why every company is becoming a series of loops 🔸 Why moats are discovered, not designed 🔸 What's the Birkin bag version of your product? Listen now 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdIyXiq2DTY