Something snapped in him when crypto shit the bed. His new obsession with AI is him working some stuff out.
(In all seriousness, I'm very happy it's becoming more fashionable to not drink)
What is fashionable: to drink a lot for many years, then stop drinking and blather on about how much better life is.
Might just be drink being less affordable, or other drugs being more affordable rather than a fashion decision
Or they're just joyless teetotalers who've replaced their friends with SSRIs and amphetamines.
Inebriation is vulnerability. It's too risky to drink around other people these days, which is the entire point of it. I don't even see/smell anybody smoking weed despite it being legal and accessible...my local dispensary is a ghost town.
Loosened social inhibitions is a footgun, and drinking alone is miserable, so why bother?
If your mission is whatever noble sounding thing most investors claim then yes, it is very limited.
On the topic of the article. Employment and unemployment are social constructs and how AI changes them is up to us.
It won't inevitably lead to a post-scarcity society or to mass poverty.
What happens will depend on what you, the reader, do. Do you assume it will all work out? Do you get active in remaking the social contract? Do you try to exploit the situation for your own ends?
Moreover, even associating with Neumann after the antics he pulled is nuts.