Technology - Value - Society

What becomes valuable when technology makes something else abundant?

Essays on how AI and technology change value across work, business and society, and what happens to attention, trust, learning and responsibility.

A publication by Gavin Steen

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Where value moves

How technology changes the constraints that shape value.

The cost of being interrupted

Why abundant communication can make other people’s time more expensive.

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When looking credible becomes easy

Trust needs a stronger foundation than polished presentation.

Taste is a commitment

Choosing well involves more than recognising an attractive option.

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An answer is not an education

Easier explanations change what learning needs to accomplish.

Someone still has to be responsible

Advice becomes easier to produce. Consequences still have to be borne.

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Abundance does not decide who benefits

Cheaper capabilities can widen access while leaving power concentrated.

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Why being there still matters

Shared experience has qualities that more content cannot supply.