Reid Hoffman: commitment

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…Medieval towns in Europe — they’re beautiful. There’s a certain sameness to them, but we admire the beauty all the more. It doesn’t seem that it’s sameness per se that’s lowering the aesthetic quality. Yes. It could be production costs, and that’s part of the industrialization. Like now, how do we produce each one at a lower marginal cost? I would hope that what we will see . . . For example, I was literally talking to someone last night who was creating a speakeasy for their house. What they did to work with their designer is, they went onto Midjourney, and they created a whole bunch of different images. The range of creativity — I hope that is what our future is, and that’s what I’m trying to beat the drum on to get us there. What is it about our current culture in America — putting aside politics, but culture — that concerns you most?…

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