Promoting people work

To me one of the most ironic things used by ruthless business people to try and scare people who worked for them, was to threaten take over by machines. The reason is ironic is that machine logic actually works better for running a business. And reality is: more job losses to machine intelligence are probably happening across executive ranks already with a relentlessness that probably is terrifying--to executives. Other people who work can rest easier.

Which I think is great. Modern companies especially HUGE ones are rather complex with a lot of details that computers can handle easily, versus often arrogant humans who in desperation for stupid decisions, will tend to blame everyone else but themselves--especially people who work for them.

Remarkably enough, business is rather simple: provide a socially acceptable product or service for people who want and have money to buy, who are typically called customers.

And usually there is what I like to call a payment intermediary involved. Like MOST people in the US am sure do NOT buy directly from the person or people who made a product. But get from an intermediary, like a store. That gives you a lot of security, simplifies the process and allows development of business trust.

There are plenty of things happily buy from a store where would be harder for the other model, which is direct, like at a farmer's market. And if you have the expertise and wish to do the work, yeah that can be rewarding as well, but business has thrived because of the payment intermediary.

For example, with rideshare, the payment intermediary is the rideshare company which notice validates both driver and rider, as both can get rated. And payment is no longer a concern for the driver as it can be for a cab driver. The rideshare company facilitates the transaction, connecting a customer with a provider of a desired service.

But what if company owns the car? And it is driven by machine intelligence? Then you NO LONGER have a payment intermediary. You have the direct model. You're getting a service direct from the company versus that company connecting you with a provider.

And that is a weaker model which has repeatedly...failed. Well to be more accurate, should write has failed me. Is really like with a cab service. Just now without some human who might be grumpy. Ok THERE is the one possible improvement.

View of TransAmerica Pyramid, from pier. Photo: Mine

Still there is something about that human touch.

Drivers actually do quite a lot: from maintaining the vehicle, to being personable with communicating with riders, facilitating problems like with baggage or other, and innumerable things that human beings do easily. Oh and did I mention maintaining the vehicle, yeah I did, but want to emphasize.

Reality is: the rideshare companies get a great deal with facilitating the transaction, and actually, in my opinion? Should only charge for that value.

AFTER all, who does the work really? The driver does the work, for the person getting the ride. A payment intermediary simply facilitated the transaction, primarily helping with connecting two entities who would be good business for each other, and taking the money from one, to give to the other. And should in my opinion, only take a cost for facilitating the transaction.

Which is probably why there are problems today as I suspect they take more than that, and that relentlessly, business development has been slowed globally by people trying to take more money than they actually did the work to obtain. Hence the fantasy of removing the person who did the work, who tends to not be happy with that scenario.

People work better for each other though. And great business can facilitate that transaction and simply charge for what that is worth. Which is why am sure someone could start a company TODAY in any number of areas, with a pure payment intermediary model, and grow to blow away everyone else.

Why? Because when you help connect people with people who can help them? And do so at the proper price? Everybody wins.


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More on human equality

We have cool answers to questions human beings have pondered for at least centuries maybe longer in terms of appearance, and really in terms of human equality, lots thanks to genetic science.

For me it is an odd feeling as grew up in the Deep South, and as a black person had that feeling of lots wrong we will say, and yeah, wondering: am I truly equal?

Well science of genetics has revealed that key aspects of our appearance which many associate with race or also with ethnicity, are simply telling us, what the climate of our ancestors was--thousands of years ago.

Like to me a couple of the most remarkable indicators are long noses, meaning a dry climate, so air needs more effort to get moisture before going into the lungs, and epicanthal folds which indicate LOTS of sun glare, like off of ice and snow.

(And yes, people in our times can STILL be in those type climates, today.)

Our species has a remarkable adaptability to climate, but yeah over THOUSANDS of years so, looking at climate indicators from tens of thousands of years ago and actually am curious on the numbers. May have to correct later but usually my understanding is from about thirty thousand years ago. So look in the mirror, and get evidence of what your ancestors were facing from climate, long, LONG, ago.

And that's it. Tells you nothing more, as like, not surprisingly, key attributes of being human, like intelligence are kind of important regardless of your climate. So our equality as human beings is NOT in any way, related to our appearance.

False groupings have occurred for lots of wacky and wrong reasons. Like the United States was built with great ideals of human equality, but hey, slaves. So some just decided that there were subhumans, and to them, problem solved. Now we can dismiss and accept, yup, we're ALL humans, no subhumans around.

Ok, yeah, so is one of those fun areas for research. Check me on it. Read up on what science of genetics tells about what YOUR ancestors were doing WAY back. And maybe get some sense of wonder at how far our species has come, where climate is less of a power in THAT way, while of course is still massive in our lives. Especially now, ironically as we deal with climate change we have been creating, and can wonder what stunning impact that WILL have. And maybe tens of thousands of years from now, future humans will be pondering us in that regard.

So more on my Promotional Tuesday day, promoting greater understanding of how growing knowledge has helped us better appreciate our own human equality.