society

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 29, 2023 by Nir Eyal · across every show →

Everything said about society, oldest first

Dec 29, 2023 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Eyal: Society will naturally develop social norms to combat tech distraction
“So I think the same thing is going to happen when it comes to becoming indistractable, frankly, with or without my book was intended to accelerate this process, but we're going to do this naturally. Right? Because what humans do throughout history when it come…”
Nir Eyal Dec 29, 2023 ▶ 58:42 Strategies for becoming less distractible and improving focus | Nir Eyal
Jul 20, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mann: Superintelligence Effects Will Take Time and Spread Unevenly Across Societies
“Even if we have superintelligence, I think it will take some time for its effects to be felt throughout society and the world. And I think they'll be felt sooner and faster in some parts of the world than others.”
Ben Mann Jul 20, 2025 ▶ 47:09 Anthropic co-founder: AGI predictions, leaving OpenAI, what keeps him up at night | Ben Mann
Apr 23, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cat Wu: AGI will take a long time to diffuse across society
“I think it will take a long time for AGI to diffuse across society.”
Cat Wu Apr 23, 2026 ▶ 1:22:24 How Anthropic’s product team moves faster than anyone else | Cat Wu (Head of Product, Claude Code)
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