My First Dispatch from Lindau: A Nobel Laureate's Ancient Cure for Modern AI Anxiety
Sir Christopher Pissarides on the psychological traits we need to thrive.
It's been a whirlwind since I returned from Germany, processing hours of conversations from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The sheer density of intellect in one place was astounding. But the most surprising conversation—and the one I knew I had to write about first—wasn't about complex economic models. It was about anxiety.
When I sat down with Sir Christopher Pissarides, the 2010 Nobel Laureate in Economics, I expected to talk about the future of work. Instead, we ended up discussing a 2,500-year-old solution to the stress and uncertainty that new technology, especially AI, is creating for all of us.
His formula for managing this new world of "mental frictions" is powerful, and it boils down to three key ideas: Socratic humility, the immense value of an informal coffee chat, and why a human-centric culture will always be more important than rigid rules.
My first article, based on this incredible conversation, has just been published by Psychology Today.
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A Nobelist's Formula for Managing AI Anxiety | Psychology Today
