Become compute - the fifth commandment underlines why a society shy of innovation and overly regulated will fall behind. AI and computing power together with the behavioral and societal conditions outlined in the 7 commandments will be decisive for our future. We need to overcome „German Angst“ and paternalistic regulation by EU and its states.
Become compute. The Fifth of the Seven Immutable Commandments of Progress – The Essence of the Digital Age The fifth commandment of progress holds a unique place. Unlike the other six, which are timeless and can be generalized to any era, this commandment emerges only within a society defined by digital interconnectedness. To understand this properly, we must unveil part of the secret pattern behind the commandments of progress: The first commandment, Ignite Naivety, defines the ever-present challenge of progress. And it’s inherent conflict: progress needs to move on and restart at the same time. All the time. The second, Transcend Time and Space, represents the condition of success. Real progress must be seen beyond todays boundaries. The third, Immerse Playfully, embodies progress’s natural know-how—its comfort zone, if you will. It shows how you can thrive within the conflict. The fourth, Embrace Exponentiality, is the experience of being part of progress and it defines what real progress looks like. The sixth and seventh (coming soon) will define the impact and transcendence of progress—the immediate and overarching goals. The fifth commandment, however, stands apart. It reveals an ontological condition, the very being of future progress. It’s a deeply philosophical yet intensely practical, even technical, principle of progress. This is a concept that Europe, and Germany in particular, has not fully grasped. In many cases, we haven’t even acknowledged it. Yet the world has already aligned itself with this maxim. The stock prices of Nvidia, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Amazon, etc. tell the story of those who take the fifth commandment seriously. The logic is simple and can be explained with a straightforward example: If we assume that e.g. artificial intelligence will increasingly shape the processes, productivity, and prosperity of our companies in the coming years, then the advantage will always go to those who can operate AI faster and better. In other words, those with more compute. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry highlights how extraordinarily practical this seemingly theoretical notion is: AlphaFold, an AI system, will make the biochemistry of our health, nutrition, and raw material production manageable. It will aid in defeating cancer. It will help feed a global population with agriculture that is both desirable and climate-resilient. Compute is the ticket to the future, and it consists of two components: FLOPS (floating-point operations per second) and cheap energy. Processing cycles per second—and the cost of fueling them. There is likely no industry that won’t be affected by this development within the next few years. Starting 2025. And there’s probably no company that couldn’t benefit from investing in this dynamic right now. For those who dare to embrace it, this fifth commandment offers a pathway into the future. #Accelerativity #Visionarity #Singularité #Preadaptivity #Urvertrauen