You’re walking to your desk and all of a sudden you see you have no keyboard. Instead you see a bracelet looking thing you wear on your wrist, and as you begin wearing it, the device magically begins typing what you are thinking.

It would definitely be a trip, right? Is that too much for us to think about?

Remember before land line became wireless? When you had to jump over cords strung out from the kitchen wall to the locked bathroom where your sister was talking to her latest crush? Remember those times? And all of a sudden poof, no more household olympics.

It was weird for a second, but we got used to it. And then dial up also became wireless and the thought this mere email you’re reading magically appeared in your inbox by way of some internet minions that exist. It’s still a trip to think about, yet we are so used to it we adapt to tech changes every day.

Back in 1965, this dude Gordon Moore said the number of transistors in a circuit would double every two years and the size of the circuit would also reduce, in turn making the circuit smaller and cheaper.

And then, when Moore’s theory was proven true, technologists adopted this as Moore’s law. And this theory has been used ever since by MIT, Economists, Business people, and Technologists. Fascinating how ideas get adopted over time.

In business, Moore’s law is typically used as the efficiency theory. Businesses always look to become more productive in the most efficient, affordable way. In other words, based on Moore’s Law, businesses look for the cheapest and fastest way to do things.

When we are dealing with machines, this doesn’t sound like a bad idea. After all, Moore’s theory began with electronics in mind. The issues arise when humans apply Moore’s law to other humans. And I believe it’s because we’ve been trained to look for efficiency everywhere.

It’s interesting to think now, with the advancements of AI, how much more efficient we will become while still honoring our humanity and cyclicality as living beings. Because no matter how much more efficient we become, rest is truly what allows us to become more productive.

Which sounds like a contradictory statement based on Moore’s Law. How could more spaciousness make us more efficient? Aren’t we supposed to reduce to expand? Not in our human case.

So next time you feel like your productivity is declining, take a nap or even a break. After you come back from giving yourself space, you’ll feel refreshed and ready to embark on that journey of productivity.

As for the keyless bracelet that reads your thoughts, I think we’re far from that, and when the time comes, perhaps emails like this will simply come through while you sleep, I dunno, wild things have happened with tech. We can only wait and see.

~ Pam