Your Solution Doesn't Know Your Problem Exists

If your problem is structural, your approach must be radical.

Evan Miyazono is the founder of Atlas Computing. This piece is his call to action for better field strategy and more scalable execution in the face of growing AI opportunity and risk. (edit: I stealthily posted this without the email blast to subscribers because (1) I wanted to submit it to Manifund’s essay context with a very relevant prompt last Friday night, and (2) I wanted to do a heavy rewrite for succinctness before sending it to inboxes. But this essay won in its category, so I feel compelled to give it some distribution. 😅 I was recently at an invite-only workshop with 60 people.…

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