Information Asymmetry

Exploiting information asymmetry is the foundation that many industries are built on. It doesn’t get enough attention that even though AI raises up the capabilities of the middle majority, it also dramatically flattens the distribution. Most knowledge workers will end up having nearly indistinguishable skills except those outliers 2 or 3 standard deviations from normal. Those that do not use AI will be strongly disadvantaged, while those that deeply implement custom processes will gain superpowers. We all have access to deep knowledge now, imagination and execution (speed x quality) are the leverage points.