Long term, autonomous cars will need more than AI.


It will need self-maintenance intelligence.

Cars should know when they’re dirty.

Drive themselves to base.

Wait in line for a cleaning bot.

Get reset.
Get redeployed.

There’s a whole second-order infrastructure no one’s building yet:


The Airbnb-for-cars layer - cleaning, resetting, restocking.

#Waymo #SelfDrivingReality #MiddleClassMindset #AutonomousCars #TechVsTrash #RobotJanitors #MobilityAsAService #SecondOrderThinking

“Understand that there is a big difference between second order thinking and just being a contrarian, while the former is about analyzing/predicting subsequent implications of our decisions beyond the obvious ones and the latter is about just taking the other side of the bet.”

#SecondOrderThinking #contrarianism

https://open.substack.com/pub/models/p/second-order-thinking

Second Order Thinking

Second order thinking is the ability to look beyond the initial consequences of an action.

Mental Models

#SecondOrderThinking takes a lot of work. It’s not easy to think in terms of systems, interactions, and time. However, doing so is a smart way to separate yourself from the masses.

https://fs.blog/second-order-thinking/

#SystemsThinking

Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform

Second-order thinking is a mental model that smart people like Warren Buffett & Howard Marks use to avoid problems. Read this article to learn how it works.

Farnam Street

TIL #SecondOrderThinking

“Understand that there is a big difference between second order thinking and just being a contrarian, while the former is about analyzing/predicting subsequent implications of our decisions beyond the obvious ones and the latter is about just taking the other side of the bet.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/models/p/second-order-thinking?r=4hxgy&utm_medium=ios

Second Order Thinking

Second order thinking is the ability to look beyond the initial consequences of an action.

Mental Models

Think: What future action will you need to take based on Life's reaction to your current action today?

#BusinessStrategy
#SecondOrderThinking

I've recognized that I have this habit of thinking like this a *lot* but I don't know if I knew there was ever a term for it before today...

https://fs.blog/second-order-thinking/

#SecondOrderThinking

Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform

Second-order thinking is a mental model that smart people like Warren Buffett & Howard Marks use to avoid problems. Read this article to learn how it works.

Farnam Street