The concept of “second order” effects got a real boost from the sudden impact of Covid. For example, the pandemic kept us at home; those who could work from him did; those who did often decided to move out of the urban core or to a different state (or country). There are many other examples. The next big thing after Covid, Artificial intelligence, is expected to have its own second order manifestations.
Dr. Scott Galloway in his “No Mercy, No Malice” blog thinks that, as big as AI’s GPT has been, that “another innovation that will also be transformative as its full impact and second-order effects play out. What GPT is to the media, GLP-1 will be to the real economy. “
What is GLP?
It’s a new class of drug that we may all soon be taking because it addresses a craving, and in many cases an addiction that affects more people than any other “drug.” Dr. Galloway explains it in his blog post “Seconds.”