In this Freestyle Friday episode, I catch up with Eric Weber after our recent walk through downtown San Francisco. We dive deep into the very real fear and identity crises sweeping through the tech industry as AI accelerates. We discuss how packing a year of change into a single week is disorienting workers and how the constant hustle culture in SF might finally be hitting its threshold.
We also get into the darker side of this shift, including the "reverse centaur" effect where humans are reduced to parts of a machine. Are white-collar engineers about to face the Amazon warehouse treatment through token consumption leaderboards? Eric also shares why he took a step back from leadership, his focus on writing, and the importance of genuine human connection right now.
Eric Weber: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericweberdata/
