The era of explainable complexity ended with E=MC².

Sure you know Einstein’s famous equation, but be honest, you have no idea what it means.

And it’s not your fault. Gone are the days of individual contributions to science and tech, now begins the black box era of tech, where Quantum Computers crack impossible codes and AI models solve intractable problems without any single human being able to explain their reasoning.

With AI, software’s complexity will dwarf that of the great pyramids by orders of magnitude, and no single person will be able to understand any of it—much less how it all interacts.

“ChatGPT: Make me a profitable Amazon store that does $1 million a year in revenue. Design the product and negotiate the deals for me, create a web store, and collect the money on my behalf!” But who knows what it’s doing?

And that’s just it: As humans, we expect that any breakthrough technological advancement will be so elegant as to be easily explained, E=MC², DUH!

The reality is, the future will be utterly incomprehensible to even the world’s smartest humans. Now compare the genius brains of Silicon Valley to the folks on governing bodies who can’t find an emoji on their iphone, and it’s easy to see that we’ve got a massive communication problem on our hands.

Just because we won’t be able to explain our breakthroughs doesn’t mean we shouldn’t invest in trying.

Human progress is accelerating, and what was once cutting edge will be obsolete by the time your Pop Tart comes out of the toaster.

The world of today and tomorrow needs, more than ever, humans who know how to make the complex as simple as possible.