Last week my colleague, Dean van Leeuwen, visited the Kennedy Space Centre.
An incredible experience – with the original Mission Control for the Apollo 11 moon landing, and the immensity of the Saturn V rocket – photo-bombed by his son.
But, as Dean mentioned, a really great reminder that behind every engineering marvel is a real human story that matters more.
It’s hard to believe that the Saturn V was built at a time when computers had less processing power than the ones in your washing machine today.
And yet, with such limited technology, humanity found a way to put people on the moon!
That doesn’t mean you can go to the moon in your washing machine, but what it does mean is that the real superpower than, and now, is the human mind.
There’s a lot of talk about AI, quantum computing, automation, and robotics replacing humans today.
AI will, and already is, changing the way we work. But it’ll never replace the uniquely human capabilities we already have:
- Intuition
- Creativity
- Empathy
- Resilience and antifragility
- Curiosity
- And the ability to inspire others
These are the superpowers computers cannot replicate. But what they can certainly do is augment our human capabilities – helping us become bionic, and amplifying our human awesomeness.
The future isn’t man versus machine.
The future is people + machines.
Becoming Bionic … That’s our true superpower.
