Elon Musk’s AI-abundance vision assumes gains reach households — history suggests ownership shapes outcomes. Article link: https://open.substack.com/pub/johanosteyn/p/when-ai-billionaires-talk-retirement?r=73gqa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Audio summary: https://youtu.be/R-4ZRS5fNuc Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanosteyn/ Elon Musk recently suggested that saving for retirement could become irrelevant because AI and robotics

A clear-eyed look at how AI is already reshaping the machinery of democracy – and what it will take to keep power in public hands. Article link: https://open.substack.com/pub/johanosteyn/p/ai-book-review-rewiring-democracy?r=73gqa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Audio summary: https://youtu.be/xPfGNp9V2XY Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanosteyn/ I spend a great deal of my time reading books on technology and artificial intellige

As management tasks become software, organisations will face a politics of power they’re not ready for. Article link: https://open.substack.com/pub/johanosteyn/p/ai-wont-just-change-work-it-will?r=73gqa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Audio summary: https://youtu.be/ES0YJYKYqtI Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanosteyn/ We talk about AI as if it only affects front-line jobs: call centres, admin teams, interns, analysts. But the mo

AI agents are starting to act like junior operators inside core business systems, and that changes how we manage risk, trust, and accountability. Article link: https://open.substack.com/pub/johanosteyn/p/the-digital-workforce-moment-why?r=73gqa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Audio summary: https://youtu.be/GlB8qR_UKQk Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanosteyn/ There is a quiet line being crossed in the modern workplace. For years

A personal decision becomes a wider warning about credibility, framing, and the fragile economics of digital journalism in South Africa. Article link: https://open.substack.com/pub/johanosteyn/p/why-i-unsubscribed-from-news24-and?r=73gqa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Audio summary: https://youtu.be/imQAfTLGqhc Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanosteyn/ A few months ago, I unsubscribed from News24. I did not do it for attention,

As regulators shift oversight on wearables and decision-support tools, the line between wellness and medicine gets blurrier. Article link: https://open.substack.com/pub/johanosteyn/p/the-fda-is-redefining-what-counts?r=73gqa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Audio summary: https://youtu.be/fEpDufdKL1g Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanosteyn/ A quiet but important change is happening in how health technology is regulated. The US Fo