“I think in general technology always sort of makes some jobs less relevant, or perhaps, even obsolete, but I will say that the idea that sort of workers will find nothing else to do seems like it's way too pessimistic on the capabilities of everyone as human beings, right?” ThinkingTechnologyRelevantCapabilityPessimistic Author:Patrick Collison
“I think it'll take a while to adjust, but when you think about just the creativity of people and what they're capable of and the sort of aspirations and dreams that they have, the idea that they're not capable of anything more than sort of performing these automatable clerical tasks, I don't believe that for a second.” PeopleThinkingBelieveDreamCreativityCapablePerformingAspiration Author:Patrick Collison
“I think it's kind of human nature to always want to see these things as a competitive dynamic, that either technology companies have to win or the banks have to win and one of them is going to lose. It's not as black and white.” ThinkingKindWinningBlackTechnologyHuman NatureBlack And White Author:Patrick Collison
“We don't always endorse what businesses sell through Stripe, but we do think it's critical that we and our peers don't act as gatekeepers for what is and isn't acceptable content.” ThinkingSellsCriticalAcceptablePeersStripesGatekeepers Author:Patrick Collison