Is Intelligence the Variable? The Light Bulb Lesson on Planned Degradation

00:00 The idea that the “need for intelligence” is dropping day by day. 00:14 Was intelligence ever the real variable (even looking back 100 years)? 00:28 When humans get smart things to do, they sometimes degrade them instead. 00:40 The Livermore, California (1905) light bulb that’s still lit today. 00:58 The Phoebus Cartel and the push to degrade components to sell bulbs every year. 01:18 The point: it’s not a lack of intelligence, it’s people choosing the wrong incentives. 01:33 Closing question: is intelligence really the variable?