Episode
Reflecting on 2025 (the K-shaped economy, AI's impact on work and human judgement, energy bottlenecks)
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View · Dec 20, 2025 · 25 min
What made 2025 special? 🎊 We recorded this to publish after Christmas, but demand for year‑end reflections prompted an early release - so if you hear me say Christmas has passed, that’s why. 🎊 In this episode, I reflect on the past year and what it revealed: a K-shaped divide. On one track, AI models are now doing hours of high quality work, improving at exponential pace, and shifting how we…