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Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Writing, Pod, ETC: Beacons.ai/reidhoffman

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Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Mar 31

Maybe folks are better at probabilities on Bluesky!

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · 21d

"If we truly want a merit-based economy, the starting point is to value all skills." - Byron Auguste

Congratulations to Byron Auguste for being named a 2025 Heinz Award winner. He and the Opportunity@Work team are reshaping the labor market.

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 22d

We’re excited to share this year’s #HeinzAward recipients — six remarkable leaders in the Arts, the Economy and the Environment:

🏆Arts: Jennifer Packer, Marie Watt
🏆Economy: Byron Auguste, @sarabronin.bsky.social
🏆Environment: Dana Gunders, Sacoby Wilson

A photo collage of the six Heinz Awardees for 2025

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Esteban Ortiz-Ospina @eortizospina.bsky.social · Jul 20

1/ I recently listened to David Autor on @reidhoffman.bsky.social's podcast and really enjoyed it. It got me thinking about how we've adapted to past technological shifts and why we need to think differently about adaptation with AI. A few thoughts in this thread🧵

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Good framework.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Take driverless vehicles, for example.

The goal isn’t to launch a car that never gets into an accident. It's to launch a car that is safer on the road than one driven by a human (we’re already there).

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

And as we evaluate these tools, we must remember: the benchmark isn’t perfection or zero errors, it's fewer errors than we would have made without the tech in the loop.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our job, as citizens, entrepreneurs, and leaders, is to ensure we’re accelerating toward the kind of future we actually want to live in.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Whether AI serves to uplift billions or exploit them, whether biotech heals or divides, whether platforms connect or polarize, all of that depends on how we shape the systems around them.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

As the former President reminded us, science and technology are tools. They are amplifiers of human will, not substitutes for it.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Jul 23

“Science, like all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man.” - JFK

Sometimes tech critics lose sight of this, treating technology itself as inherently bad. That’s when society starts surrendering its agency instead of exercising it

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · May 26

Unfortunately, I agree with you –– but hopefully it will change as more people make the right arguments for how AI can be an extremely positive force..

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · May 24

One of the people tagged in the post below came to the US on a graduate student visa. Countless iconic American companies have been founded and fueled by those who started their journey the same way.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · May 16

The first episode features Nobel Laureate
@kkariko.bsky.social's story of determination in the face of naysayers:

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Natural Sciences Podcast · Updated Daily · Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about scienc...

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Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · May 16

Recommend listening to The Leap, a terrific new podcast about the scientists who are taking risks in pursuit of something huge.

It's a great show about discovery, conviction, and adaptation –– Produced by Hypothesis Fund & weekly on @scifri.bsky.social

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · May 8

It is his real profile!

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · May 8

I’ve long believed Bill Gates deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. His decision to distribute virtually all his wealth through the Gates Foundation by 2045 is just the latest evidence of this fact. It reflects the kind of decisive, high-leverage action we need.

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · May 8

No mother or child should die from a preventable cause. No generation should live in fear of deadly infectious diseases. And no one should be denied the chance to thrive because of where they were born. gatesnot.es/4m5pSc3

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 22

We’re working to raise that $1m from the community, and would love your help: shfb.online/reid-t

The shipment was equivalent to 17 truckloads of vital, protein-rich items like milk, chicken, eggs and cheese.

Donate to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

In one week, $1 million worth of food was canceled due to federal cuts. If we can raise $1 million from our community between now and April 30, The Benificus Foundation will match every gift. Impact....

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 22

Urgent: We've learned that USDA funding cuts will prevent 630,000 lbs of food from reaching Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.

This would've been distributed to our most vulnerable neighbors–– and was to be sourced from US farmers, who are now losing out on crucial revenue.

We need your help

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 13

Fellow @karaswisher.bsky.social fans: Possible is in the Pivot feed this weekend, so dropping in to say Kara Swisher, Aria Finger, and I are nominated for a Webby!

Vote here for the Possible episode ft Kara on AI, media, and accountability: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Vote for the best of the internet

I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

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Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 8

Clip of @dkthomp.bsky.social on why tariffs are antithetical to abundance... and why there's no one in the White House to stop the spiral.

Full episode with Derek on the Possible Podcast comes out in a few weeks!

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · Apr 3

Reid Hoffman’s p(bloom) | @reidhoffman.bsky.social, LinkedIn co-founder and author of the new book Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future, offers an optimistic view of the coming AI earthquake.
@robertwrighter.bsky.social

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Reid Hoffman's p(bloom) | Robert Wright & Reid Hoffman

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Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 5

Thank you!

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 3

My thoughts on today's tariffs: If you see them as anything other than a power grab, you must reconsider.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 3

This administration continues to erode trust in the American markets, first with crypto grifts, and now with tariff policies drafted by a team that can't even do basic mathematics.

This is a long game to hurt everyday Americans and consolidate power at the top.

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 3

You know it's bad when you've lost the founder of Jesusdoll.com.

Do you feel liberated yet, America?

Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · Apr 1

Very important research. AI is better & cheaper for communities that don't yet use the web –– meaning it can unlock exponential gains for entire countries.

Dan Björkegren @dbjork.bsky.social · Feb 25

New working paper: Could AI leapfrog the web?

Only 37% of sub-Saharan Africans use the internet. Cost is the #1 constraint. In a study with 469 teachers in Sierra Leone, we find AI works better than the web--and is 87% cheaper.

arxiv.org/abs/2502.12397

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