Jevons Paradox
A phenomenon where increased efficiency in resource use leads to an overall increase in resource consumption rather than a decrease, applied to how Uber expanded the market beyond traditional black car services.
Videos Mentioning Jevons Paradox
Uber CEO: I Have To Be Honest, AI Will Replace 9.4 Million Jobs At Uber!
The Diary Of A CEO
A phenomenon where increased efficiency in resource use leads to an overall increase in resource consumption rather than a decrease, applied to how Uber expanded the market beyond traditional black car services.
DeepSeek Panic, US vs China, OpenAI $40B?, and Doge Delivers with Travis Kalanick and David Sacks
All-In Podcast
An economic concept where increased efficiency in resource use leads to increased overall consumption of that resource; applied to AI, meaning cheaper AI leads to more AI usage.
Josh Wolfe: Lux Capital Partners
The Knowledge Project Podcast
What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI And Jobs
Y Combinator
An economic principle stating that technological improvements increasing the efficiency of using a resource can lead to increased consumption of that resource due to revealed latent demand.
How AI Coding Agents Will Change Your Job
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a counterargument where falling costs of a resource (like software development via AI) could lead to increased overall demand, though the discussion posits AI, not humans, would meet this demand.