We're in 1905: Why Electricity (Not Dot-Com) Is the Right AI Analogy - Freestyle Friday, 4/17/2026

Walking through Tokyo and breaking down the reality of the AI revolution.

In this Freestyle Friday from Shibuya Crossing, I look past the current AI hype cycle to examine the real bottlenecks of AI adoption. Is the current AI boom just a repeat of the dot.com bubble? Why is simply buying Copilot subscriptions for your team failing to move the needle?

Drawing parallels to the 40-year adoption curve of the electric grid, I discuss why most AI projects fail to get traction in the enterprise. Hint: it's not the technology, it's the organization. Plus, a look at the danger of firing employees before capturing their tacit knowledge, and how to actually rewire your business to be AI-native.