VOL. 01 — THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF PEOPLE BUILDING THE FUTURE
Portrait of Jon Bell

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Jon Bell

CEOCommon Ground

Community builder focused on trust, networks and human connection at a moment when synthetic communication is becoming abundant.

Expertise

  • Trust
  • Network design
  • Community

Perspectives

Everything Jon Bell has contributed across Innovators Report.

Innovators Report: Human Advantage

What does everyone get wrong about the future of humans and AI?

We underestimate how much civilization runs on relationships rather than information.

Knowing who can solve a problem and having that person actually answer your call are very different things.

AI can radically improve access to information.

Access to people still runs on trust.

Innovators Report: Human Advantage

What will humans still be better at?

Trust.

Not calculating trustworthiness—actually choosing to become vulnerable to another person.

Innovators Report: Human Advantage

What will machines become better at sooner than most people expect?

Maintaining weak relationships at enormous scale.

Machines will become remarkably good at remembering context, prompting interaction and maintaining the connective tissue of large networks.

Innovators Report: Human Advantage

What becomes more valuable as machines become more capable?

Trust

As synthetic content floods every channel, knowing who to believe becomes the scarce asset.

Innovators Report: Human Advantage

What do you believe happens next?

Real human networks become more valuable.

As synthetic communication explodes, trusted communities become filters for an increasingly noisy world.

Reports featuring Jon Bell

CollectiveAugust 24, 2026

Human Advantage

What Will Humans Still Be Better At?