Technology changes what we value, often in ways we don’t see coming. This may be one of the most important economic consequences of the artificial-intelligence revolution. The internet made information abundant. Social media made it possible to connect with almost anyone. AI is now making digital experiences cheaper, faster and easier to produce. The consequence may be counterintuitive: As digital abundance grows, the physical experiences that technology cannot easily replicate will become more valuable. This pattern is hardly new. Each breakthrough creates new possibilities — and new problems — that inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs to build what comes next. The railroads of the late 19th century knit the country together in previously unimaginable ways, but they isolated those far from the tracks. The automobile industry emerged to serve the people the railroads left behind. A similar cycle is underway today, but this time the scarce resource is human connection. My career has been defined by a desire to forge connections. That was our reason for being at AOL: to connec