Why Dickie Bush Says This Is the Best Time to Build Something

In a recent LinkedIn post, Dickie Bush 🚢 argues that advances in AI, changing work dynamics and lower project risks make this an unusually promising moment to build something. This article examines Bush’s case as presented in that post; it is journalistic coverage, not an article written by Bush.

“There has never been a better time in human history to BUILD SOMETHING”

Bush organizes his argument around five reasons, from access to AI tools to the skills and relationships that can come from creating a project. His central message is that people can gain from building even when an idea does not become a business.

AI tools may open a window for builders

According to Bush, companies are subsidizing access to frontier AI models by selling tokens below cost. He compares this to Uber’s early low prices, suggesting that users who take advantage of such access could make progress before the economics change. The post gives no supporting detail for its claim about Anthropic’s losses, so that figure is best understood as part of Bush’s stated rationale rather than independently established context.

Bush also sees rapidly changing technology as a source of new opportunities. As AI helps solve existing problems, he argues, new problems and needs will emerge, creating openings for people who build solutions. In his view, more capable tools do not eliminate the reason to create; they change what creators can attempt.

Building as a route to growth and opportunity

A second strand of Bush’s argument concerns work. He contends that employees’ growth can be constrained by organizational bureaucracy, even when they put in more effort. A project they own, by contrast, can put them directly in contact with the skills and decisions needed to move it forward.

“Instead, you need a vehicle where YOU are the bottleneck, which will help you confront & overcome your weaknesses.”

Bush connects that idea to his own experience, saying he began a weekly newsletter in 2020 while earning $170,000 a year on Wall Street. He presents ownership of a project as a way to build options beyond an employer, not simply as a path to immediate income.

He also recasts building as a way to meet people. Bush dismisses traditional networking events as a poor use of time and argues that publishing or making something can attract interest from others. The post’s phrase “building is the new networking” captures that claim: a visible project can give people a concrete reason to connect.

Why Bush says the downside is limited

Bush’s final point is about the value of effort even when a project does not find an audience. He says an unsuccessful attempt can still produce skills that carry into the next project, making the experience useful beyond its immediate results.

“Because in that absolute WORST CASE scenario, you built skills that you can reapply to the next project in the future.”

The post closes with a direct appeal to start, and suggests writing online for readers unsure what to make. Taken together, Bush’s argument is an advocacy for experimentation: use available tools, take responsibility for a project, and treat learning as a return in its own right. The article’s account reflects the claims and perspective in his LinkedIn post.