ZeroToTom

Think the biggest lesson From all this AI, existential-fear, end-of-jobs stuff... Is that you might as well just chase your dreams from the start in life... Like if all the 'safe, secure' paths in life are no longer 'safe and secure' anyway... Then you're much better off just chasing your dreams from the get-go...

Feel like this decade should be called 'The Great Unraveling' or something like that.. Everywhere you look, things are just getting way more fluid and less stable and just way less certain... - Will you still have your job in 2 years? Uncertain... - What jobs will still exist in the future anyway? Uncertain... - What industries will thrive? Uncertain... - Should you buy an existing business? Probably not... too uncertain... - Should you go back to school or training for a new career? Probably not... too uncertain... - Will the stock market keep going up forever? Uncertain... is primarily political at this point based on the Fed and Treasury and 401k inflows and etc... - Will residential real estate have another collapse? Uncertain... all depends on interest rates, so far it hasn't but there has to be a breaking point somewhere... - Should you move into the good school district so your kids can go the best schools? Uncertain... AI is disrupting the entire education system just as fast as it is everything else... - Will your safe, first world country still be a safe first would country in 20 years? Uncertain... you get the wrong leaders and it could speedrun civilizational suicide like many other western countries have lately... - Can you reject the traditional financial system and bet it all on Bitcoin? Sure... but even that is less certain now due to fears over quantum... Indeed... even the long-term future of our species is increasingly brought into question... due to the global fertility crisis and microplastics and etc... So yeah... Obviously uncertainty has always been a part of life... However compared to 5 years ago or 10 years ago or 20 years ago or 50 years ago... it just seems like things have gotten WAY WAY more fluid... Mostly this is because of AI... But partly it is just the blow off top in the sovereign debt bubble, which makes all economic questions primarily political... since everything just depends on the money printer vs austerity-larp seesaw... But yeah... Not sure what the solution is, but I think the best thing to do is just create a really good foundation, and stay lean... Get healthy, get locked-in, keep geeking out on everything new and exciting... Get your living expenses as low as possible relative to your assets (notice I said ASSETS and not INCOME - again, issa new world)... And just keep putting in the reps and trying to set yourself up for success... The flip side of chaos is opportunity, and you owe it to yourself, and your family, and your people to try to thrive amidst the insanity :)

Fantastic article from @BackTheBunny... Reminds me of one of my favorite aphorisms: "Try to live a life your 8 year old self would have been proud of..."

The Year Is 2032.... - Gold is now worthless - Entire internet is hackable - AI bubble has burst - Real estate is dead and gone - Crypto? (What is 'crypto'?) The entire economy now runs on PSA 10 Charizards, first edition Harry Potter books, vintage high-quality One Piece collectibles, and original un-opened quaalude blister packs from the early 1970's 🤝