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Discussions with leaders and owners of legacy businesses and institutes are always fun.
You get to know so much about the history, roadblocks, future goals and how intricate the balance between being future forward and respecting + preserving the past is.
The nuances and behind-the-scenes work that keep it all running are things people outside the boardroom rarely get to see.
Talking to FTII's leaders gave us a glimpse of the same. Fun Conversations >>>>
ChatGPT 5 launches soon, another AI breakthrough. The headlines will scream about paradigm shifts and revolutionary capabilities.
Tech Twitter will explode with hot takes about which jobs are doomed. LinkedIn will flood with urgent posts about adapting or perishing.
You’ll see articles calling it a turning point in history. Analysts will predict the death of entire job roles. Influencers will talk about how their productivity (and ROI ofc) just doubled overnight. And someone, somewhere, will confidently say, “If you don’t adapt now, you’ll be irrelevant.”
You know what comes next.
That knot in your stomach. The racing thoughts. The sudden urge to question everything you've built.
Your phone buzzes with messages from friends sharing articles with dramatic titles. Your mom calls asking if robots are taking over. That colleague who barely understands email suddenly wants to discuss artificial intelligence.
The spiral begins. Should you drop everything and learn everything about the new features and use cases? Is your expertise becoming worthless? Maybe it's time to consider that pottery class after all.
Here's what I try and remember when the noise gets loud:
You are not your tools. You are your judgment, your creativity, your ability to solve problems that matter to real people.
The core of what makes you valuable hasn't changed. Human psychology remains the same. Good storytelling still moves people. Trust still drives business. Empathy still connects us.
Technology amplifies capability, but it doesn't create wisdom or replace genuine human insight.
Instead of fighting the current, learn to swim with it. Ask better questions rather than fearing obsolete answers.
You've navigated change before. You'll figure this out too. Your foundation is stronger than you think.
Anyways, excited to see how many new experts are born by tomorrow. The good part is that productivity influencers have content for the next month.
Saw Fool Volume live in Pune. It’s now on Netflix. One of my favourite things about Vir Das’ writing is how every thread he starts early in the set quietly returns by the end. The whole show becomes a clever, layered conversation between him and the audience.
Also I was the Genz rep he interacted with in the show I attended, who can take offence to be a part of brilliant writing? :))
It’s like watching a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat, except halfway through the rabbit files taxes and delivers a monologue about colonialism nd all the while the magician was just a moderately liberal brown man being investigated by 12 right-wing YouTube channels for sedition.