John Everett

Systems Builder | Social Infrastructure Strategist | Policy × Technology × People

[John Everett @JEverettfla]

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[John Everett @JEverettfla]

The current AI race feels like we’re building the house before the foundation is finished while people are moving in and renovating rooms at the same time. 😂

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Those who use AI as a complimentary cognitive artifact are changing what “experience” looks like in the workforce.

[Center For Humane Technology @HumaneTech_]

The AI jobs conversation is missing the point.

If you only read the headlines, you'd think we're living through an AI-driven employment collapse. Mass layoffs. Career paths evaporating overnight.

But the data tells a different story: multiple studies confirm there's been no broad-based job loss in AI-exposed occupations since ChatGPT launched. Total employment remains stable.

So we're fine, right?

Not quite.

Look closer and you'll find early-career employment in AI-exposed fields has dropped roughly 13%. For junior software developers specifically, it's closer to 20%. AI can now produce better first drafts than junior employees. So the economic incentive to assign training tasks to entry-level workers is disappearing. Companies hire fewer juniors and lean on senior workers whose output is augmented by AI.

The career ladder — that centuries-old system where people enter at the bottom, learn on the job, and gradually take on more responsibility — is breaking down.

Even if we avoid mass unemployment in the near term, we could face something equally destabilizing: a world where people can't develop skills, gain recognition, or imagine a future they can work toward.

We saw this pattern during globalization in the 1990s. By the time job losses showed up clearly in national data, many communities had already lost their economic footing and civic identity.

We have a choice right now. Do we redesign work to preserve learning and human participation? Or do we optimize for short-term efficiency, only to discover we've hollowed out the foundations of working life?

As Molly Kinder puts it: "Every time we measure AI, it's whether it's better than a human. Why are we trying to 'best' humans? Why isn't the benchmark making humans better?"

Read our latest on what's really at stake and why we still have time to shape a different future. Link in the replies.

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“What was meant for you will not miss you and what misses you was not meant for you!”

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@KimberlyHyatt Well said. 🙏🏾

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@PunterNavarre @1991Wolfpack @WallStreetApes You’re getting there. It’s a rabbit hole for sure. If I only make unhealthy cheap options available and prohibit or limit people’s ability to grow their own food, people are more prone to get sick, suffer chronic illness etc. Question. Who benefits from sick, desperate people?

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@PunterNavarre @1991Wolfpack @WallStreetApes People make decisions based off what they can afford and what’s available to them. It’s an economic factor. The higher the median income, the better goods and services you get. Less about crime and more about profitability for the supermarket

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@PunterNavarre @1991Wolfpack @WallStreetApes If this is a serious question, yes. And to be clear I said “healthy” food deserts. You’ll find fast food chains in most areas where the average income is well below the median and where poverty persist. https://t.co/T7H1oQeTml

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@1991Wolfpack @WallStreetApes I agree there should be tighter restrictions to prevent fraud but that would also mean we’d have to build the infrastructure to support the appropriate use. In many cases those who use SNAP benefits are living in or around healthy food deserts.

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@MatrixMysteries You got degrees that should have been certifications. The hack is finding a field that’s either in high demand or that nobody wants to do. Master it, then charge a premium to do the work.

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@RockChartrand @SenSanders I can appreciate your stance and I think there is opportunity here to co-design how we ensure widespread adoption while also taking into account social, environmental, infrastructure concerns. I don’t think we can slow it down, but we can be intentional about how it’s deployed.

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Jesus fasted alone in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. In a world where engagement and connection is the norm, don’t discount the power of silence and solitude.

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Read this today and was reminded that the right thing is so often the hard thing to do: “Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21

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What a person accepts says more about them than their actions (or inactions) ever could.

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Culture doesn’t drive process. Process creates a winning culture. When people have clear expectations and the freedom to make decisions, you create an atmosphere where ideas flourish. If you trust them to do the work, you have to trust them to lead the work.

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“You can go from failure to success but you can’t go from excuses to success!”-Maxwell

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Your ability to build social capital could be the greatest superpower in the age of AI. As information and legacy knowledge becomes more democratized, the ability to build and sustain relationships will be THE in-demand skill.

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In the words of the great philosopher Thanos: “Dread it, run from it, destiny still arrives.” AI is the destiny few are prepared to face which is why CHT’s work is so critical. If we don’t ensure AI evolves ethically and equitably, it could do irreparable damage.

[Center For Humane Technology @HumaneTech_]

AI’s potential benefits are incredible. But right now, we’re sleepwalking into a dangerous world that no one wants. As @tristanharris argues in an urgent new TED Talk, this doesn’t have to be inevitable. It’s essential we snap out of the trance, face the dangerous implications of our current path, and coordinate toward a new path for AI.

Watch the talk: https://t.co/OiYDroVfnN

Read the text version here: https://t.co/sWsWQdxh2u

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Spoke at CreatED with the Jacksonville Arts & Music School — a great convo on how today’s most in-demand “soft skills” are second nature to right-brained artists. @DanielPink would’ve been proud. 😁

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Imagine being 18 with no school, no job, no clear path.

That’s reality for 22,000+ Jacksonville youth.

We CAN change it—more internships, family support, & “youth-ready” businesses.

Let’s not lose another generation. 💪

#OpportunityYouth #FutureOfWork