Brené Brown shares what terrifies her most about the tech elite
"I'm in rooms with the people who run these platforms and own the companies.
I hear one billionaire say: 'My kids should study coding and physics — that's the future.'
Five minutes later, the same person says: 'My success comes from deep reading of philosophy and the Stoics.'
Which is it?
It feels like there's an emerging thinking class: they get philosophy, liberal arts, history... while the rest of us just keep scrolling.
Steve Jobs said his kids didn't have iPads. His family confirmed: no tech at dinner — they talked about art and history."
The divide is real — and it's growing.
1:35 clip inside — sobering observation.
So I certainly don’t want to dissuade you from going after whatever you want. At the same time, I urge you to reflect on whether what you are going after is consistent with your nature. Whatever your nature is, there are many paths that will suit you, so don’t fixate on just one. Should a particular path close, all you have to do is find another good one consistent with what you’re like. #principleoftheday
“In some ways technology is a great equaliser both within countries and between countries.”
Watch this year’s economic science laureate Joel Mokyr talk about the impact of technology, in particular mobile phones, at our Nobel Prize Dialogue event from 2015. Mokyr was awarded the 2025 prize in economic sciences for showing how new technology can drive sustained growth.
See the full conversation ‘How will AI change the world?’: https://t.co/pbKKizYj2Z