The man who tells everyone his pain often becomes attached to the sympathy it brings. Suffering can become a social identity if it gets attention, excuses, and softer expectations. A serious man does not turn wounds into a public performance. He turns them into private intelligence and changes the structure that produced them.
Last month, I completed my 4-week elective at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, rotating through Emergency Medicine.
I am really grateful to have had the opportunity to train at one of the largest and most prestigious teaching hospitals in the UK.
Oracle just laid off 30,000 employees.
When the AI-inspired layoffs started, people were first in denial ("Oh they are just correcting for the over-hiring that happened after COVID") but I think by now, it should be pretty clear that this is coming for us all.
I have read several debates here about AI replacing lawyers or accountants or software engineers or this or that.
Most of those for or against cast the argument as binary e.g. AI will completely replace the need for a human professional or no, humans will always be needed.
This framing misses the point.
And understanding this nuance is essential for your careeer.
Let me break this down with the aid of an example.
Imagine a law firm, call it, Charlie & Co, with 50 associates. And each year, they hire 5 new associates.
Introduce AI.
The boss at Charlie & Co suddenly realizes that his 10 best associates, with the help of AI, can now do the work of 50 associates pre-AI.
All the research, all the drafting, all the legwork reduced to the right prompt.
The 10 human lawyers are still needed to show up in court, sign papers and edit/correct/improve the AI.
But that's it. No more than 10 needed. The other 40 are laid off.
Also, for succession planning and continuity purposes, they find out they don't need 5 new associates every year any longer. Just one or two will do.
So, getting jobs just becomes 3X harder.
To the 40 people who would be let go at Charlie & Co, you could say AI replaced them, and you would be right.
Or you could say they were simply not needed any longer because their co-workers became 10X better. And that would be correct too.
The point is this: AI does not need to COMPLETELY replace human professionals at a company for there to be massive impact on the careers of most people at that company.
AI is not coming for your job.
But someone in your company or in your industry using AI will replace you soon, unless you start upskilling yourself like your career depends on it...because it does.
Heartbreaking.
I occasionally tell people that, as pilots, we won’t take the jet flying if we don’t think it’s safe. We have families & a future we want to go home to, as well. It’s not possible to eliminate all risk, but my kids are counting on me to not accept extra risk.
@nsib_nigeria has released the preliminary report on the serious incident involving an Arik Air Boeing 737-700 (5N-MJF) on February 11 2026.
Highlights:
- #6 engine fan blade missing
- Damage to cowl, wings, fuselage, horizontal & vertical stabilizers, and rudder
https://t.co/OkKMGPq6s1