Barack Obama
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And so more than anything, for the long term, what I could do that would be most helpful would be to start promoting, lifting up, shining a spotlight on
That next generation of leadership and talent, new voices.
Because part of what also happens is as you get older – Michelle and I joke about this – no matter how much you want to pretend otherwise –
you're starting to get a little out of touch.
You're not completely, you know, plugged into the zeitgeist.
It just happens.
I mean, look, I don't, my brain doesn't register TikTok.
The same way that it does my 16 year old niece.
it's not just the technology itself.
It's that I'm not plugged in.
I'm not relating to the cultural, you know, stream in the same way that somebody who's 20 or 25 or even 35 is.
Listen, I've been wrestling with this for a while.