Ben Carlson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I probably should have known this because I'm a listener of podcasts, right?
But it's something that you kind of don't understand.
And I guess if we're bringing this back to investment analogies, it's kind of a diversification strategy, right?
You're casting a wide net to get in front of people.
Some people just prefer to read.
They want something in their inbox.
They want to read it.
I hate to be a generational person here, but the generations of... Older investors tend to still be readers.
I still get emails from people all the time like, hey, how do I print out your articles so I can read it on paper?
I think I know how old you are probably by saying that.
Maybe it's younger, middle-aged people who are more into podcasting.
Very young people are more into YouTube and stuff.
I think one of the things we've learned is you have to go where people are.
You can't force someone to consume your content just because you think it's great.
You have to find people where they're going to consume it.
Yeah, I think...
Someone told me earlier in my career, go to your boss and figure out the 20% of their job that they hate to do and take it off their plate for them.
Especially, like you say, as a young person, I'm thinking of my kids too.
What kind of career advice am I going to give them, especially in an ever-changing world of AI?
Because all these stories about what AI is going to do to the nature of work, that stuff does terrify me, thinking about what it's going to mean for my kids someday.