Chamath

Oh my God, I'm like so sick of this topic of job loss or job disruption. I got in so much trouble last week. You asked a question about whether the upper middle class is going to suffer because they're all going to be put out of work by AI. And I just kind of brush it off, not because I'm advocating for that, but just because I don't think it's going to happen. Hmm.

Oh my God, I'm like so sick of this topic of job loss or job disruption. I got in so much trouble last week. You asked a question about whether the upper middle class is going to suffer because they're all going to be put out of work by AI. And I just kind of brush it off, not because I'm advocating for that, but just because I don't think it's going to happen. Hmm.

This whole thing about job loss is so overdone. There's going to be a lot of job disruption. But in the case of coders, just as an example, I think we can say that coders, depending on who you talk to, are 10%, 20%, 30% more productive as a result of these coding assistant tools. But we still need coders. You can't automate 100% of it. And the world needs so many of them.

This whole thing about job loss is so overdone. There's going to be a lot of job disruption. But in the case of coders, just as an example, I think we can say that coders, depending on who you talk to, are 10%, 20%, 30% more productive as a result of these coding assistant tools. But we still need coders. You can't automate 100% of it. And the world needs so many of them.

The need for software is unlimited. We can't hire enough of them. At Glue, by the way, shout out if you're a coder who is afraid of not being able to get a job, apply for one at Glue. Believe me, we're hiring. I just think that this is so overdone. There's going to be a lot of disruption in the knowledge worker space. Like we talked about the workflow at call centers and service factories.

The need for software is unlimited. We can't hire enough of them. At Glue, by the way, shout out if you're a coder who is afraid of not being able to get a job, apply for one at Glue. Believe me, we're hiring. I just think that this is so overdone. There's going to be a lot of disruption in the knowledge worker space. Like we talked about the workflow at call centers and service factories.

There's going to be a lot of change. But at the end of the day, I think there's going to be plenty of work. for humans to do. And some of the work will be more in the blue collar space. And I agree with Jamath that this is a good thing. I think there's been perhaps an over emphasis on the idea that the only way to get ahead in life is to get like a fancy degree from one of these universities.

There's going to be a lot of change. But at the end of the day, I think there's going to be plenty of work. for humans to do. And some of the work will be more in the blue collar space. And I agree with Jamath that this is a good thing. I think there's been perhaps an over emphasis on the idea that the only way to get ahead in life is to get like a fancy degree from one of these universities.

And we've seen that many of the universities, they're just not that great, they're overpriced, you end up graduating with a mountain of debt, and you get a degree that is, you know, maybe even far worse than computer science, this is completely worthless. So if people learn more vocational skills, if they skip college, because they have a

And we've seen that many of the universities, they're just not that great, they're overpriced, you end up graduating with a mountain of debt, and you get a degree that is, you know, maybe even far worse than computer science, this is completely worthless. So if people learn more vocational skills, if they skip college, because they have a

a proclivity to do something that doesn't need that degree, I think that's a good thing and that's healthy for the economy.

a proclivity to do something that doesn't need that degree, I think that's a good thing and that's healthy for the economy.

Let's hear it.

Let's hear it.

It's not a bit.

It's not a bit.

It could be a bit. I'll write you a song next week.

It could be a bit. I'll write you a song next week.

Well, I think Freeberg's right that we're at the beginning stages of, I think what will soon be referred to as the third Lebanon war, The first one was in 1982. Israel went into Lebanon and occupied it until 2000. Then it went back in 2006, left after about a month, and now we're in the third war. It's hard to say exactly how much this will escalate. The IDF is exhausted after the war in Gaza.

Well, I think Freeberg's right that we're at the beginning stages of, I think what will soon be referred to as the third Lebanon war, The first one was in 1982. Israel went into Lebanon and occupied it until 2000. Then it went back in 2006, left after about a month, and now we're in the third war. It's hard to say exactly how much this will escalate. The IDF is exhausted after the war in Gaza.