Derek Rydall

And I ran into a tree, literally.

It's like Newton's apple, but instead I just ran into a tree.

And luckily I looked around and nobody saw it.

And I sat down and I put the phone down and I went, oh, crap.

Like this is really happening.

And if I, a person who's been meditating for 25 years, teaching for 25 years, I'm very much, you know, have self-agency.

Like I think my own thoughts and even I am getting totally pulled into this world.

So much so that I just ran out and hit a tree.

I'm lucky I didn't get hit by a car.

Now, of course, lots of people are in their phones and they run into things.

So, but that shocked me.

And that brought my senses back.

I'm like, I better work on this book.

I better get this done.

And then I started to see AI do things that used to take me days, weeks, months, or lifetime of learning in minutes.

And I was like, I legitimately had a moment of fear of, oh crap, I'm going to be obsolete.

So I suddenly was in the position of what I was writing about.

And I'm like,

I better type faster because I'm going to be obsolete soon.

And I need to start thinking about how to build my platform more or what is the X factor that makes humans irreplaceable.