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We do, as it comes, as we'll bring up later. Turns out there used to be way, way more travel agents, and you don't need that if you can just look up what you want to do on the internet. Hundreds of thousands lost. Brokers, financial advisors, lots of people where the internet essentially just invalidated their job. Can I just say something? Sorry. Yeah, yeah.
We do, as it comes, as we'll bring up later. Turns out there used to be way, way more travel agents, and you don't need that if you can just look up what you want to do on the internet. Hundreds of thousands lost. Brokers, financial advisors, lots of people where the internet essentially just invalidated their job. Can I just say something? Sorry. Yeah, yeah.
And this is what we call retraining for a new opportunity. I see. I'll tell my dad to get started on Duolingo right now, Mandarin.
And this is what we call retraining for a new opportunity. I see. I'll tell my dad to get started on Duolingo right now, Mandarin.
And this is what we call retraining for a new opportunity. I see. I'll tell my dad to get started on Duolingo right now, Mandarin.
postal services dropped dramatically but obviously the internet has created an unbelievable amount of jobs um e-commerce is absolutely massive obviously amazon doesn't have a great reputation but 1.5 million people work for amazon 200k for alibaba alone millions and millions and millions across the world in logistics and delivery right like arguably every industry in the world has been touched and largely benefited from e-commerce cyber security and it this is
postal services dropped dramatically but obviously the internet has created an unbelievable amount of jobs um e-commerce is absolutely massive obviously amazon doesn't have a great reputation but 1.5 million people work for amazon 200k for alibaba alone millions and millions and millions across the world in logistics and delivery right like arguably every industry in the world has been touched and largely benefited from e-commerce cyber security and it this is
postal services dropped dramatically but obviously the internet has created an unbelievable amount of jobs um e-commerce is absolutely massive obviously amazon doesn't have a great reputation but 1.5 million people work for amazon 200k for alibaba alone millions and millions and millions across the world in logistics and delivery right like arguably every industry in the world has been touched and largely benefited from e-commerce cyber security and it this is
These are industries that are created because of the internet and computing. There's millions globally. Content creation. There are approximately 50 million content creators, at least globally, at least 2 million full-time. These numbers are very hard because so much of this is kind of interwoven.
These are industries that are created because of the internet and computing. There's millions globally. Content creation. There are approximately 50 million content creators, at least globally, at least 2 million full-time. These numbers are very hard because so much of this is kind of interwoven.
These are industries that are created because of the internet and computing. There's millions globally. Content creation. There are approximately 50 million content creators, at least globally, at least 2 million full-time. These numbers are very hard because so much of this is kind of interwoven.
But if you think about some of the numbers, like TikTok alone has millions of people doing it professionally. Right. So it's hard to exactly say, but the estimate is like it's at least 50 million worldwide who are making content to some degree professionally. That is wild. And that's all again, that's 50 million people who weren't doing that two decades ago.
But if you think about some of the numbers, like TikTok alone has millions of people doing it professionally. Right. So it's hard to exactly say, but the estimate is like it's at least 50 million worldwide who are making content to some degree professionally. That is wild. And that's all again, that's 50 million people who weren't doing that two decades ago.
But if you think about some of the numbers, like TikTok alone has millions of people doing it professionally. Right. So it's hard to exactly say, but the estimate is like it's at least 50 million worldwide who are making content to some degree professionally. That is wild. And that's all again, that's 50 million people who weren't doing that two decades ago.
Well, you say that now, but think about how many people love driving Uber. Everybody loves Uber and gig platforms. Again, you can, you know, obviously not all of this is sunshine and rainbows, but, you know, objectively... demonstrably there are many, many, many millions of jobs.
Well, you say that now, but think about how many people love driving Uber. Everybody loves Uber and gig platforms. Again, you can, you know, obviously not all of this is sunshine and rainbows, but, you know, objectively... demonstrably there are many, many, many millions of jobs.
Well, you say that now, but think about how many people love driving Uber. Everybody loves Uber and gig platforms. Again, you can, you know, obviously not all of this is sunshine and rainbows, but, you know, objectively... demonstrably there are many, many, many millions of jobs.
And if you think about gig platforms like Fiverr or, or, you know, these other ones where people are just freelancing themselves for different roles. I mean, I probably all three of us have worked with people who professionally make YouTube thumbnails or logos or do art.
And if you think about gig platforms like Fiverr or, or, you know, these other ones where people are just freelancing themselves for different roles. I mean, I probably all three of us have worked with people who professionally make YouTube thumbnails or logos or do art.
And if you think about gig platforms like Fiverr or, or, you know, these other ones where people are just freelancing themselves for different roles. I mean, I probably all three of us have worked with people who professionally make YouTube thumbnails or logos or do art.