Ed Elson

This is what we're all about.

We are transparent.

Seriously, one of the things I found interesting...

was that I've done a bunch of live events and a bunch of speaking gigs for years.

And there's been a transition in Q&A.

The Q&A is always the most fascinating thing.

Anytime I speak somewhere, I demand Q&A.

I think that's the most interesting part.

And we had Q&A for a good 20, sometimes 30 minutes in every event.

The shift in questions is dramatic.

And that is a few years ago, people wanted stock tips.

It was greed.

It was, they wanted to know, what do you think is the big tech stock pick for the next year?

Now they want career insurance.

And that is the things that, it was less about greed and more about anxiety.

People are talking about AI, housing, and quite frankly, whether we had a lot of questions from parents really basically saying, are my kids gonna do as well or better than me?

And we had over, looked at the data, 800 audience questions.

And if you were to summarize them in one sentence, it would be that people aren't worried about the economy, they're worried about their place and their children's place in it.

So it's gone from greed to anxiety, and it's moving towards the greatest luxury in America is moving from wealth to certainty.

And it just reminds me of happiness studies.