Friedberg

The other subtle thing that's happening, which I don't think we should sleep on, is that the AirPods are probably going to become much more socially acceptable to wear on a 24 by 7 basis because of this feature that allows it to become a useful hearing aid.

The other subtle thing that's happening, which I don't think we should sleep on, is that the AirPods are probably going to become much more socially acceptable to wear on a 24 by 7 basis because of this feature that allows it to become a useful hearing aid.

And I think as it starts being worn in more and more social environments, and as the form factor of that shrinks, that's when I really do think we're going to find some very novel use case, which is you know, very unobtrusive. It kind of blends into your own physical makeup as a person without it really sticking out. I think that's when you'll have a really killer feature.

And I think as it starts being worn in more and more social environments, and as the form factor of that shrinks, that's when I really do think we're going to find some very novel use case, which is you know, very unobtrusive. It kind of blends into your own physical makeup as a person without it really sticking out. I think that's when you'll have a really killer feature.

But I think that the AirPods as hearing aids will also add a lot. So Meta's doing a lot. Apple's doing a lot. But I don't think we've yet seen the super killer hardware device yet.

But I think that the AirPods as hearing aids will also add a lot. So Meta's doing a lot. Apple's doing a lot. But I don't think we've yet seen the super killer hardware device yet.

Such a positive trend. I mean, there's so many reasons why this is good. I'll just list a handful that come to the top of my mind. The first and probably the most important is that it breaks this stranglehold that the university education system has on America's kids.

Such a positive trend. I mean, there's so many reasons why this is good. I'll just list a handful that come to the top of my mind. The first and probably the most important is that it breaks this stranglehold that the university education system has on America's kids.

We have tricked millions and millions of people into getting trillions of dollars in debt on this idea that you're learning something in university that's somehow going to give you economic stability and ideally freedom. And it has turned out for so many people to not be true. It's just so absurd and unfair that that has happened.

We have tricked millions and millions of people into getting trillions of dollars in debt on this idea that you're learning something in university that's somehow going to give you economic stability and ideally freedom. And it has turned out for so many people to not be true. It's just so absurd and unfair that that has happened.

So if you can go and get a trade degree and live a economically productive life where you can get married and have kids and take care of your family and do all the things you want to do, that's going to put an enormous amount of pressure on higher ed. Why does it charge so much? What does it give in return? That's one thought.

So if you can go and get a trade degree and live a economically productive life where you can get married and have kids and take care of your family and do all the things you want to do, that's going to put an enormous amount of pressure on higher ed. Why does it charge so much? What does it give in return? That's one thought.

The second thought, which is much more narrow, Peter Thiel has that famous saying where if you have to put the word science behind it, it's not really a thing. And what we are going to find out is that that was true for a whole bunch of things where people went to school, like political science and social science. But I always thought that computer science would be immune.

The second thought, which is much more narrow, Peter Thiel has that famous saying where if you have to put the word science behind it, it's not really a thing. And what we are going to find out is that that was true for a whole bunch of things where people went to school, like political science and social science. But I always thought that computer science would be immune.

But I think he's going to be right about that, too, because You can spend $200,000 or $300,000 getting in debt to get a computer science degree, but you're probably better off learning JavaScript and learning these tools in some kind of a boot camp for far, far less and graduating in a position to make money right away. So those are just two ideas.

But I think he's going to be right about that, too, because You can spend $200,000 or $300,000 getting in debt to get a computer science degree, but you're probably better off learning JavaScript and learning these tools in some kind of a boot camp for far, far less and graduating in a position to make money right away. So those are just two ideas.

I think that it allows us to be a better functioning society. So I am really supportive of this trend.

I think that it allows us to be a better functioning society. So I am really supportive of this trend.

How do you see the differentiation the person makes, Freeberg, in doing that job versus the agent or the AI or whatever?

How do you see the differentiation the person makes, Freeberg, in doing that job versus the agent or the AI or whatever?