Jodi Kantor

They're more portable.

But people don't like them.

So I don't want to sound negative about AI.

And believe me, I have studied and understand the threat to entry-level work.

But as someone who has a job that's about keeping us rooted in the facts, I don't know whether your prediction will be true or not.

You describe a young person who feels caught between two paths, one oriented toward meaning and

and one toward financial security, and you push back on that as a false choice, what felt important to you about challenging that dichotomy so directly?

I don't understand why our universities don't say the following to students.

If you have had the best education this country has to offer, meaning a four-year degree studying really interesting areas of human endeavor, you have three goals for your professional life.

One, you have to earn a living and earn a living plus, right?

Financial stability.

Maybe you'll do better than that, but obviously your goal is to provide for yourself and your family.

We don't want you to go without.

That's number one.

Number two, we want you to be fulfilled.

We want you to feel connected to what you're doing.

every day.

That's number two.

Number three, you need to contribute something.

Broadly defined, it could be through business, it could be through something more altruistic, it could be through art, but those three things.