John Gafford

You glanced over it when you were talking about the phonics deal.

You were talking about the dumbing down of America.

And I feel like right now we are in a period of accelerated the dumbing down of America.

I just feel like we are.

I feel like the way that the algorithms are designed on social media place people in echo chambers where they're only hearing their own voice rattling back around at them.

And I think, you know, it's funny, we talked a little bit about the importance of what goes in your mouth.

And I think we're at a place now where people are more aware of what goes in their mouth than what goes in their head.

And when you look at what's happening, there was a movie that came out several years ago called Idiocracy about just the dumbing down America.

I don't know if you saw it, but I feel like we're on our way there.

As somebody that has taught in education, obviously, and making self-improvement has been so important to you, A, what do you think about that statement?

Do you agree with it?

And B, what do you think can be done?

God, I always think about the movie WALL-E where the people on the ship are just drinking shakes, watching screens.

Well, let's talk about that because in the age, you know, CEO of NVIDIA came out a couple of weeks ago and there was an interview with him where he was talking about, you know, commodities and what he values in employees.

And he said, you know, three years ago, I would have said intelligence, but now intelligence is a commodity.

I can buy it with AI.

So...

In the new economy and in the new world pushing forward with artificial intelligence, you're a success coach.

What do you think are the skills that you're going to need to succeed?

I'm not talking about practical skills of learning how to code or prompt AI.