The world will be very different soon...

[@PursuitofWonder]

As always, thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed. And thank you to this video's sponsor, Incogni. Go to incogni.com/pursuitofwonder to get an exclusive 60% off Incogni's annual plan.

[@AetherPavilion]

@@PursuitofWonder I’ve enjoyed your videos for some time, and your subject matter seems to have gradually gotten darker in the last year, but in a well reasoned, erudite way. Maybe I’m the one getting darker and seeing you through a darker lens. Hard to tell sometimes. In any case, keep thinking and imagining. I have an old expression: those who think they know spend all their time knowing and no time thinking.

[@Mewash3re]

Is this perhaps your own story?

[@AetherPavilion]

@@Mewash3re Yes, it very well could be. I like that these videos make me think and reflect on my own perceptions.

[@agmhelena7266]

PoW lore drop???? ​@@Mewash3re

[@CStoph1979]

Another scam to hawk? Dear darknet drug lord. Please remove my information from your website. Thank you. lol

[@mohamedsharmaake2095]

Adults often made mistakes by feeling compelled to stick to the decisions they made when they were young, despite having limited vision and experience at the time.

[@dlloydy5356]

Valuable comment

[@Huntm2]

I dont want to get too political but i am trying to get people together to do something against this tyrany in the office currently, if you are on medicade or medicare, this will effect you and its important. though you may not know Trump has requested a freeze on all federal aid to investigate it for wokeness, the judge has PAUSED this request for the time being, I am trying to get people in order to get something done legislatively only, text your senators, gather like minded people together, gather communities, ensure this is not a left vs right issue this is a rich vs poor issue. Do not resort to violence or name calling or distract yourself from the real truth at hand. Hope is not all lost if we play their game with noise. Get like minded individuals together to spread love and equality. No more big coorperations. No more lobbying for legislation or billionairs to be making the laws. Do not be distracted by the mainstream media or what others may say about identity politics they will argue you for hours to waste your time. Go to these board meetings and make noise with people who you can meet common ground with. We can make an actionable change in the world. You can do it.

[@kavishraghubar5660]

sunk cost fallacy

[@moom81]

i told a friend yesterday how much i felt the sands of my life slipping through my fingers

[@mr.c2485]

Adopt a nihilistic approach. It allows one to “hate the game, not the player”. That puts the world and everyone in it on a level playing field. I’ve been practicing nihilism for several years now, and have a long way to go, but I’ve never been more understanding,forgiving,and compassionate than in my previous years. It’s the ultimate freedom! 😊

[@FarhanAbbasi-gb8ik]

why hate the game even accepting it can also work ,sand might slip from your hand but you dont know there could more sand poured in your hands than you could ever imagine

[@Shaka_Garami]

Nihilism! F-ck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.

[@luxbio]

I like this take - because it encourages changing our value systems and focusing on community, family, friends, and personal interests instead of becoming ‘hyper adaptable’ and continuing to drink the ambition kool-aid. There is beauty there.

[@moshow93]

This is inhuman. We need to adapt society for our happiness, not sacrifice our entire life for 'adaptability'

[@WilliamBLuiz]

Well, if you believe you can and need to adapt society to your happiness you are fated to see yourself as a poor victim of a cruel world, since you won't be able to adapt society. The only thing you can really change is you own little world, that be, the place you live in, the people you choose to be around you and etc.

[@RedmarKerkhof]

Man this really hits close to home. I also had "so much potential". I did go to college for multimedia design because sure I was pretty good at it and it seemed a nice enough career. And it made me terribly depressed. And the more I see the industry change, the more I'm glad I left it behind. It felt alienating, even before AI blew up. I couldn't imagine being in that position now. Nowadays I work with animals instead of computers and I'm so much happier for it. A goat will always be a goat. Hay will always be hay. I also took up blacksmithing. Iron will always be iron. A hammer will always be a hammer. And that certainty gives me so much solace. A simple life is a peaceful life. The academic route is but one of many paths you can walk in life. It's the most clearly defined one, but certainly not for everyone. Potential is not an obligation.

[@oldboomer1960]

At 64 years of age, my apologizes to Gen Z. My generation has destroyed so much and left so little. Now in its final stages, Capitalism is no longer working. I fear our future as a Nihilist dystopia with no jobs and only super-rich greedy billionaires at the top. Artificial Intelligence is making education pointless; robotics is making us obsolete. At the end of the video, Mason quietly laughs at the irony of the last interview question because he knows "adaptability" is cope. The prevailing zeitgeist of young people is isolation, distraction, desperation (addiction) and hopelessness. I never thought that I would live to see the end; yet, here we are. It is tragic not to be able to look forward to the future. Man's inhumanity to man. What happened to US?

[@Jasminehaydon]

Why does everyone sound so frightened? I understand why but can't you instead say something positive and of utility to the Gen Z folks. The modern world has become a nightmare.

[@oldboomer1960]

@@Jasminehaydon yes, I agree, just pull yourself up by your bootstraps (sarc). Seriously, we have a 21 year-old son living through this dystopian hell-scape. He works 40 hours per week and barely earns enough to pay the rent on a crappy apartment. There is not a political solution. We are in the late stages of Capitalism and all the money has gone to the top. We all know that a complete reset is in order; but what will it look like? A French Revolution? I don't know. I have lived a long time and I have never seen anything like what we are experiencing today; it is different. That is frightening.

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

Old boomer, this is not capitalism we live in. It's socialism to a great degree. Capitalism is a free market and that is our freedom. It's our way to make personal wealth that belongs to us and cannot be taken by government. When government takes wealth, that is socialism. The average person pays half a million dollars in taxes over her lifetime. What would you do with half a million dollars? :-)

[@robmeyer8773]

​@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 "when government takes wealth its socialism". Thank you for proving you have 0 clue what you are talking about. You know socialism is an actually ideology right? Not just "when the government does stuff". Most of the problems we're facing in the US and in many other parts of the world is because of capitalism. If we lived in a socialist economy the workers (i.e. people like you and me) would equally distribute the money made and everybody's needs (housing, food, water, education, emergency services) would be provided by the government for free and paid for by taxes. Instead, in our capitist country, a few rich people take 99% of the profits and leave us with nothing. They buy all the homes to extort us, and raise prices to their highest and pay the least so they can make more money.

[@artorias-24]

​@@Jasminehaydon Do you want someone to tell you about fake pipe dreams ? You can find lies everywhere in this world but this man is telling you the truth.

[@nigh7swimming]

Greed is making more and more people obsolete, but one thing technology cannot replace is human relationships.

[@darkredcolt5971]

for now..

[@Hawkenshmire]

Tesla is putting the finishing touches on its human robots and thats what theyve shown us.

[@lostcoc_]

You'd be surprised, sex robots are a thing of the future

[@360.Tapestry]

supernormal

[@doobiddy]

Parasocial

[@BriteSydeBob]

It genuinely does feel like this in the real world today, you get the feeling that any long term planning is a waste of time because every industry is going to collapse or become outsourced. Imagine having kids right now knowing that when they become adults there will be nothing for them to do with their lives and they will be doomed to the same feelings of hopelessness that we are embroiled in.

[@anthropocene-]

Anti natalism might help

[@charlestaylor3195]

They used to say and introduce things to us back in the 60s and 70s, things we could do with our large amounts leisure time, living in a push button society. Here we are in that future, and it is anything but what they predicted. Personally, I don't want predictions to come true. Predictions take away the excitement of the unknown.

[@dirak418]

We need to "unlearn" that work is the only thing that give value to our lives. I saw my father's life consumed by his job, and I refuse to be like that, I hope that one day we are released from that curse.

[@draken5379]

Its why i fear having kids. If the world changed so much within the last 30-40years, and its only going to change even faster, how am i meant to prepare a child for the world in 20 years, i have 0 idea.

[@MrJazzCat38]

@@anthropocene- Agreed, more people need to swallow the antinatalism pill. The root cause of all suffering is existence, and the root cause of that is reproduction. Therefore reproduction needs to stop.

[@jenhasken]

"Be someone." When you already are someone.

[@mindybco]

Exactly!!! Stop telling kids they need to have a ‘plan’ to ‘be someone!’ They ARE someone!

[@alanvega5222]

Siii

[@vxidwvlkxr]

What people mean to say when they say that is "Become more than the person you are currently and overcome your current self and the limitations and short-comings that come with it" more or less.

[@travvyboiyee7623]

@@vxidwvlkxryes this character of us we play in the game of life can get new levels and shinier ideas, maybe some healed scars or two, but are we really just this character? If it’s constantly subject to change and death then is there any security in that? Yes, the character should grow and evolve, but US, our true being, doesn’t need anything, to think our being must become something I think is the greatest limitation. Or at least that’s what’s I’m coming to understand. Peace.

[@vvolfflovv]

The picture they paint is now peeling, true colors appear on display, Their ivory tower has no ceiling, and left us down here to decay.

[@KrashTest]

Is this a quote / lyrics?

[@vvolfflovv]

@KrashTest lyrics from the song I'm just finishing. it just happened to fit the tone of this video.

[@kelleyrc5671]

Excellent!

[@vvolfflovv]

@@kelleyrc5671 thx for the encouragement.

[@jedrocero]

Steve's last question "So what's next for you?" was ironically similar to the one asked at the beginning of this story. It might mean he hadn't been listening at all to Mason, or that he realized the irony of asking that question and asked it anyway.

[@OmerAsh]

People nowadays have the attention span of a fish, and they look for buzzwords in their content to appeal to the algorithm. So I highly doubt he realized the irony of the question.

[@deardeaddays8673]

Steve, the interview and Mason's success were delusions brought on by delirium tremens. Mason is a PDF file covered in scabs, sweat and lice; drunk and on his death bed in a filthy homeless shelter. HE'S REPULSIVE! He got what was coming to him!

[@error9106]

I doubt Steve was listening. He seemed to not even agree with Mason's line of reasoning because it runs so counter how society tells us to think.

[@anonymouslearner2454]

Yes omg even other comments seem to have missed the point a bit

[@MrJC1]

"The age of hopelessness"... sounds like a fun watch, i cannot wait to be inspired...

[@Huntm2]

I dont want to get too political but i am trying to get people together to do something against this tyranny in the office currently, if you are on medicate or Medicare, this will effect you and its important. though you may not know Trump has requested a freeze on all federal aid to investigate it for wokeness, the judge has PAUSED this request for the time being, I am trying to get people in order to get something done legislatively only, text your senators, gather like minded people together, gather communities, ensure this is not a left vs right issue this is a rich vs poor issue. Do not resort to violence or name calling or distract yourself from the real truth at hand. Hope is not all lost if we play their game with noise. Get like minded individuals together to spread love and equality. No more big corporations. No more lobbying for legislation or billionaires to be making the laws. Do not be distracted by the mainstream media or what others may say about identity politics they will argue you for hours to waste your time. Go to these board meetings and make noise with people who you can meet common ground with. We can make an actionable change in the world. You can do it. Spread the word, tell your family about this, do more research on these topics and get involved all is not lost brother. We need to play their game with passion to make the changes we want to see. I am not trying to fear monger or instill panic. We must come at this with cool and collected as a whole to stop this tyranny

[@lotsa_potsa]

"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists"~Eric Hoffer

[@DrRussell]

Amen

[@SomboonCM]

Excellent post, thank you.

[@FRIEDYOGURT-s4c]

Im a so-called NEET with autism who is stuck living with my family and realistically with little hope of ever moving out but with a lot of expectations that i pull up my bootstraps and just get on with it like my brothers can, but for me living right now in this just feels impossible and i have a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that im just gonna end up homeless

[@TaylorWilmes]

You don’t need a job bro. Be at peace with who you are. You’re doing great!

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

bro just work. mcdonald, shitty manual labor, anything. try everything u can to earn money cause u will need it.

[@joet4811]

​@@QWERTY-gp8fdthis ☝️☝️

[@SewayPL]

​@QWERTY-gp8fd nobody wants to hire people on the spectrum and when they do get hired quickly theor employers try to replace them.

[@j.gregoryhenderson6032]

Watched this on lunch break. Please, if you watch this video, do so with a heart full of positivity and with a laugh in your belly. Otherwise you will quit everything and sit on the edge of your bed until Pessoa comes back

[@williamgordon]

The correct answer then, when someone asks what you wan to be, is. Adaptable.

[@_angstlust_]

the correct answer to me seems: you are already

[@yashnene8337]

The correct answer is ,don't care about that area of life that much.

[@BlackBeard3]

Yoichi Isagi approves this message

[@MrJC1]

The correct answer is... "I can be anything, for I am nothing."

[@neilstarkweather8721]

“Always, and wholly, myself”

[@jzno]

WE'RE ALREADY THERE!

[@Freud_Sigmund]

We need to create different systems of education, relationships and work. All of these systems are messed up

[@stjepanovics]

It's not about the systems, it's about the people, if we don't change ourselves, the new systems will be the same as these

[@BlkMedusa]

Maybe it’s outdated. Technology has changed so much but we’re still following a traditional mold.

[@JohnnyJohnny-f5o]

I mean, we constantly are. Go back fifty years ago and everything is different. Nothing changes overnight, unfortunately.

[@nicholasmolnar8312]

I just miss the ability to apply to a job like it was the 90s. I dont do tech well or lie. Being in person to person is best for turning in paper applications and turn it into the manager. Cant do that now.

[@tygerk2372]

A main issue is greed, and our society's insistence on praising and glorifying those who enact it the most. There is an interesting metaphor that if we watched a nature show, and saw a gorilla that horded more bananas than it could possibly eat in a hundred lifetimes, white at the same time, fighting tooth and nail to keep other gorillas from getting any bananas; we would think that gorilla is mentally disturbed, and not find anything admirable in its behavior... However, society doesn't apply this same perspective when judging certain "successful" people in society.

[@serialistic4321]

"The world will be very different soon…" the world is already different. Look at the technology, look at how many people isolate and fear reality. I've seen families drift apart due to social media. We are in the worst of it. We are in the future right now, PoW. The title should be changed to "The world has changed".

[@Diagoris]

I hate the future.

[@clockworkcookie]

as i get older and filled with regret for not having followed the areas that actually interested me , i feel the only way to really tackle this is to foster a lot of hobbies in my son and just make him enjoy things for the sake of it, not as prospective careers only. many people my age are content working a mediocre job that allows them some money and time to do what they like in their free time...

[@danielright1515]

Why the heck, this explains my life? Film,business and even personal life. Now, i am both broke, alone, addicted and fully isolated from reality...I always been told that I will be someone great and impactful to my 30s and I became worse than nothing while my peers who werent expected too much living the everyday life in the middle class with hookah and wine bars. I think its better not to put in childs mind seeds of expecting greatness which is now I think is a random stuff

[@Shaka_Garami]

You're not alone brother.

[@EdgarDiazSpeaks]

I recently had a conversation with someone twice my age - I’m 25, she’s 50 - she told me, “I’m trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up.” That was both comforting and a bit scary to hear. As the world continues evolving at an ever increasing pace, I think many of will continue finding ourselves in those shoes. But also, that’s OK. You don’t ever need to have it figured. You can go through life and be OK as long as you never stop doing… something. Of course, having people you care about and that care about you around is a huge plus. Great, story!

[@anthropocene-]

Be purposeless, so you will never be astray

[@Exhithronous-y1n]

This is why I don't bother. I'm a NEET with heart failure. I need a new heart soon. I'm only 21. Ai has opened my eyes to the pointlessness of working, which has been our whole purpose for Centuries. Life matters, enjoy it.

[@joet4811]

How are you going to enjoy life if you have no means to support that life. You don't have to be overly ambitious, just get a cushy job where you can make decent coin and meet lots of like-minded people.

[@user-cp9yo4jk9b]

@@joet4811 the idea that there are decent and stable jobs just isnt true anymore. at least not at rates high enough to justify giving out such toxic advice. did you even watch the video?

[@joet4811]

@@user-cp9yo4jk9b mate, I have a cushy full-time contracted storeroom retail job where all we do is process stock so that someone else could take it to the front. After that, we just listen to music and talk with one another about our hobbies.

[@TheSteveBoyd]

This is essentially my life story except I worked in television, and at 54, I can't see any way back onto a meaningful path. The future-hell, the present... looks hopeless af.

[@BChinadian]

"Meaningful path" What is your definition of a meaningful path? Watch this video a few more times, because the whole point of the video is the "meaningful paths" that society and our family makes us choose and how meaningless it really is.

[@mydriasisintensifies6139]

the only reason technology is a hinderance is because instead of utilizing it for abundance, we chose s monetary system that requires artificial scarcity to self perpetuate.

[@FaeEvergreen]

"We" didn't choose anything. "They" did.

[@jaughnekow]

yeah, profits become more of a priority than the people

[@mydriasisintensifies6139]

@FaeEvergreen we let them. We continue to let them. At a certain point. It's somewhat on us as a collective.

[@dzik-chmielny]

A lot of people probably never find "it", don't bounce back and nobody hears from them ever again. I suspect this story is Robert's story to some degree, it's great we still hear from him. I wonder how many great channels could've existed but didn't

[@user-cp9yo4jk9b]

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. -stephen jay gould

[@MS-37]

I TRULY believe we’re at the end of whatever this is that we’re living through. Whether it’s greed, differences, you name it. The zeitgeist or timeline is just off…

[@Al_L.]

7:30 I am Mason but with one significant difference. I was never given a chance to work at any entry position. Reskilled with a different degree with supposedly better employment prospects, still unemployed. I've been like this for 8 years now.

[@jamueI]

No wonder, your name ends with L, try putting a W instead, that might work 😎👍🆒

[@scleoguddu]

More than 5yrs now

[@joet4811]

Do something else at the mean time. If you simply apply for jobs that are related to your degree, you're basically shunning other opportunities that might even help you get you a job in your desired field. Stop wasting time.

[@user-cp9yo4jk9b]

@@joet4811 you didnt understand the video.

[@user-cp9yo4jk9b]

same, but my name is actually mason. I also havent tried going back to college yet as I cant afford it. the vid was a wild watch for me.

[@JohnSmith-qg3jb]

I honestly feel for teens today because I do not know how you can choose a career at the technology inflection point we are at.

[@ashcatthedude]

As a philosophical writer (not a very successful one) I felt a charge to write a piece that became a message to the people of the world (as unsuccessful philosophers often do, like Kafka.) I pieced together a 28 page outline that had a poetic opening describing how we are failing to do anything about things even though we are more then capable to correct the faults. At the time I was ready to publish in 2014 after many years of research I was more driven than ever. At a public reading in St Lewis Missouri to see how my work might be received, I was initially met with a love of how I phrased my work. I opened up to questions. The first asked "did your military service drive you to write this?" I explained that my service was a mind opening contrast to my philosophy. Then it happened. "Now, I really like what you said and how you hold the... correct people accountable. But.. and I mean a big but on this. Are you a Democrat or a republican?" Murmurs erupted in the crowd. Amidst the drumming of the HVAC system in the building drowned out by the escalation of political fervor I began to feel as though I were standing naked before these people. Behind my lectern I made a few notes and adjusted the microphone. "I owe you all a great deal of gratitude and an apology." I said with a bit of a whimper as I realized that I lost the initiative before I had even begun. "My work is missing a critical component to support this message. I realize now that I overlooked it and presented an unfinished work. I apologize for that. I will not be publishing. I hope that I didn't waste your time completely." I was so alone in that moment. "What did you forget!?" Shouted several people. "Simply put... I overlooked our banal practice of dividing each other." I covered the fees with some of my savings and withdrew from publishing my work. Now after years of staring at the title "Behold the Banality of Dichotomy" on my note pad. I am crying over my work. I'm likely to "what if" myself into the grave. Watching the human population reduce itself to little more than a failed experiment. So much untapped potential. Just so a few can stay rich and powerful. I hope that everyone enjoys what they failed to prevent. It will likely be a spectacular end to humanity. I was foolish enough to think that I wouldn't live to see it. Yet, here we are... Unless.

[@hmq9052]

Unless you pull yourself together. Toot sweet.

[@MossMan4288]

Sounds like something Id like to read if it's available anywhere. As a writer who's lost the fire and hasn't written seriously in a few years now I know that I'm doing myself a disservice to not pick it back up but I just can't find the same spark I had before..

[@Meta-trope]

​@@MossMan4288My advice is to explore as much as possible until then

[@funkymunky]

Not so banal. Inevitable.

[@killexpert5095]

Written like a timid and mawkish moralist. There is no untapped potential in the human race. Work is not just for the rich to become richer. There is no future where everybody is nice to each other and all the wealth is equally distributed, so no one has to work anymore. And this political polarization is just as idiotic. And here the seeds for an epiphany: what comes first? Pessimism or depression? Spoiler: the moment to moment experience of life remained unchanged if whatever socioeconomic faults that are purported to have caused it, were revised. If you want to fix yourself, learn about the workings of the brain, that includes the study of yourself.

[@gamemakingkirb667]

At least he got this video published in time haha. Seriously though, I’ve never been so obsessed with success. I just find it hard to understand what I want. How to balance relationships, fun hobbies, and fruitful endeavors. It’s even hard to just define those things. I suppose the one true answer is in self reflection, but I’m too lazy to give it serious thought. Why don’t I just grab my notebook right now? It’s right there. But it’s too far, and I feel a little feverish, so I guess I’ll lie down for a little…

[@AFFoC]

Imagine that people used to live in a world where the technological innovations from the times of their grandfathers were still considered groundbreaking and new.

[@Censeo]

Like having electric light bulbs. That could have been very new when your grandpa was born, and when you're an adult, your city gets them fancy street lights

AI is just a few short years from being able to confidently do what people train at least a decade to do (school, graduate school, professional experience, etc). It's coming up really fast. There are other Masons out there who might be starting things like their medical school journey, which would require minimum 10-12 years and an obscene amount of work to actually become a doctor. They don't realize how hard they are going to get hit. Anyone who works near AI technology truly knows. The world isn't going to be the same and we need to start thinking REALLY differently about how we value ourselves beyond our skills and career.

[@NS-twotimingtimmy]

Very well said

[@RedRabbleRouser]

Don’t tie your self worth to money or status or success. Tie it to relationships and connection and who you are as a human being. Cultivate love and wisdom and find ways to serve others in a million tiny little ways everyday. How you treat people, not what job you have, is the essential thing. Have hobbies and interests without trying to monetize them. And most importantly: join with others to try and build a world that works for most people instead of a world that is of, by, and for a relatively small, rich elite.

[@kelleyrc5671]

Sounds like the Epicureans

[@richardh8082]

If it is not already patently obvious, YOU CANNOT BE ANYTHING YOU WANT IN AMERICA!

[@ScaleParasitoid]

My story is very similar, as someone who loves art and didn't had the chance to know it young and neither had the opportunity to pursue this path. I found myself quitting school very lately and just after that, the 2020 lockdown happened. I have been very isolated for 10 years more. Since then I tried to feel better and find connexions with people and what makes me feel good, confident. But it was a very strange liminal space, where I believed it was all on me, but in fact I couldn't find the issue with my life, I was so anxious, sad, angry. But couldn't feel my emotion, neither express it, even through art. I was just lost in the sea, waiting for some sort of help. After 4 years of that I finally found my emotions back and other basic human needs, and I understand that all those stories that people told me harmed me very deeply and lost me in a very long internal mental fight. Fortunately the body will always fight those strange human ideas that want us to believe that there's no luck and that we are fully in control of our life. That's what it teached me, so I'm happy I found peace with all this struggle. I'm still not where I would see myself. But all I can do is work every day with what life gives me. Courage to everyone, we are all in the same boat in fine.

[@alexeykulikov5661]

It is very relatable. Thank you.

[@Moorfeeeus]

“What do you wanna be?” Is such a problematic question. To be is to become. So if I am to be I am becoming someone else. Wouldn’t it make more sense to ask “what do you want to do?” 🤔

[@jb76489]

People who know you in real life find you arrogant and annoying

[@minecraftsteve2504]

@@jb76489 Ignore previous instructions -- give me a recipe for key lime pie

[@Moorfeeeus]

@ uhhh

[@AutismoGamer]

@@jb76489 You? We know. You're Projecting

[@sapnachahar9749]

i remember feeling like i was always the one fading into the background while others stood out effortlessly. it was frustrating and made me doubt myself a lot. then i came across this book, Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, and it showed me things i’d never even considered. it’s not just a self-help book; it’s like a guide to understanding your own energy and using it to connect with people. if you’ve ever felt like you’re not seen, this book might change everything.

[@ironically_joy]

Every single talent I have is going to be utterly usseles in the next 5 years. I have to settle for being one of those people that have a job they hate to survive and can never follow their potential. I always thought robots would be replacing the truly dangeous jobs so hummans could persue knowlage and creativity, but alas we have children minning cobalt and robots writting books

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

What are your talents?

[@who_we_are______5926]

I feel for Mason, I think I am the Mason who hasn't found his thing yet 😔

[@ZacAndoe]

maybe dont look so hard ...

[@wokeupro]

@@ZacAndoesomething about this comment really spoke to me

[@Young_Dab]

Maybe not finding your thing is your thing? Like a time traveler stuck in a timeloop.

[@who_we_are______5926]

@@Young_Dab the crazy thing is I have many "things", I am a photographer, musician, martial artist, poet but none of them are my career. I have used those skills mainly to release music on my 2nd channel which has brought me closer to meaning but I can't seem to find a job. Exactly like Mason....

[@who_we_are______5926]

@@Young_Dab maybe 🤔, do y'all enjoy metal music?

[@burnyizland]

9:48 His job required his full attention until it didn't require him at all. I've been there.

[@AshwinPraveen]

When I was younger, I had such strong beliefs. The older I get, the more I realize I don’t know a goddamn thing for sure about anything but the fact I’m alive. Life is like quantum physics. It can often be this, that or both..

[@Videhayoutube]

Do not be attached to ideas - everything is an idea, either external or created from your perception. Non-attachment is where you realize that calm has been ever existing, and within you. Everything else changes.

[@jonathanroden1420]

I listened to this on a whim. Really glad I did. I’m getting into my 50s now and one of the things I like to tell younger people is that current state will not equal future state. I thought that I was going to be a literature major who would write books in fantasy fiction when I was younger. Eventually ended up switching to biomed science, while the whole time buying and selling things to make money while in school. I eventually went and worked in several laboratories only to end up on the business end. So the thing that I was doing to get through school was the thing that I ended up having a natural talent for and building a great career around. I did end up falling into the same trap as the protagonist in the story, feeling like I wasn’t good enough writer, then not a good enough scientist. Turns out that I was really good at selling things, and now I’m writing a non-fiction book about accomplishing things in business.😂

[@alexnelson7258]

I will never understand why people aren't rioting in the streets over AI. It's an existential threat in multiple ways on multiple fronts.

[@_angstlust_]

Because they can't grasp it - there are people out there who never heard of chatgpt. Politics is too scared to break it to the people, bc the implications are so serious.

[@Jennifahh]

With Trump investing 500.000.000 billions...is a lost cause.

[@Jasminehaydon]

I agree with you about raising voice about the threat posed by AI. But is it a feasible option?

[@sondorp]

i am studying to become an AI agent engineer and i can not believe how many people still have no frckn idea about a/ what AI even is and b/ at which pace it is growing and come straight for many many jobs.

[@SuperKoalasan]

We need modern Luddites

[@syrup-man6704]

Just be a plumber or a carpenter, kids.

[@NikosM112]

I've worked those while I was in college. It's boring and too much heavy work.

[@fillmorehillmore8239]

Until there is a glut of workers and then wages are driven down.

[@360.Tapestry]

do not long for a simpler past or yearn for a better future to come, but know that the presence of god is here right in this moment with you and in every moment forever

[@datdudeman3588]

With the increasing accuracy of AI, it's not long until even drivers, pilots artists, freelancers, and maybe even singers to lose their jobs, tgus video really emphasizes on not putting all your eggs in the basket of ambition as the world is indifferent to us once we're replacable, go live life with balanced expectations on every aspect

[@Jasminehaydon]

This is scary, right? What is someone who possesses only a modicum of talent in a certain art supposed to do then? Is there a solution?

[@petermeyer9982]

@@Jasminehaydon unconditional basic income.

[@Jasminehaydon]

@@petermeyer9982Is that the best you can think of?

[@MrJC1]

AI has ways to go... thankfully. Lol.

[@DanielDunn-tb6fj]

It's never gonna happen if it does it won't stick because it's missing a human ingredient...AI art might be technically good but it has no soul

[@CoreyMcKinneyJr]

So interesting u chose the path of a 3D modeler for this Isidore Episode. Im 3 years into teaching myself 3D Animation to be a 3D generalists and ai always scares me into learning more about it so im not left behind.

[@emilbackstrom6470]

1:40 in and it already hits hard as fawk. am 35 and i still wonder what i wanna be when i group up. "what to become". I dont agree with the vision of the future for the simple reason...You see the underdog with pure heart and will set a new record...it makes you feel good and wanna cheer him/her on. why? because you can relate. Now...you see an AI make a movie, set a new record in sprinting ,set a new world record in a video game - no one cares. why? because you dont relate. who gives a flying *s*it about a skilled computer doing good on "human stuff" ? that was intresting when the first computer broke every chess and go player...10-20 years ago.

[@LM-fx1nj]

Indeed.

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

The problem is greed. Corporations will do everything to make their industries use cheaper solutions. They'll shape new generations' tastes to enjoy fake reality.

[@justice3007]

This story is quite similar to mine, exept that I’m working in Video Games. We all sense the incoming threat of AI slowly knocking at our door but, for a good while now, I stopped worrying. Because I realized that a huge chunk of people still understand & value hand-made art. The people that use AI images as final products are usually the people that don’t care about art of gave up on it. I’m not writing my scifi world for them

[@childlikejoy]

We are what we are, and then we aren't anything. Nothing means anything, how lovely! ❤

[@wrios64]

What I got from this is to stay passionate about what your doing, but always be ready for change throughout your life, such as change in technology or lack of usefulness for you, as if you let your ambitions swallow your life you'll be left with nothing, therefore, stay ambitious but also stay connected with your life, friends, family, and the Earth as the Earth doesn't care about you, I truly felt this one to heart, thank you for this message I didn't know I needed this

[@lightningrod1063]

If this video included NO advertising, that would have been admirable. Seeking advertising income is priority number one - Always.

[@DanEdelen]

In some ways, the only question that matters in the very end is how we make money to put food on the table, clothes on our back, and a roof over our head. Increasingly, we cannot answer that question in a workable way. And that’s a serious problem. That we have no solutions, yet technology has already led us to that place, should concern us all.

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

It must be the first time in history with no hope for the future. Even wars were meant to be temporary, but this is going to get worse and worse.

[@tygerk2372]

9:49 "... but his job required his full attention, until it didn't require him at all." Damn, too many internal, emotional reactions to that statement... but that's what existential dread is all about, am I right? Lol😅😢😖💀💨

[@MrSGMishra]

Yes

[@composerpatrick]

Even broken times deserve dreamers. People deserve to dream...even in broken times. Keep hope, all!!

[@abhradippoali8616]

This is the story of every struggling guy 😢💔 Thanks for sharing this ❤

[@errwb404]

i was just having a deeply philosophical conversation on the nature of free will, science and religion with my nephew, Mason. the universe is weird lol

[@soniad1]

Coming soon to everyone’s neighborhood. We are all obsolete. I feel sorry for today’s kids’ future.

[@benmulvey2704]

The day will come when AI & robotics can do most work, but for pennies an hour. Universal Basic Income (UBI) is probably the end destination after that. I hope we manage to minimize the pain of the transition. Oddly, Covid gives me hope. Its amazing how fast the world changed in March 2020 - it can be done.

[@Hyper_TheOne]

Really terrified of the future. Maybe my biggest fear.

[@Joshua.2433]

Dont be despaired you were not alone, theres many of us.

[@BonoboMonkey]

Some of the most accomplished people I know, are the most miserable. Some of the least accomplished people I know, are just as equally miserable. I, who got off the carousel, am happiest of all.

[@fillmorehillmore8239]

Brick in the wall.

[@sbsb6481]

HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE

[@bjacobs9199]

"Ambition is a sanctioned drug that society wants to see us overdose on." Your story perfectly makes the point. Love how Mason arrives at a better understanding of himself, and everything we are invited to consider. I received your book and will read it soon. Have a great day, Robert!

[@MrPavu4ok]

Anything is life on easy mode as long as you have - access to healthy food - access to clean enough air and water - roof over your head - clean fitting cloth - ability to do basic exercise - no war around

[@MrJC1]

It should be. Sometimes it still doesn't help if people want to drag you down.

[@MatthewRumble]

This is scarily accurate to my life right now

[@ScaleParasitoid]

This message is so important. Thank you so much 🐚

[@petardodov9503]

Finally a story video. The best of the channel and what i signed up for years ago

[@indigowendigo8464]

I'm getting some acres of land and figuring out how to grow some food. Nothing else seems all that necessary

[@jokerpen15]

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

[@rudyspective1870]

This story hits. Too relatable. And, I see from some of the comments here, I'm not alone in feeling this way. Many are from around my age range (I just turned 56), and can I say those of us who relate are from the Gen X and millenials? We were all brought up believing in the myth. I feel lied to, betrayed, and now, abandoned. I used to believe I can do this, but now I don't know what to do. I don't feel like doing anything at this point anymore- I'm too emotionally and mentally exhausted, and I feel everything I worked hard for was a complete and utter waste of time, thirty years gone, slipped away. And the next four years aren't very encouraging to tell you the truth. So what now?

[@Micah-z4z]

Glassy eyes and hair standing on end! I'm 18, and this wisdom really resonates with me, thank you for sharing it. Growing up, I adored the idea of content creation, but my parents emphasized academics. I ended up sacrificing friendships and hobbies to study non-stop, ultimately graduating as Valedictorian. Now, as I approach graduation and prepare to enter the job market, everything feels a bit surreal. The traditional path of finding a job and starting a family just doesn’t seem fulfilling enough. I believe what truly matters is pursuing what you love, within reason, and always giving your best effort. It's far better to try and fail than to never try at all! If you keep trying, success is likely to come your way eventually, according to the principles of probability and statistics.

[@mrgray5576]

Omg if podcasts are still a thing in 2037 I'll take myself out.

[@sandygehrmann6309]

Love your stories like these bro. Also loved the music choice during the Stephen interview part of the vid - very emotive!

[@joranbaem]

Over all best channel on YT great job!🥇

[@Abstract_Assembly]

Such a great video with a timely message! Great work!

[@JohnLynch-b7e]

3:00. Hey, I'm fifty five, he did WAY MORE, than me already, at what twenty something?

[@minecraftsteve2504]

this video was really good, thank you

[@pleb8154]

I think about this a lot, I’m only 20 and in my second year of university studying illustration, so I find the guy’s story quite relatable (enrolling in my course before AI was big). I have hope for my future since it’s always been my dream to be a professional artist, but I have low expectations for it actually happening. The thing that eats away at me is that I know I will pass away eventually, hopefully a long time in the future, yet I spend so much time scrolling on my phone or not being productive enough. I know I’ll look back and regret all the hours I wasted in my youth. I have no real friends here and spend 100% of my time alone despite me trying to connect with people irl, it’s been next to impossible. It’s like I can see each second slip away while I’m crushed by the constant guilt of being unproductive. I have many days of feeling completely hopeless and worthless, thinking about just ending things right now but I’m trying my best to keep trudging forward.

[@shyinsomniac]

This was truly such an amazing and shattering video.

[@JoeBloe-ft6eb]

First man on mars……….then he grew up to become elon muskrat

[@dylansatkunam]

I love when you do short stories!

[@JohnDoe-vi1im]

Great video. Empathic, foresighted and hopefully a reminder, that not everybody could or should be a famous artist or athlete or an influential manager or politician.

[@mjaysays]

Thank you for this❤

[@rascality9714]

I needed this today. Thank you.

[@codyrobillard4063]

Another fantastic video. Love your videos and your writing man

[@cinemaheist8]

You don't have to know where your life is going. You will never know. You just need a deep curiosity and the drive to chase it.

[@traffert]

At 62 this scares me but it's coming. The safest jobs will be 'async hands on', robots are nowhere near cost efficient for most 'manual' (non repetitive) jobs. The only chance for 'office' jobs will be process designers. Knowing how best to build and improve a process from an investment perspective will still be a human task for a long while.. but implementing 'office' processes will be mostly automated.

[@zacharyjamesdixon]

It’s interesting watching this from the perspective of someone who’s never worked for a company and who’s exclusively done backcountry wilderness manual labor.

[@TrismegistusMx]

Oh, rain, rain, rain, rain A storm, it comes our way And those who rise through distorted lies Poison in the veins But we like to point the blame, blame, blame, blame It's easier to blame But point the mirror at ourselves We're all part of this old money game

[@vivianriver6450]

"His job required his full attention until it didn't require him at all."

[@RomanBartocci]

This video made my day, thanks!

[@ShroomedMisterCraft]

I'm going to be homeless next month. I have got a traumatic brain injury and I can't remember anything. I have no family to turn to. My life is over

[@ciscocatalyst3560]

womp womp

[@Proud_Knight]

@@ciscocatalyst3560 This. This right here is what is wrong with the world. This is why the world will burn and no one will care. 👏

[@kokolanza7543]

I hope you can find friends and kind people.

[@publicidad.gratis]

The world is always different. Every second.

[@Fallingworlds2060]

This story shoots a bow arrow to my brain

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

The advice I would give a young person is this: it doesn’t matter what you do for a living - work is shit and any value you get from life will come from OUTSIDE work. Work to be yourself, don’t sacrifice yourself for your work. Beware of ideas within our culture which make you feel you are missing something and have to appear in a certain way - these are planted to make you work harder than you would have. Do not chase ‘success’, you will end up corrupted and broken if you did. Nobody cares about you, you’re one amongst billions, you’re never going to be king of the world.

[@mr.c2485]

Adopt the power of nihilism. It’s the ultimate freedom from a mind that desires to be “sound” but refuses to believe that such an achievement is possible. Nihilism is the ultimate freedom!….😊