"Higher education as we know it is on the verge of becoming obsolete, Thriving in the future will come not from collecting credentials but from cultivating unique perspectives, agency, emotional awareness, and strong human bonds. I encourage young people to focus on two things: the art of connecting deeply with others, and the inner work of connecting with themselves."
"AI itself is going to be gone by the time you finish a PhD. Even things like applying AI to robotics will be solved by then,"
"In the current medical system, what you learn in medical school is so outdated and based on memorization,"
Undergraduate degrees have lost much of their payoff as AI accelerates, prompting many young people to pursue advanced schooling for high-paying jobs. Multi-year PhD programs risk being overtaken by rapid AI progress, potentially rendering research and applied AI work obsolete by graduation. Time may be better spent on niche topics tightly linked to AI, such as AI for biology, or on nondegree pathways that build distinctive expertise. Thriving will come from cultivating unique perspectives, emotional awareness, strong human bonds, and agency rather than collecting credentials. Long professional degrees like medicine or law risk lagging curricula and reliance on memorization amid fast technical change.
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