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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 5h \ parent \ on: Many people now think that AI is a mortal threat to jobs - are they right? econ
I found it an interesting exercise to take some of my more visceral emotional reactions out of it and to reflect on what's on display. She's smart, writes well, seems to have good experience. Is it really so hard to find work? Is that the shared experience of a 24 y/o new grad? She also seems deeply entitled to be living some kind of picturesque life of glamor right now. Like she wants to step right into some remarkable gig, the kind of life you used to have to grind away to arrive at.
And the nepotism thing is also a mixed bag. It's true that many people I know get opportunities because of people they know. Sometimes this feels gross (boss's kid gets special treatment), sometimes less (boss's kid gets special treatment but is also pretty great), and sometimes it feels just right (I hire someone I know because I know that they are fantastic.)
I don't have a takeaway, except maybe to wonder how different is it now? Real estate prices, sure. Some of the issues we all understand due to fiat problems. But if you wanted to make it in LA at 24 in some cultural industry, were there ever better options?
And even if there were, and this chick's difficulties are 85% her own fault, and Gen-Z is as whiny and entitled and lazy as people say, it's really good to understand how they feel, because everyone else will be feeling the consequences of it.
For instance, consider this recent SN post. If you start out thinking that you should be able to do whatever you want, and make a good living from it wherever you want, then the world will disappoint. (This is what I'd like to know more about -- was her situation easier, in LA, at 24, twenty years ago?)
But if you start out w/ the assumption that the world owes you nothing, and you need to find a way to survive, it seems like you have options. And maybe more options than anyone has ever had.
But also, it's hard to see something entirely outside of your field of view. I can sympathize with that, too. But sympathy isn't a solution. The right model of the world is the solution, or most of it. I just don't know how right mine is.
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