What happens to the "intellectual class" when thinking becomes a commodity?
We’ve spent the last century hiring for brawn, then for brains. Now, as AI commodifies cognitive labor, the "eggheads" among us are facing a humbling reality: our ability to process, calculate, and speak is no longer our competitive advantage.
Today on Living Code, I sit down with Ben Christensen, Head of Partnerships at AI 2030 and a builder at the intersection of technology and human flourishing. We dive into the "Roaring 2020s" and what it means to be a "corporate refugee" in an era of algorithmic disruption.
We discuss:
- Question Intelligence: Why the most vital skill of our time is shifting from having the answer to designing the query.
- The AI Bloodbath: Navigating the survival anxiety that hits even the most privileged tech workers.
- Cultural STIs: The risk (and necessity) of opening yourself up to being permanently altered by the people—and machines—you interact with.
Living Code
Humanity, as with all living things, wants to grow.
But external growth is exceeding the planet's capacity, and our pursuit of technical and financial excellence is driving existential risk.
How do we not just exist in our work and in the world, but thrive in it?
Thriving begins with wisdom.
Transcending mindfulness, wisdom is spiritual understanding oriented beyond the self.
Living Code is systematic inner training to cultivate wisdom.
So we can grow with integrity, at an axis in time when it is acutely needed.