Silver lining: we have always and will always exist, they will only exist intermittently. We have always, and will always out number them.

Optimistic: glacial progress is still progress.

Pessimistic: Why bother planting a tree who’s shade you will never enjoy.

The only way we can truly fail is to adopt their mercenary “what’s in it for me” way of thinking.

Shouldn’t the boomers be Krabs and the robot be ai slop?

I’m a “general” in my field. It is far more often that it is a thankless burden than it is a benefit.

People at the top of their field, in my experience, have insulated themselves from volatility, that’s it. And this security cannot be conferred. I am powerless to dictate the market. I have just a sliver of influence over the culture. I can work pretty much anywhere, but nowhere is objectively better than anywhere else. I’m just as free as I am trapped.

In short, the generals are perhaps difficult to remove from the boat, but the oligarchy always sets the course.