Neal Moore beat me to it. Thoughts on that GenX Career Breakdown article.
Neal Moore answered the New York Times piece on Gen X careers before I could. A pointer to his response, and why I saw AI as my way through.
AnnotatedThe margins are mine: where an idea first showed up, where it went next, and the essays it talks to.
I have been busy binging The Pitt, working on a special project for the IAA on Ageism, and trying to figure out this Substack thing, so naturally, I am late to the game with my thoughts on “that New York Times article”, the one titled 'The Gen X Career Breakdown'. But its coming.
The always wonderful to read Neal Moore pretty much encapsulated a lot of my thoughts in his article on his Substack. Now, I sort of think that Neal and I sit on the same side of the boat here. while he states that he got into the AI game as a youngster, at age 42, I arrived when I was 57. I quickly saw that AI was going to be that thing that made my age actually an unfair competitive advantage1, given that I have survived multiple shifts in technology in the media and advertising game2.
I was mostly right.
Anyway, this is not about me. Hop over to Neal’s article. Make sure to subscribe. He says a lot of things about a lot of things, and I really enjoy his perspective.