As AI advances rapidly, humans face significant workplace displacement, leading to existential questions about purpose and future careers. Teenagers like Matt are already reconsidering their college majors, realizing many jobs may vanish before they graduate. This societal shift brings unprecedented anxiety as psychologists witness clients grappling with AI's potential to eliminate entry-level jobs swiftly. Beyond economic implications, the loss of jobs threatens our evolutionary sense of purpose, which historically revolved around survival and tribal belonging. Experts warn that we need to adapt to this loss with a focus on Universal Basic Purpose.
As a psychologist, I'm witnessing unprecedented anxiety. One client discovered AI completes his week's work in an hour. Another...nervously laughed: 'It's amazing...but I can already identify 30-40 positions we could eliminate today.'
Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson warned, 'The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.' AI supercharges this evolutionary mismatch.
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