...If you raise your children with the uncritical expectation that if they work hard they can be a top person in their field, they will be disappointed. The skill of getting good grades maps pretty closely to what the AIs are best at. You would do better to instill in your kids the quality of taking the initiative and the right kinds of intellectual humility. You should also, to the extent you can, teach them the value of charisma, making friends, and building out their networks.
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- Don’t set up being the smartest person in the room as the goal. Encourage them to develop to their fullest, challenge themselves, and to be virtuous.
- Encourage them to find many sources of meaning and social connection. They should develop hobbies and learn how to do self-directed projects, and actively seek out friends.
- Make it clear that meaningful endeavors don’t necessarily have to be compensated. Work is one way to contribute, but volunteering, making art, and building a family are some of the many others.
- Familiarize them with AI. Teach them how to learn from it and how to let it augment them.
- But choose their AI carefully! Don’t let them fall prey to the attentional black holes that will be built and offered to them.
- Don’t teach them to expect stability. Make it clear the world will likely change a lot, but that this change brings opportunities for them.
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