I liked Brendan McCord's AI vs the Self-Directed Career

· Bits and Bobs 5/12/25
  • I liked Brendan McCord's AI vs the Self-Directed Career
    • "Through Humboldt's lens, the work we choose defines us. Not just as economic beings seeking survival or material comfort, but as the architects of our own becoming.
    • As humans we arrive with innate potentialities: latent capacities and natural inclinations that provide starting points for development. It is very often through our work that we discover these potentialities, develop them through practice, and determine how best to express them.
    • Humboldt recognized a fundamental tension in his age that has only intensified today: when systems promise efficiency and optimization of our path, they risk diminishing our capacity for self-authorship."