What Next? Aging, Climbing the Second Mountain and the Locus of Internal Meaning
Jan 25, 2025
Seth Green, Dean of the University of Chicago Graham School, discusses the art of navigating career transitions with a focus on lifelong learning and purpose. He emphasizes moving from the 'first mountain' of material success to a 'second mountain' shaped by personal values. Green highlights the evolution of education in response to longer lifespans and stresses the importance of joy over financial gains. He advocates for pursuing passions and maintaining healthy relationships as key to personal fulfillment in an ever-changing world.
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Aging and Lifelong Learning
- Aging is a prejudice against your future self.
- Longevity has increased, but economic change requires lifelong learning and cognitive agility.
Traveling Lightly
- Seth Green discusses David Brooks's analogy of the first and second mountain.
- He shares Harry Davis's "traveling lightly" theory, emphasizing letting go of past baggage for generativity.
Early Career Advice
- Don't live in other people's minds; choose what you want, not what impresses others.
- Avoid pricing yourself out of your dreams by needing a high salary for an unsatisfying lifestyle.