#176: How To Crush A Generation Of Young Talent

Chris Dixon wrote a piece around how the next big thing will look like a toy. Think about the internet, cryptocurrencies, gaming, TikTok, Youtube used to be cat videos

This is what we normally do. In the movies like Bend It Like Beckham the conservative parent can't wrap their head around the changes in the next generation. From their worldview, it makes no sense, they are being irresponsible with their lives

The Fourth Turning by Neil Howe and William Strauss unpacks the four different generational archetypes we cycle through, each lasts about 20 years meaning the four turnings reset every 80 years or so.

We can crush the generation by insisting they jump through old hoops or stay with what fits with the cultural narrative

HIgh Jump Metaphor

In episode 168, we talked about how education caters least towards these people, the young who drive innovation

Lesson from yesterday is, university is not for everyone. For some people, it will slow them down, the most proactive, artistic and entrepreneurial