The Death of Skills

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We’ve got another knowledge-filled solo episode for you this week, and it’s actually a pretty solemn one. We’re having a bit of a memorial service for the death of SKILLS. In a world of rapidly advancing tech and artificial intelligence, a lot of talents that used to be a necessity for everyday life aren’t so essential anymore.

We start off the episode with a discussion about AI, and the effects it could have on the arts in particular. Kevin dives into the newly emerging world of AI music, and Matt talks about how this sort of tech is turning everyday essentials into fringe hobbies.

Matt also talks a bit about the slowly disappearing skill of DRIVING, and what sort of effects that might have on the world of tomorrow. Lots of skills have gone away already, but what are the implications of things like that disappearing forever?

We also get into the general shift in mentality that has come with the death of these skills. Kids aren’t playing guitar like they used to, nobody knows how to find a date without Tinder or Hinge, and people just straight up have a harder time communicating when it isn’t on their own terms.

Then Kevin brings up a surprising shift in the opposite direction – the near-paradoxical rise in live entertainment. In this internet age, shockingly enough, nobody wants to watch sports from the comfort of their home anymore. Live music has seen a boom like never before, and even content creators are getting a piece of the action with events like Creator Clash. Matt also brings his wild dystopian theory about all this to the table, and if you haven’t started training already, you better start now.

We round out the episode by talking about this push to “return to tradition” with things like these live events, and even tangible stuff like vinyl records. We talk about how important it really is to have skills, and how that can help you find real purpose in life.

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