1 00:00:21,363 --> 00:00:25,863 S1: Watch a number of videos. Last night, I believe, about 2 00:00:25,863 --> 00:00:29,163 S1: people losing their jobs and starting like a YouTube channel 3 00:00:29,163 --> 00:00:32,763 S1: and like just trying to branch out and maybe start 4 00:00:32,763 --> 00:00:35,973 S1: a new career. And it was extremely sad. And I 5 00:00:36,003 --> 00:00:39,213 S1: watched like two of these. And of course the feed 6 00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:42,273 S1: showed me like ten more. And I ended up just 7 00:00:42,303 --> 00:00:44,403 S1: watching these videos for like an hour and a half, 8 00:00:44,403 --> 00:00:48,213 S1: two hours. And it was extremely sad. I feel like 9 00:00:48,213 --> 00:00:54,213 S1: people are seeing the ground shift underneath their feet and 10 00:00:54,213 --> 00:00:58,983 S1: they're like, why does nobody want me? Right. This one 11 00:00:58,983 --> 00:01:02,223 S1: particular one was really sad because he was like, I 12 00:01:02,223 --> 00:01:04,563 S1: thought I was a good product manager. And then after 13 00:01:04,563 --> 00:01:08,643 S1: ten and a half months of interviewing and getting all 14 00:01:08,643 --> 00:01:11,703 S1: the way through interviews and getting to the very end, 15 00:01:11,703 --> 00:01:16,023 S1: and then not being given an offer or being given 16 00:01:16,023 --> 00:01:19,803 S1: an offer and then being ghosted. After ten and a 17 00:01:19,803 --> 00:01:22,113 S1: half months, I no longer believe in myself. I no 18 00:01:22,113 --> 00:01:24,933 S1: longer believe I'm a good product manager, and it was 19 00:01:24,933 --> 00:01:29,013 S1: just devastating to hear this and this. He was being 20 00:01:29,013 --> 00:01:32,793 S1: so like, just open and honest and vulnerable. And it 21 00:01:32,793 --> 00:01:36,523 S1: was just it was hard to watch and just felt 22 00:01:36,523 --> 00:01:40,663 S1: very human. And this is essentially why I'm doing what 23 00:01:40,663 --> 00:01:43,843 S1: I'm doing now is to basically try to. Help people 24 00:01:43,873 --> 00:01:47,743 S1: who are in that situation and try to hopefully explain 25 00:01:47,743 --> 00:01:54,943 S1: what I. See coming in terms of like. You shouldn't 26 00:01:55,183 --> 00:01:59,773 S1: judge yourself based on what these companies think about your 27 00:01:59,773 --> 00:02:05,413 S1: skills and what they think about your worth. Um, they 28 00:02:05,413 --> 00:02:08,593 S1: do not determine your worth. And this is why we 29 00:02:08,593 --> 00:02:15,553 S1: need something like human 3.0 is because human 3.0 is 30 00:02:15,553 --> 00:02:21,313 S1: how to measure yourself. Okay, you in your entirety. Full 31 00:02:21,313 --> 00:02:25,033 S1: spectrum is how you should be thinking about yourself, not 32 00:02:25,033 --> 00:02:29,203 S1: in terms of do you have these particular product management 33 00:02:29,203 --> 00:02:32,653 S1: skills that this particular type of startup needs or this 34 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:36,553 S1: particular type of company needs? That is a very old 35 00:02:36,553 --> 00:02:39,433 S1: world way of thinking about things. And I don't fault 36 00:02:39,433 --> 00:02:42,013 S1: anyone for thinking that way because you're trying to get 37 00:02:42,013 --> 00:02:43,813 S1: a job, you're trying to pay bills, right? So I 38 00:02:43,823 --> 00:02:47,693 S1: understand that. I'm just saying that society as a whole 39 00:02:47,693 --> 00:02:51,653 S1: is stuck in the past in seeing the world in 40 00:02:51,653 --> 00:02:56,693 S1: this way, and we need to move beyond it, especially 41 00:02:56,693 --> 00:03:00,683 S1: because AI is going to accelerate this whole process where 42 00:03:00,683 --> 00:03:03,113 S1: they're going to see more and more people as expendable 43 00:03:03,113 --> 00:03:04,853 S1: in this way, the same way that this guy was 44 00:03:04,853 --> 00:03:08,543 S1: fired in ten and a half months later, he still 45 00:03:08,543 --> 00:03:11,093 S1: can't get a job. That's going to keep happening to 46 00:03:11,123 --> 00:03:17,573 S1: more and more people, and we need a solution. So. 47 00:03:19,973 --> 00:03:23,843 S1: I would say be kind to people. Everyone is hurting 48 00:03:23,843 --> 00:03:27,953 S1: in some kind of way, and especially right now. And. 49 00:03:30,023 --> 00:03:33,113 S1: When you look at our politics, I see a lot 50 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:36,953 S1: of the current situation as a symptom of people being 51 00:03:36,953 --> 00:03:41,423 S1: hurt and people being afraid. And I think that makes 52 00:03:41,423 --> 00:03:46,913 S1: people more mean and less empathic than they otherwise would be. 53 00:03:47,693 --> 00:03:50,633 S1: And got this great quote here. Kindness is a language 54 00:03:50,633 --> 00:03:53,123 S1: which the deaf can hear and the blind can see 55 00:03:53,153 --> 00:03:54,413 S1: by Mark Twain.