Rereading Asimov: Learning to Learn is the Core Skill in the AI Era
ritakozlov · x · 2026-08-10
The author reread Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi novella Profession and found it wildly prescient. In an era where knowledge is abundant and easily delegatable to machines, the most critical human skill is knowing how to learn and think independently.
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