Garry Tan amplifies viral thread: experts' real AI fear isn't lost status but becoming unneeded
garrytan · x · 2026-10-18
Y Combinator president Garry Tan reposted a viral reply to a 3Blue1Brown video comment about expert anxiety in the AI era.
Author shinboson argues the pain of professionals isn't losing specialized status but a primal fear of becoming completely unneeded — a fear rooted in evolution, when being unneeded in early human communities meant near-certain obliteration. The advice: face the feeling honestly, and stop fearing the dark.
The repost highlights how deeply AI's disruption of expert classes is resonating emotionally across the community.
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