Two futures for the young in 2026: 511 job rejections by chatbot vs unlimited AI to rebuild Cisco
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-10-31
A thread retweeted by Peter Diamandis paints a Dickensian split of youth in 2026: a 22-year-old sends her 511th application into the void and gets rejected by a chatbot, while a 27-year-old is handed unlimited AI and told to rebuild Cisco. Same timeline, similar ages — two completely different worlds, illustrating the widening opportunity gap in the AI era.
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