It’s a word we’ve all been using.
A supposed non-partisan way to express our disgust and fear for the way things are being run in politics, in tech, in business.
But I don’t think it’s uncertainty that irks us.
What’s worse than uncertainty?
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Uncertainty.
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It seems to be a word we use a lot these days.
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Uncertain times.
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Future is uncertain.
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Everything’s uncertain without certainty, blah blah blah.
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And I agree.
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I think these are uncertain times.
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I think most of us have no idea what’s coming down the road.
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I think we know it’s going to be pretty dramatic, it’s going to be drastic, but we’re really not sure what’s going to happen, which jobs are going to be around, which ones are going to be gone, what new jobs are going to spring up, all of that uncertainty.
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And you know, it’s it’s mostly an uncomfortable feeling, uncertainty.
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But I do want to point out there are some people.
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Who are not uncertain.
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If you look at big tech, if you look at the largest corporations in any industry, they’re doing something right now.
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They’re pretty sure of what they’re doing.
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And the thing that bothers me, actually what what I’m getting at is they’re figuring out a way.
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To use AI, everyone’s scrambling.
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Everyone is scrambling, and understandably so.
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It’s an extremely powerful tool, and it should be used absolutely by everybody, and certainly by big corporations.
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But the thing that freaks me out is the silence.
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I’ve yet to hear anyone speak out openly.
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And emphatically, and in a caring way to share what they think is going to happen with the future and what they’re doing to contribute to it.
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So in other words, you got big plans, you’re you’re you’re making changes.
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All most of us see are lots of layoffs, layoff after layoff, or if you’re lucky enough to keep a job.
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You’re probably working three or four FT ES worth of work.
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So we’re seeing all this and there’s panic and everybody’s running around.
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And you know what would be helpful is if the people that are impacting so many other people in so many ways were transparent.
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That’s a word companies love to use.
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We’re transparent.
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We’re actually sharing what they’re doing.
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What are their hopes?
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What are they worried about?
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What are their plans?
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So when I think about uncertainty, that feeling is uncomfortable.
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But the thing that’s worse than uncertainty, and there’s I guess a lot of things worse, but one is feeling a sense of lack of control.
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And I think that’s what a lot of us are dealing with right now.
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Yeah, we’re uncertain, but we also have no control over what’s going on.
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And the people that do aren’t being very generous with their ideas of what the future holds.
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I don’t know.
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Let me know what you think and take care of each other.
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It’s rough out there.
