Mid-life reunion reflections: AI anxiety dominates concerns among college alumni
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Summary
The author reflects on attending their thirtieth college reunion, observing that a dominant concern among mid-life peers is anxiety about AI's impact on the future, particularly for their young adult children. The piece contextualizes this worry by comparing it to past generational anxieties, such as the Vietnam War draft faced by the class of 1968, questioning whether today's fears are truly unprecedented or simply a recurring pattern of mid-life reflection.
Key quotes
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surely many generations have looked back at the three decades since their undergraduate years with a mix of nostalgia for the past and apprehension for the future
my mother graduated in 1968, and is quick to remind that many of her classmates faced a loss of their college deferments and (depending on their lottery number) being drafted to fight in an unpopular war
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