The Inside Job That's Safe From AI

Because I teach computer science, every week or so someone says to me, “Did you know that computer science used to be the top field to go into, and now AI is taking all the jobs?”

AI is coming for more jobs than just computer science. Most white collar jobs, in fact, are replaceable by AI, especially the AI that is yet to come.

My default, pessimistic thinking tends to catastrophize and think the worst about the future of our economy and well-being as individuals and society. By Grace and by practice, however, I am not limited to my default, pessimistic thinking.

We are always creating with our thinking. We cannot help but create. And in every moment we have a choice:

Constant unconscious creation with our default, defensive, protective thinking… or Constant conscious creation from the deeper, more authentic part of ourselves - the True Self, the Spiritual Self.

I am consciously envisioning a world of abundant health, well-being, love, peace, and enjoyment - for all life. My life, in fact, is a commitment to the well-being of all life.

My pessimistic and fearful thinking are trailheads - trailheads into healing and wholeness for myself, and trailheads to the path of creativity and inspiration for a world that works for all life.

Know thyself. Free thyself. Consciously create thyself. These are our forever jobs. 

Humanity has tried outsourcing them to machines and algorithms already (Instagram and YouTube), to drugs and alcohol, to degrees and jobs, to lovers and children, and even to religion and gurus. 

But our happiness and fulfillment are an inside job. Yes, an inside job supported by grace and inheritance, but someone else’s wisdom and revelation can only lead us to the water - we’ve got to drink.

So the most important aspect of being human, our inner life, cannot be outsourced to AI. Sure, it can be supported, but only so far. 

For when any of us chooses the machine over another human - as so many of us have done and continue to do in this Age of Distraction - we move even farther from ourselves and who we really are.

Like happiness, healing and wholeness are an inside job. Peace and well-being are an inside job. Relationships and leadership (of self and others) are an inside job.

The more of us who are willing to do that inner work now will make our coming transitions easier, more enjoyable, and more effective. Join me on the path of healing, wholeness, peace, enjoyment, and unconditional love.

It's your job to give you that, and no one else's.

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