Gurley argues AI becomes a superpower for learning and productivity when combined with high agency careers.
“Like, you can learn faster than you could have ever learned before. You can get more things done Yep. Like with fewer people.”
Gurley says Danny Meyer studied the 10 most impressive restaurateurs by keeping journals on each of them.
“And anyone can do that in any field. Not many people do that in any field.”
Gurley says college admissions pressure creates sixth-grade resume arms race leaving kids overscheduled and unable to find fascinations.
“I think the schools are so hard to get into that parents begin this thing in sixth grade, which Jonathan Hite calls the resume arms race, where you're just cello lessons, Mandarin lessons, lacrosse lessons, the kids are over scheduled”