Brett Caughran(@FundamentEdge):The Gilded Cage has already been dissolving, and I believe AI will further accelerate this trend. I feel fortunate to have had my Tyler Durden moment early, and come out the other side (it was messy and tumultuous at times, so I don't want to dismiss the seriousness of major life transitions) I feel like I will have many things to say about this over the coming years, but if you fall into this bucket, I just have a few pieces of advice. 1) Work now to reduce your fixed costs and build personal runway. This will or will not feel like life or death to the degree that you have financial flexibility. 2) Learn to get quiet and adopt a practice of doing what feels most exciting in the moment. This is super counterintuitive to high achievers who are used to sacrificing in the name of corporate profit. But my mantra is ”the way that it feels is the way that it goes” and your bliss activated has a mystical way of guiding you to the right next thing. 3) read like crazy. If you read enough of the right books, you'll realize that we live in a benevolent universe that is here to support you at every step. That life is happening for you, not to you. But as a player in the simulation, Learning to press the right buttons and make the right commands makes all the difference. The universe does not reward passivity. Water finds its level, and the level of your consciousness will be deterministic of your life experience. Done right, these major life transitions will be major accelerants in the level of your personal consciousness and collectively our collective consciousness. Which I believe is the entire point of the simulation.

2026.10.28 21:31

The Gilded Cage has already been dissolving, and I believe AI will further accelerate this trend. I feel fortunate to have had my Tyler Durden moment early, and come out the other side (it was messy and tumultuous at times, so I don't want to dismiss the seriousness of major life transitions) I feel like I will have many things to say about this over the coming years, but if you fall into this bucket, I just have a few pieces of advice. 1) Work now to reduce your fixed costs and build personal runway. This will or will not feel like life or death to the degree that you have financial flexibility. 2) Learn to get quiet and adopt a practice of doing what feels most exciting in the moment. This is super counterintuitive to high achievers who are used to sacrificing in the name of corporate profit. But my mantra is ”the way that it feels is the way that it goes” and your bliss activated has a mystical way of guiding you to the right next thing. 3) read like crazy. If you read enough of the right books, you'll realize that we live in a benevolent universe that is here to support you at every step. That life is happening for you, not to you. But as a player in the simulation, Learning to press the right buttons and make the right commands makes all the difference. The universe does not reward passivity. Water finds its level, and the level of your consciousness will be deterministic of your life experience. Done right, these major life transitions will be major accelerants in the level of your personal consciousness and collectively our collective consciousness. Which I believe is the entire point of the simulation.

Blueprintsmb@blueprintsmb22

2026.10.28 10:26

I'm in my 40s. The most scared/disoriented people in my network are the ones that have the following resume => went to an Ivy League school, went into consulting for Bain or BCG or investment banking for a bulge bracket bank then MBA at Harvard/Stanford and then career progression in high income tech W2 or hedge funds/private equity. A number of these individuals in the last 5 years have been unexpectedly let go in their early 40s with 2-3 kids in private school and a burn rate they socially struggle to walk away from (kids have close friends now, business connections at the private school their kids go to, living in a high cost location makes it easier to network, etc). These are the people literally have only been told they are excellent their entire lives and now are in year 3-4 (no exaggeration) of trying to land a new job. Some are willing to "settle" for working for mid 6 figures (some even less) just to cover their burn rate with a young family. AI probably makes this dynamic happen earlier in one's career going forward for some of these perfect resumes individuals. Good chart from @Jack_Raines in his book Young Money

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