You’re really, really dumb

I try to go to a lot of parties in Los Angeles. Not only is it important for me to get out of the house (I’m at my computer at all times) but this area allots for some of the best networking opportunities in the world.

So this week I decided to go to a Los Angeles tech party. The tech party, thrown by Rhubarb Studios, was like any other — pizzas, alcohol, and beer pong. But the kicker was, every single person around me knew how to code. Not only how to code, but how to code so well that I overheard people bragging about coding applications in one day that turned into companies overnight.

That was when I realized I was really, really dumb.

I don’t know how to code, and neither do you. And you know what that makes us? Obsolete.

At this point we’re simply denying the inevitability of our obsolescence, which is all but guaranteed by the upbringing of the next generation. And I’m saying this is a good thing.

We’re grooming a society where six-year-olds have the ability to teach themselves methodology to not only learn an entire mathematical language, but one that is heavily innovative in the modern world.

So, what can we do to stay relevant in the modern world? We’re never going to be able to keep up with children fluent in various new computer programming languages, so what do ‘we’ (the collective part of humanity older than six), do?

We hone our social prowess. We hone our ability to invest. We hone our ability to help these kids who are going to take over the world someday.

If someone’s going to take over the world you have two choices: You can either be with them, or be against them.