Key points
Humans will increasingly find ourselves displaced by AI because it evolves faster than we can adapt.
Teenagers are already questioning college majors, asking "What's even AI-proof anymore?"
Humans evolved to work for survival and belonging—losing jobs means losing evolutionary purpose.
As AI displaces workers, we will need Universal Basic Purpose, not just Universal Basic Income.
"I was going to major in urban planning," my 17-year-old client Matt said, staring at his phone. "But AI is already doing it. Why waste four years studying something that won't exist when I graduate?" He looked up. "What's even AI-proof anymore?"
Matt isn't wrong. He's connecting the dots.
As a psychologist, I'm witnessing unprecedented anxiety . One client discovered AI completes his week's wo