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Preston Fore

As CEOs predict AI will rival humans in 5 years, Shark Tank’s Daniel Lubetzky tells Gen Z to get off TikTok and study Greek philosophers to get ahead

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  • Billionaire Shark Tank star Daniel Lubetzky warns that Gen Z who lean too heavily on social media (and even AI), may lose the skills they need to succeed. Instead, the Gen Xer advises young people to embrace critical thinking and curiosity—and he says, the key to doing so is going back to basics and reading philosophers like Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. It’s a message that’s been echoed across the business world, including the CEOs of AWS and OpenAI. 

AI has turned the careers of Gen Z on their head—so in order to get ahead of the curve, many have followed the advice of leaders in the industry like Mark Cuban and Satya Nadella who say the new secret for success is studying AI.

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