Jeetu Patel: evaluation

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…So, as you've been thinking about where things are heading, I've been liking to ask this question with people with kids, is there anything you're kind of shifting in how you raise your daughter, keeping in mind where things are heading? Are there skills you're trying to instill in her values you're trying to instill in her that will help her thrive in this future? We made a choice, and I didn't know how that choice was going to go. That was actually not even an active choice, it was a passive choice. Frankly, even might have been slightly intellectually lazy in the way that we did it, but it actually worked out pretty well in the sense that we didn't really deprive her of the use of technology. There's a school of thought that says, "Keep technology away from the kids for a while. " We didn't do that. And frankly, I didn't know how it was going to work out, because there are things about the way that the generation is, and by the way, all of us, not just new generation, but this kind of constantly being glued to your phone all the time and not being able to actually put that down and have a conversation. I think it's an important skill in humans to have and preserve over time. And in fact, as AI does more for us, we should be able to have more of this time. I don't have to worry about every notification that's coming on my phone every minute of the day, because maybe I can be more present in the moment that I'm in. She just turned 15 and the night before she was turning 15, what I realized is she is so emotionally mature. We were sitting down one night and she's like, "Hey dad, just so you know, I feel really good right now about having a very strong value system." I'm like, "Oh, okay, what does that mean? And say more." And she's like, "Well, can you name five things that you feel so convicted about that if the entire world disagreed with you," this is the day before she's turning 15, okay? "The entire world disagreed with you. You would still feel like you were right on that and that would waver you." She's like, "I have a certain core set of things that I believe in where I am completely confident that if everyone disagreed with me, I'm still good." Now, by the way, I have to kind of coach her on the, "Hey, when you get new data, be open-minded to changing your mind." But it was actually a very interesting dynamic, which is, if we can have them be exposed to technology but have the right value system, you might actually have the best of both worlds. And the day ain't over yet. She's 15. There's a lot of chances for her getting influenced by external factors and all of that. But what you have to do is make sure that you instill the right values, but then also expose them to the reality of what the world is today and not completely insulate them from that. And so, the way that it worked out, it did end up working well, and we were lucky for no credit to us she was able to use technology to get her EQ higher and higher, and we were lucky on that front. And we know it can go sideways the other way too. But I do feel like right now, at least for my one daughter, what we try to do is get her exposed to the technology, but make sure that we focus a lot more on the values that we need to have that govern us on a day-to-day basis. Kindness, not being arrogant, hard work, work ethic, those things matter. he technology, but make sure that we focus a lot more on the values that we need to have that govern us on a day-to-day basis. Kindness, not being arrogant, hard work, work ethic, those things matter. And those are timeless in my mind. I don't think those change, because take risks, be creative, that kind of stuff.…

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