The Superpower You Need in 2023

Hello Triber ????,

I am excited to write another follow-up article since the last one. I really appreciate the feedback I got from the previous article and how it has helped different persons to find clarity on their personal journey.

I also want to apologize for taking a two-week long break without a new article update. You might be wondering what I have been up to:

1. I was leading a team of software developers to deliver a project. Something really awesome but technically demanding.
2. I was challenging myself to go on a learning spree to pick up new technologies.

Other things happened in-between but that's about it.

So to the subject of today, what is the biggest superpower anyone can have in 2023?

Introduction

We live in the most dynamic era in human history. In the last 10 years, we have witnessed the emergence of blockchain technology, functional AI, autonomous vehicles, and space travel improved after almost 40 years of slow growth, eCommerce has improved, and the internet and the power of the information age now lie under our thumb. Despite all these, humanity keeps pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

As a result of all the dynamism happening around us, staying relevant is very important. That said, the biggest single superpower is the ability to:

learn really fast, while minimizing distractions.

The Age of Learning

Whether you are a knowledge worker, software engineer, architect, etc. We are in the age of learning. As knowledge becomes increasingly obsolete really fast, the most valuable members of our species would be those who are able to learn and assimilate new knowledge almost immediately.

I am not saying you have to change ecosystems and switch careers every month. But you must understand the disruptions that are happening around you relative to your career and make the effort to learn enough about that relationship.

An example: Say you are a food scientist, you could pick artificial intelligence and find out how it affects or could improve food science. Your goal would then be to tailor your research in the direction of that relationship. Technology in itself is a means not an end. That means technology does not change the basic aspects of being human, it only improves it. In the next 200 years, we may not be using the current kind of vehicles, but we can be sure that there will be tools for mobility - the same applies to communication, health and other aspects of human life.

In Conclusion

Technology is a means not an end. Your goal should be to drive and improve on the work you currently do using that means. To improve your work and leverage technology would require a continuous mindset of learning.

Those who can learn fast and continuously will adapt and evolve, leaving those who won't or cannot behind.

In the 1600s, artists revolted against the invention of the camera. The artists who became successful were those who embraced the technology and learned how to incorporate it into their work. The same cycle happened during the dawn of NFTs. Artists who learned fast about it made a lot of money and evolved.

Embrace learning as your most important superpower.

Shalom,

The Carpenter's Son.