[kristianc]

I feel like we are at peak "this is the new normal" now. If the last time we did this (less than five years ago) is anything to go by, the lesson to learn is that while a lot of things do change, a lot remains disarmingly similar to the way it was, and that prognostications about the future can be very premature. For what its worth, I think the layoffs now will look as foolish in extent as the over-hiring during COVID did back then and that we will discover that while AI can make us efficient, human qualities like judgment and taste and interacting directly with customers, prospects and users will count for more than we are giving credit now.