013 — The Warning, The Wok, and a Yearning

The head of the IMF gave a warning yesterday that didn't make the front pages — but should have. AI is creating a shock to entry-level jobs.The first rungs of the career ladder are being eaten from the bottom up: drafting legal documents, writing first-draft copy, sorting tickets, assembling research. Entry-level hiring at large US firms is already down 15-25%. India is showing the same pattern.A career used to be a staircase. You walked up one step at atime. The bottom of the staircase is being removed. Which means — for the first time — the question isn't just whether AI takes jobs from people. It's whether AI takes the path that made people who they were.Plus — a quieter story about US AI data centres being built ondrought-hit land (and the Seminole Nation banning them outright), Otter.ai for meeting notes, a 15-minute Indo-Chinese egg fried rice, and a poem about longing for something better.— TODAY'S TOOL —Otter.ai — Live transcription for meetings and conversations.Speaker labels, action items, searchable. https://otter.ai— TODAY'S RECIPE —15-minute Indo-Chinese egg fried rice. Hot wok + 2 tbsp oil.Scramble 2 eggs (just set), push aside. Add chopped garlic + a little ginger + ½ chopped onion, 20 sec on high. Add 2 cups cold cooked rice, press flat, crisp 30 sec. Toss with 1 tbsp soy sauce + 1 tsp vinegar + pinch of pepper. Finish with spring onion.— TODAY'S POEM —"Yearning" — from Fifty Rooms of Silence by Linu Conil, published by Romanson, with an endorsement from Dr. Shashi Tharoor.📖Get the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556—Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced byThe Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.Got a thought? Write to [email protected]