Education and Employment Have Decoupled

The provided text from Greg Twemlow’s article, "Education and Employment Have Decoupled," argues that the traditional link between education and successful employment has fractured, largely due to the rapid advancement of AI. The author highlights how AI has devalued information recall, shifting the focus to human-centric skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and judgment. Twemlow outlines a "Great Disconnect" impacting recent graduates, high schoolers, and career changers, all grappling with an uncertain future where traditional degrees no longer guarantee career entry. To navigate this new landscape, the article proposes a three-step framework for individuals: becoming "seekers," building an "Identity Blueprint" (Custom Context Profile), and mastering "Foundation Elements" such as identity clarity, pattern recognition, and problem framing. Ultimately, the piece promotes Twemlow's "GlidePath Studio Workshops" as a solution to help individuals proactively adapt and thrive in this evolving job market by focusing on these essential, non-automatable capabilities. Read the article.About the Author - Greg Twemlow writes and teaches at the intersection of technology, education, and human judgment. He works with educators and businesses to make AI explainable and assessable in classrooms and boardrooms — to ensure AI users show their process and own their decisions. His cognition protocol, the Context & Critique Rule™, is built on a three-step process: Evidence → Cognition → Discernment — a bridge from what’s scattered to what’s chosen. Context & Critique → Accountable AI™. © 2025 Greg Twemlow. “Context & Critique → Accountable AI” and “Context & Critique Rule” are unregistered trademarks (™).