The Rhythm of Life is Breaking

Greg Twemlow explores how artificial intelligence is dismantling the traditional "moat" around knowledge work, rendering routine cognitive tasks abundant and inexpensive. This shift forces human value to migrate toward higher-order skills like discernment, judgment, and accountability, which the author describes as moving up the abstraction layer. Consequently, the reliable lifecycle of education leading to stable employment has fractured, leaving graduates without a dependable first rung on the career ladder. To navigate this new landscape, individuals must embrace self-authorship at a much younger age rather than relying on slow-moving institutions. Ultimately, the text argues that we are facing a profound human crisis where personal agency and the disciplined use of technology are the only ways to survive a broken social rhythm. 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 (™).