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Chris Sacca Talks About His Fears For Kids Today & What Kind of Job Everyone Should Work | 20VC
- Predicts a future crisis of entitlement and lacking empathy among youth resulting from educational and parenting pressures that force children onto an "insane treadmill" toward elite schools while excluding real-world exposure.
- Anticipates that young adults entering computer science with only academic or teaching assistant experience will remain out of touch with the human condition and fail to create products reflecting diverse worldly experiences.
- Plans to strictly hire only candidates who have previously held service industry or "shitty jobs," operating on the belief that such experience provides essential perspective on professional hardships compared to roles in venture capital or tech.
- Foresees a continued loss of joy and humanity as educational and cultural trends prioritize early specialization and treat missing school as catastrophic, driven by family insecurity.
- Expects a persistent cultural monoculture of privileged youth who lack travel experience and contact with different economic statuses, yet remain entitled to the fundamental right of happiness and family life.
- Anticipates ongoing tension between the continued enjoyment of luxury by the privileged and the necessity of addressing economic consequences for those left behind in the systems being built.