We Need To Adapt

 So you're at some family function, and a relative begins complaining about how "kids these days need to go touch grass" or how “world hunger could be eliminated with the end of social media." You just smile and nod, because what else can you do? But inside you know better. The world is evolving, whether you like it or not.

However, adapting is not about disrespecting tradition. It's about understanding that if we don’t accept what’s coming, we’ll be left behind. Just like how farming was reinvented after the industrial revolution, or how the printing press transformed the way information was delivered, we're in the midst of another change.

Take MrBeast. At a glance, he's a YouTuber giving out money in theatrics on videos. Turn that glance into a gaze though, and he's digging wells in Africa, planting millions of trees, and doing what international aid organizations speak about but cannot achieve. He's not an anomaly. He's among a new crop of digital philanthropists who know how attention works and apply that power to create real change. But there are still individuals who dismiss him because "he just makes YouTube videos." That is the issue. The inability to evolve blinds people to new methods of value.

Speaking of jobs, those same individuals who complain about unemployment also claim that gaming or vlogging doesn't count as work. But reality says something different: streaming isn't hitting a button and screaming at a screen. Creators spend hours editing, writing, promoting, interacting with their community, and learning the platforms they're on. A 9-to-5 where the office is your bedroom and the work never actually ends. Kai Cenat once did a 30 day nonstop marathon. I’m sure that keeping hundreds of thousands of people entertained for 30 days straight is not something anyone can do. The work ethic is genuine. The skills are genuine. The money? Very genuine.

The reality is, to adapt doesn't necessarily mean to agree with all. It means to be willing to learn. You may not wish to open a Twitch channel, and that's okay. But don't discredit the thousands who are earning a living off of one. You may not understand why someone would sit and watch someone else play Minecraft for hours. But guess what? Millions do. And it brings people joy. Isn't that sort of the point? Don’t actors and directors essentially do the same thing with movies?

It's easy to remain mired in the past. It's comfortable. But change never happened because of comfort. It happened because of people who experimented with new things, failed, tried again, and persevered. Even when it was easy to just keep holding onto what was.

The truth is, the world's not slowing down. And the more we try to move in the opposite direction, the more we fall behind. Adaptation is no longer a choice, but a necessity. It's how you remain relevant, how you grow, and how you make a real dent in a world that doesn’t stop moving.