I think a lot about the changes and challenges our world is facing that will intensify over time, and what it will take for Americans to navigate it. The changes, for example, are things like AI and technology, corporate moves towards sustainability, the labor force, and the automation of jobs. The challenges are much more baleful: climate change, disease, antibiotic resistance— the things that pose existential threats in the absence of preparation and prevention. Yet, I try to face the future with resilience and the willingness to evolve. To me, that means letting go of the idea that we have received an adulthood that looks like it did for our parents, for better or for worse. It means recognizing, like it or not, that we may have to move around to improve our lives and keep our careers going. That means we may have to re-educate ourselves and change jobs or even career industries, potentially several times, because many of them will become obsolete. That means in order to understand the world, we are going to need to take the responsibility to seek out becoming informed and literate in science, history, and politics, even if it’s not directly related to our jobs or interests. But it also means being open to a life that does not resemble the 1990’s, but is fruitful with knowledge, technology, and the advancement of humanity.