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Older People Will Do Well in the AI Age, here's why

In the AI Era, What Can We Still Trust?

Today, everything can be created easily — reports, proposals, strategies, even “expert opinions.”

We have reached a point where top consulting firms like McKinsey and Deloitte have been caught using AI tools to generate client deliverables… and still charging millions.
Numbers give comfort, but not truth.
every promise contains both yin and yang.

A bright projection hides a shadow.
A strong guarantee hides uncertainty.
A perfect plan hides unseen forces.
If projections cannot be fully trusted…
If AI-generated reports cannot be fully trusted…

Trust Does Not Come From Intelligence.

not once, not twice,
but consistently demonstrated over a long period of time.
History doesn’t lie.

 Your behaviour over the years reveals who you really are.

older people have a major advantage.

AI Makes Knowledge Cheap,
And the older you are, the more of these assets you carry.
AI helps them work faster, but it does not replace what makes them valuable:


The Advantage of Age in the AI Age
But older people have something AI and youth cannot replicate:

As long as we continue to demonstrate consistency, courage, and care…
Age is your verified track record — your strongest asset in a world drowning in artificiality.
Care, Courage, Connection —
you become truly irreplaceable.

So the question becomes unavoidable:

In a world where knowledge is cheap and work can be automated, what can we still trust?

As someone trained in accounting, I learned very early that numbers — whether actual or projected — can be manipulated, beautified, or engineered.

As someone trained in Yijing, I also know this:

So if numbers cannot be fully trusted…

What, then, can be trusted?

Trust Comes From Consistency.

In this new era, the only thing that remains trustworthy is:

A person’s track record —

Patterns don’t lie.

This is why, ironically, in the age of AI…

We have:

  • more years of repeated behaviour

  • more decisions made under pressure

  • more evidence of how we handle success and failure

  • more stories that can be verified

  • more people who can vouch for us

In an age overwhelmed with fake content, fake authority, and fake intelligence…

Authentic, lived experience becomes priceless.

But It Makes Character Valuable.

AI can generate:

  • reports

  • slides

  • emails

  • strategies

  • even “expert analysis”

But AI cannot generate:

  • a reputation

  • a pattern of integrity

  • 25 or 39 years of consistency

  • a history of serving clients well

  • behaviour under difficulty

  • moral courage

These are human-only assets.

This is why seniors, if they know how to use AI tools — have nothing to fear.  AI helps them work faster, but it does not replace what makes them valuable:

their track record.

Young people learn tools faster.  But older people have something AI and youth cannot replicate:

credibility built over decades.

In the AI era:

  • speed is common

  • creativity is automated

  • intelligence is commoditised

But trust remains rare.

And trust flows most easily toward those who have shown who they are, consistently, over time.

AI Replaces Tasks, Not Trust.

For those of us with more years behind us than ahead, this is good news.

As long as we embrace AI — not resist it —

and as long as we continue to demonstrate consistency, courage, and care…

we will stand out even more in this new world.

Age is not a disadvantage.

Age is your verified track record — your strongest asset in a world drowning in artificiality.

And when you add Love Intelligence (LQ) on top of that —

Care, Courage, Connection —

you become truly irreplaceable.

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