The video taps into a relatable sentiment of wasted potential and the irony of having immense power at one's fingertips but using it for passive consumption, which resonates with a broad audience on social media.
Summary
The speaker reflects on how their generation has been given unprecedented access to technology and knowledge for free. However, they observe that most people, including themselves, use this powerful tool for trivial entertainment like doomscrolling AI videos and watching viral content on social media, rather than leveraging it for significant financial gain or business building.
Structure
1Generation's access to technology
2Wasted potential of technology
3Examples of successful internet businesses
4Contrast with personal usage (doomscrolling)
On-screen text
Our generation
so cooked
were just handed
the greatest technology
in the history
of ever
And 99%
of people
absolutely nothing.
life individuals
making hundreds
of dollars
with the internet
social media.
businesses that
solely exist
right here
You have instantaneous
every single
bit of knowledge
ever conceived
by the human brain
of all time.
it to doomscroll AI
Videos of
dogs dancing
and watch videos
blown up on Instagram.
Transcript
Our generation is actually so cooked, we were just handed the greatest technology in the history of ever for free. And 99% of people use it for absolutely nothing. There are real life individuals making hundreds of thousands of dollars with the internet, social media. Eight figure businesses that solely exist and operate right here on the internet. You have instantaneous every single bit of knowledge ever conceived by the human brain of all time. You use it to doomscroll AI videos of dogs dancing and watch videos blown up on Instagram.