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Stop Panicking About AI: What History Teaches Us About Tech Booms
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- Thought Behind Things
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- May 25, 2026
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- 2087
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Build Your Personal Brand: https://www.muzamilhasan.com/ My Instagram: https://instagram.com/muzamilhasan My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/ In this episode, we sit down for an honest, raw, and authentic conversation about the current state of Artificial Intelligence. Right now, there is a massive mismatch between two competing narratives: one claiming AI is an overhyped bubble with crazy valuations that cannot sustain itself, and the other predicting it will completely change the world, bring universal basic income, and leave everyone jobless. We dive deep into the history of financial and technological bubbles to make sense of the noise and the current "attention economy". From the railway boom of the 1850s that revolutionized transport but bankrupted companies , the technological frenzy of the 1920s that preceded the Great Depression , to the Dot-Com bubble of 2001 , history shows us a clear pattern. While short-term hype often leads to a market crash, the underlying technologies—like electricity, the internet, and now AI—fundamentally change how we live and generate massive long-term wealth for those who focus on real value. If you are feeling the anxiety and FOMO around AI, trying to frantically build products to get rich quick, this video is for you. We discuss why you need to ignore the internet noise, stop listening to the "finance bros" selling fear, and instead focus on how AI will increase productivity over the next 20 to 30 years of your career.