Is knowledge worthless?

I used to think specialized knowledge was something you earned over decades or paid big money for. Now, I see people with zero coding experience using AI to build entire full-stack apps. Folks who never studied business are running market analyses like MBAs. That gap between “I don’t know how” and “I can do this” is shrinking fast.

Here’s what’s happening in real-time:

1. Workplace Overhaul

People are cutting expensive vendor subscriptions or big-name consultants and creating custom solutions on the fly. It’s cheaper, more flexible, and surprisingly easy. But it’s also uncharted territory for many companies, especially those that value tradition more than innovation.

2. Resistance Despite Abundance

If everyone has access to the same digital superpowers, why doesn’t everyone use them? Change can be intimidating. There’s fear of the unknown, fear of messing up a stable system, and fear of losing a job to these new tools. Even in a world where knowledge is free, human nature is still the biggest hurdle.

3. Lessons from the Internet Age

We’ve seen something like this before. The internet blew the doors off “business as usual,” and plenty of people wrote it off as a fad until it was too late. AI and democratized knowledge are already shaking up entire industries, and the pattern feels familiar. Some will adapt, some will cling to old ways, and we’ll watch as a new wave of winners emerges.

4. The Real Shift

It’s easy to focus on the shiny tech, but I’m more interested in how people use it. Are we going to build better, more inclusive systems? Or will it become another arms race that widens economic gaps? Tools alone don’t solve problems; humans do. So it’s about our willingness to leverage these capabilities and do something meaningful with them.

I think the bottom line is that we’re already living in a time when anyone with a computer can generate expert-level knowledge. It’s real, it’s now, and it’s not slowing down. Sure, it can be overwhelming, and yes, there’s a lot of hype.

But if the past teaches us anything, it’s that whenever a major technological shift hits, the people who lean in and experiment are the ones who shape what comes next.