“Yuppies,” “Mutiny,” and “How to Start,” Reviewed | The New Yorker

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In the nineteen-eighties, an office job promised security and fulfillment. For graduates starting careers today, the prospect is often tinged with dread.

Save this story Save this story This spring, across the nation’s auditoriums and quadrangles, members of the class of 2026 took their seats to receive remarks from distinguished guests. The graduation speech is a thankless form: generalized, impersonal exhortation/congratulation is almost guaranteed to be forgettable, if all goes well. But this year, on at least a few American campuses, all did not go well. At the University of Arizona, Eric Schmidt, the former C.E.O. of Google, told the crowd that artificial intelligence “will touch every profession, every classroom, every hospital, every lab

“Yuppies,” “Mutiny,” and “How to Start,” Reviewed | The New Yorker

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