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Joel Kotkin Interviewed About Trades & AI

May 15, 2026/in In the News

On: The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown

Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University, joins Greg to discuss his piece for Unherd about how young Americans training in trades don’t fear AI, and their futures, unlike those working in information technology.

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More important still, the transition is creating a cultural revolution driving young people away from traditional four-year colleges towards practical skills. The next generation of American workers, in other words, is skipping Joe Biden’s famous advice to “learn to code.” Goodbye to “my son the computer geek,” and hello to “my son, the plumber.”

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Goodbye, Information Age

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