Since first encountering ChatGPT in December 2022, I’ve been following a personal playbook to ensure I don’t wake up professionally obsolete.

While the earliest versions of ChatGPT were far from what we have today, I instantly recognized its potential. To me, it felt as revolutionary as the shift to smartphones—when everyone suddenly had a personal device in their pocket. That realization was largely shaped by the mental framework I picked up from Ray Kurzweil’s 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near. While my ideas are nowhere near the depth of Ray’s, I still hope this one adds some value.

Today, I’m sharing it publicly for the first time—because I’ve built enough conviction in its relevance.

I call it the 5 Rs Moat:
● Roles – How the network perceives the value I create
● Relationships – The living web of people who amplify that value
● Responsibility – The ethical and legal guardrails only humans can sign off on
● Risk-taking – The courage capital that algorithms still can’t underwrite
● Resilience – The decades-long persistence that compounds over time

Each “R” is mapped to socioeconomic forces that keep it defensible—even as AIs and robotics continue to sprint ahead. My hope is that these lenses help everyone audit where their own moat is wide—and where it might need some fresh digging.

I’ll continue sharing more as I build deeper conviction. In the meantime, I hope this framework helps you think more clearly about how to future-proof your career.

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