Comment by pembrook

I think we can boil down the sentiment in this article to roughly this pattern:

- Person learns how to do desirable hard thing

- Person forms identity around their ability to do hard thing

- Hard thing is so desired that people work to make it easier

- Hard thing becomes easy, lowering the bar so everybody can do it (democratization)

- Good for society, but individual person feels their identity, value and uniqueness in the world challenged. Sour grapes, cope, and bitterness follow.

The key is to not form your identity around "Thing." And if you have done so, now is the time to broaden this identity and become a more well rounded individual instead of getting bitter.

You should form your identity around more lasting/important things like your values, your character, your family, your community, and the general fact that you can provide value to those around you in many ways.