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To Question Is to Answer: How to Think Critically and Thrive in the Age of AI

To Question Is to Answer: How to Think Critically and Thrive in the Age of AI

Blending ancient wisdom with modern AI insights, “To Question Is to Answer” explores how asking better questions helps us stay human in a machine-shap

2025

Christopher Smith

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

At 61, I Didn’t Make It This Far To Make It This Far

Another trip around the Sun

May 13

At 61, I Didn’t Make It This Far To Make It This Far

May 13

Loneliness Is Not a Personal Flaw. It’s a Design Flaw.

In the age of AI, automation, and aging, the most human need is still to feel seen.

May 28

Loneliness Is Not a Personal Flaw. It’s a Design Flaw.

May 28

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Thirty over Fifty

After the We: The Person Left With a Life Built for Two

In the Epilogue Economy, two significant “D” moments alter the arc of a life: Divorce and Death .

May 21

After the We: The Person Left With a Life Built for Two

May 21

The Mid-career Majority Is Already Using AI. You Just Didn’t Notice

Forget the hype cycle. The most quietly innovative minds in your company are older than you think, and they’re already using AI in ways…

May 18

The Mid-career Majority Is Already Using AI. You Just Didn’t Notice

May 18

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Thirty over Fifty

The Relevance Gap: What Happens When Your Team Is Too Young for Your Market

It’s Costing You More Than You Think

May 14

The Relevance Gap: What Happens When Your Team Is Too Young for Your Market

May 14

Keeping Up with the Joneses

There’s a generation you’ve probably never heard of.

May 14

Keeping Up with the Joneses

May 14

The AI Ambition Gap: Older Workers Are Ready, but Left Waiting

A quiet revolution is taking shape at the edge of the corporate radar. According to Forbes, 51% of workers over 55 say they are eager to…

May 7

The AI Ambition Gap: Older Workers Are Ready, but Left Waiting

May 7

The $96 Trillion Wake-Up Call: The Epilogue Economy in Focus

Ignore Us at Your Own Risk: The 50+ Market Isn’t Aging Out, It’s Taking Over.

May 2

The $96 Trillion Wake-Up Call: The Epilogue Economy in Focus

May 2

“We Just Decided To”: On Rituals, Responsibility, and Rewatching The Newsroom

What The Newsroom Reminded Me About Agency, Aging, and Why We Keep Coming Back

Apr 29

“We Just Decided To”: On Rituals, Responsibility, and Rewatching The Newsroom

Apr 29

More Poet than Peasant: A Reflection on Labels, Culture, and L’Oréal

Recently, I interviewed for a strategic leadership role at L’Oréal. A few weeks after the interview, I was told I was “more Poet than…

Apr 26

More Poet than Peasant: A Reflection on Labels, Culture, and L’Oréal

Apr 26

Christopher Smith

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I’m Christopher Smith, a strategist, advisor, author, photographer, husband, and curious human navigating my Third Act.

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