Is Gen Z Really Lost? A 17-Year-Old Founder Proves Otherwise
From EdTech Dots · 00:55:21
Show by Krzysztof Kosman
Is Gen Z really lazy, distracted and unwilling to take responsibility — or are we looking at the wrong side of this generation?In this episode of EdTech Dots, Krzysztof Kosman speaks with Adam Guérin, a 17-year-old entrepreneur from Morocco who has already built software products, worked on an EdTech platform used by thousands of students, taken responsibility for real users and teams, and is now exploring the future of agentic AI.The conversation goes far beyond the story of a young founder. We talk about brain rot and the “culture of void”, social media addiction, becoming a creator instead of a consumer, earning trust as a teenager, building software with AI, the limits of vibe coding, entrepreneurship, responsibility and the hidden cost of being extremely ambitious at 17.Can AI give a new generation opportunities that were previously unavailable? Can young founders build technology without repeating the mistakes of today’s social platforms? And what happens when ambition starts to become lonely?More conversations about education, AI and technology:https://edtechdots.comChapters00:00 Intro03:33 Where does the drive to build come from?07:32 Brain rot and the “culture of void”09:11 From consuming to creating11:37 Why social media addiction is accepted14:40 Can the next generation build more ethical technology?18:41 Earning trust as a teenage founder21:38 When a project becomes a real business25:11 A mistake that almost broke the product28:48 Building software with AI without experience31:28 What AI still cannot do33:51 The hardest part of building a startup36:45 One year to build the next big company37:13 Agentic AI and the next internet40:58 What does success actually mean?43:09 The future of software engineering44:49 The hidden cost of ambition at 1747:13 Can other teenagers follow the same path?49:46 A message to his future self51:18 Why he left EdTech54:03 Ambition or impatience?
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