Picture a chessboard. For centuries, career paths and education have moved like pawns—square by square, one predictable advance at a time. But as AGI arrives, those rules dissolve. The old logic of ‘study, certify, climb’ collapses when machines outmaneuver us across every domain, rendering expertise and stepwise progress tenuous. When even late-game specialists see their knowledge go stale overnight, the question isn’t how to keep up, it’s how to play a new game entirely. The humans who thrive won’t be those with the longest resumes, but those who can leap sideways: constantly reframing what matters, interrogating assumptions, and inventing new rules on the fly. The straight path was always an illusion, but now it’s a liability. The shift? Treat ambiguity, not knowledge, as your core skill. What looks like instability may soon be the only stable ground we have.