What would you be in the Middle Ages?

The question drops over lunch: ¿qué profesión tendrías en la Edad Media? ▸ 0:01. His first answer is everyone’s, king, and he dismantles it himself: money and obedience, “pero es como que no hay sustancia” ▸ 1:09. What survives is artisan, someone who tests, builds, refines technique ▸ 2:33, crossed with architect and a traveler’s appetite for new techniques. Julia’s answer arrives fully formed: the merchant who sails to India for turmeric and cloves, freedom, exploration, and vegetarian food included.

The idol behind his answer gets an honest demotion: Leonardo da Vinci, “siempre fue uno de mis ídolos… ya no lo es” ▸ 2:55, because the master hoarded his inventions, and had he published, even posthumously, “estaríamos viviendo en el 3000” ▸ 3:17. It’s the Hank Green law applied at civilization scale: ideas can’t help anyone in your notebook either.

quita las tecnologías de tu época y mira qué oficio queda: eso eres →

Why the game matters is his closing claim: strip away the technologies of your era and your answer points at your life purpose ▸ 8:45. The professions map surprisingly well, GPT confirms the medieval UX designer existed: the master artisan making cathedrals and markets “no solo funcionales, sino cómodos y fáciles de usar” ▸ 12:10, so “no existía” is no excuse. They even argue about Julia’s result, she protests that merchant has nothing to do with her profession, he counters that the answer “revela más de lo que tú crees” ▸ 13:28, and given that the woman designs a food-scanner app and dreams in falafel, the medieval spice route rests its case…