Speaking from his backyard during the pandemic alongside virtual appearances from Lady Gaga, BTS, and former presidents, the Google CEO identified a pattern that gave him hope. Every generation underestimates the next because they fail to see how their own progress becomes the starting point for those who follow. What Pichai spent a decade building — the ability to ask a computer anything, anywhere — is unremarkable to today's graduates. Rather than feeling diminished by that, he found it energizing, because their frustrations with current technology will fuel the next revolution.