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The Great Decoupling: Labor, Growth, and the Technology Paradox

The Great Decoupling: Labor, Growth, and the Technology Paradox

Part 1 of "From Labor to AI: Unraveling the Historical Threads of Work, Economy, and Society"

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Nov 20, 2024
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Machines will eliminate 73 million U.S. jobs by 2030! Have you seen dramatic headlines like this before? So have I. And they are fear mongering. In this case, that’s a real number that I’ve deliberately cherry picked to highlight how our discourse has skewed AI job discourse toward fear uncertainty and doubt. The source (McKinsey…

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