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Understanding Post-Labor Economics in Six Easy Steps
Mission: Liberate humanity from the drudgery of wage labor & launch the world economy into orbit by decoupling economic progress from human bottlenecks.
Jul 11
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Memetic Warfare 101: Viral Memes about AI Job Loss
How I'm using memes and AI to spread the word about AI, jobs, and Post-Labor Economics. We've tried warning people with history and data, now it's time…
Jun 25
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Memetic Warfare 101: Viral Memes about AI Job Loss
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Deep Dive on Post-Labor Economics
Click on this if you want to just kick back and listen to AI explain PLE to you
Jun 13
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Our social contract has been disintegrating for decades, and I *think* I have a solution
Civil society rests on the equilibrium created by labor rights, property rights, and democratic rights. The automation job apocalypse threatens the…
Jun 11
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Our social contract has been disintegrating for decades, and I *think* I have a solution
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Technology does NOT create new jobs!
Wages and labor demand have been declining for decades due to automation. Automation creates new job titles, but in aggregate, it creates a net loss of…
Jun 5
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Technology does NOT create new jobs!
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What are the "Ten Commandments" of Post-Labor Economics?
Every economic framework needs it's axioms and imperatives. Let's start refining those of Post-Labor Economics
May 29
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What are the "Ten Commandments" of Post-Labor Economics?
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Post-Labor Economics Update
16 Property-Based Interventions That Could Fund Your Future
May 11
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The 'Great Dislocation' will be more painful than anyone realizes
The AI community has dubbed the coming AI and robot job apocalypse as the "Great Dislocation" and it's going to hurt more than you realize. Here's why.
Apr 28
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Unstructured Thoughts about OpenAI o3, the nature of AGI, and Post-Labor Economics
"I was the bottleneck, not the AI"
Apr 18
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What if AI really does hit a wall? My personal 5 nightmares!
Five AI Nightmares That Keep Me Up at Night (And Why There's Still Hope)
Apr 14
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If you're angry and scared it's your own fault
And I have no sympathy for you.
Mar 26
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Prepare to become totally irrelevant (even though you already are and always have been)
AI will totally destroy your way of life, and you're not ready. History shows exactly how this will shake out. I do have some good news, though.
Mar 16
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Prepare to become totally irrelevant (even though you already are and always have been)
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