Information Work to Reach Saturation by 2030
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-07-13
The author predicts that by around 2030, the demand for all information-based work will saturate. Users will access virtually unlimited information services, always just a single prompt away.
They categorize legal counsel, medical advice, psychotherapy, accounting, financial services, and even gaming and movies as content forms that can be generated on-demand in real time. Further predictions include:
- The aggregate of all information work will shrink to less than 1% of the economy
- The marginal cost of such services will drop to a negligible level
- The core paradigm shift won't be "the availability of content," but rather "having exactly as much as you want"
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