The 'Pretend Economy' Meme Goes Viral
VraserX · x · 2026-07-20
The author coins a future workplace state as The Pretend Economy: AI is already capable of handling most office tasks, yet humans still have to sit online for 8 hours a day pretending to be irreplaceable.
The accompanying image reinforces this satire: an empty office, a desk with a computer and coffee, implying "the acting continues, but the output has already been taken over by AI."
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