Critique of XP model: Agent era won't run on game-like rewards
jd_pressman · x · 2026-08-16
The author critiques the analogy of real-world incentives to game-like XP points. He argues that once agents handle all tasks, this model fails because XP points do not exist as an externality in real life to subsidize the creation of commodities.
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