After automation, human value will shift from the brain to the heart
every · x · 2026-08-21
Sari Azout argues that just as the Industrial Revolution devalued physical labor, AI is devaluing cognitive labor. As intelligence becomes abundant, value migrates to the "heart"—human qualities like judgment, intuition, taste, and creativity. The critical question is how we use the attention handed back by automation: to generate more work or to cultivate irreplaceable human skills.
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