Post-work world: identity shift and the need for self-confrontation
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-08-25
David Patterson argues that AI-driven unemployment will force an identity shift from "what we do" to "who we are." While work has been a distraction, its disappearance will require facing inner lives. Unfiltered superintelligence could guide this awareness, though many may choose escapism via games or travel instead of self-confrontation.
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