After 15 years of the attention economy, 'the safest job is marketing'
yungcontent · x · 2026-09-08
A concise take: the economy has been accelerating into an attention economy for 15 years, and the author concludes that "the safest job is marketing" — arguing that capturing human attention may be the capability most resistant to AI displacement. No detailed argument, but a contrarian angle on AI's labor impact worth discussing.
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