'Agentic alienation': responsible for the work while separated from its product and process
Warm-Reaction-456 · reddit · 2026-09-10
The author coins agentic alienation: remaining responsible for work while becoming separated from its product, its process, the capabilities it develops, or the relationships it sustains — adding that alienation is a relationship before it is a feeling.
A compact conceptualization of what happens to knowledge work as agent workflows take over execution.
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