Paul Millerd: take off your 'job goggles' before declaring work is solved
every · x · 2026-09-15
Paul Millerd (The Pathless Path) pushes back on Silicon Valley's 'work is solved' narrative: we flatten all work into job-shaped, paid activities; caring for his newborn and writing (paid or not) are full of work. He argues there's no 'after automation' without radically expanding our conception of work, and mocks young founders drunk on work declaring nothing will be left to do.
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