The knowledge economy is over: Dan Shipper on the 'Allocation Economy' where every maker becomes a manager
danshipper · x · 2026-09-18
Every cofounder Dan Shipper's widely shared essay argues the knowledge economy is over and the 'Allocation Economy' has begun.
- As models like ChatGPT compress human knowledge into instantly callable summaries, producing knowledge itself is no longer scarce; value shifts to deciding what to allocate, to whom (human or AI), and how to integrate the results.
- Drawing on his own experience of ChatGPT reshaping his view of intelligence, Shipper argues makers are becoming managers, and that time and attention must be reorganized accordingly.
- The piece is a recurring framework in debates about AI's impact on white-collar work.
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