Even Automating All Remote Services Would Shift Spending to Nannies and Manhattan Real Estate
binarybits · x · 2026-09-19
Extending his debate with Ryan Greenblatt, binarybits argues the demand-saturation logic holds even if the automated categories are as broad as "all remote services" or "all manufactured goods."
Spending would ultimately shift toward still-scarce, hard-to-automate things — nannies, counseling, Manhattan real estate — a counter to the claim that AI will absorb all economic value.
Related event: Debate: Would AI-Driven Industrial Explosion Hit Demand Saturation?(10 posts)→
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