Hot Take: If It's Easily Automated, It Wasn't Real Knowledge Work
sebpaquet · x · 2026-09-19
A reposted hot take: if a task is easily automated, it arguably was never real knowledge work. The claim sparks debate about what defines knowledge work — its value may lie precisely in the parts that resist rule-based replication.
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