New paper uses real-world data on retirees, lottery winners to test AI-era work futures
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-22
Haydn Belfield cites a new paper (via scychanbrains) examining AI futures of work with empirical data rather than sci-fi scenarios: evidence from retirees, the unemployed, lottery winners, and supported spouses on work and wellbeing. The picture is complicated; a world of meaning without wage labor is possible and perhaps desirable, but requires a deep, generational 'werteswandel' — a mutation of values across culture, society, and moral understanding.
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