Everyone draws a blue/white collar line: the psychology of automation double standards
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-22
Continuing his thread on professional double standards, Rex Douglass argues everyone draws a line between blue and white collar work: people want automation to cut the costs of their inputs and don't care how, then desperately need stories to protect the value of their own outputs.
It's the explanation behind his earlier point that nobody romanticizes coders — it's about interests, not principles.
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