'Being white collar in 2026 feels like being a bovid when humans invented the spear'
Aryvyo · x · 2026-10-04
A viral one-liner from X user Aryvyo captures anxiety about AI displacing white-collar work: being a knowledge worker in 2026, the post suggests, feels like being an ox when humans invented the spear — a tool evolution that suddenly made a previously safe position perilous.
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