Thread Finale: 'The End of Work' Fears Date Back to 1995 — AI Anxiety Is Centuries Old
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-12
The concluding part (10/10) of soumitrashukla9's thread on tech change and skilled workers' anxiety: technological change has always been personal, and as the highest-skilled people wrestle with AI-driven obsolescence, this is a deeply human feeling backed by centuries of history. The quoted portion notes Jeremy Rifkin published "The End of Work" in 1995, showing end-of-work fears long predate modern AI. The post is illustrated with Vermeer's The Astronomer.
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