Technological change has always been personal: AI anxiety through centuries of history
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-12
@soumitrashukla9 argues that technological change has historically been deeply personal for skilled workers: as today's most skilled people wrestle with AI making their expertise obsolete, that anxiety is a deeply human feeling with centuries of precedent. He notes the material comes from an old blogpost draft he and @alexolegimas considered co-writing months ago.
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