Corporate salary is a fusion of retainer and insurance premium in the AI era
curious_vii · x · 2026-10-14
The author frames the corporate wage as a strange fusion of an exclusive retainer and an insurance premium — a call option for capital and a neck to wring when things go awry. He argues that until the corporate career track goes the way of the dodo, there will be little room for economic justice in a world of ubiquitous AI, and advocates distributism as an alternative. A macro take on AI's economic impact on employment.
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