A Jevons-paradox take on why worrying about AI job loss is pointless
JnBrymn · x · 2026-10-16
The author offers a witty trilemma on "no more jobs for X": either you're wrong and work abounds (Jevon's paradox), or you're right but costs approach zero so jobs don't matter (post-capitalist), or catastrophe is inescapable (post-apocalyptic). Either way, worrying changes nothing.
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