"The World Is Not Ready for Post-Labor Economics": Aztec Meme Nails AI Anxiety
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-11-07
Dave Shapi's line about post-labor economics gets an AI-generated meme treatment: Aztecs gazing at arriving Spanish ships, saying "the world is not ready for post-Spanish economics" — a colonial-history analogy for how unprepared we are for an AI-driven post-labor era.
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