"Humans need work for purpose" is a depressing assumption, argues VraserX
VraserX · x · 2026-11-12
VraserX pushes back on the common AI-era argument that "humans need work to have purpose," calling it depressing: we've built an entire civilization around the idea that your existence must be economically justified — and people are so used to it they can't imagine anything else.
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