"In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes delivered his famous lecture, Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, predicting that within a century, technological progress would meet humanity's basic needs. Freed from want, he believed our challenge would be how to spend an abundance of leisure. "For the first time since his creation," Keynes wrote, "man will be faced with his real, his permanent problem - how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure... to live wisely and agreeably and well.""
"Now, with AI, we face an opportunity unlike any before: to redefine our relationship with time. Whether we use this technology to reclaim our hours or to lose even more of them may be the defining question of the AI revolution. As the compulsive global fascination with the just-released Sora shows, it's far from clear which way we'll go. "Time is our most valuable resource - but we don't live as if it is,""
In 1930 John Maynard Keynes predicted that technological progress would free humanity from want and create abundant leisure, posing the challenge of how to live wisely. That prediction did not materialize for many; millions still face economic pressure and most people feel chronically time-poor. Improvements in tools have correlated with intensified time famine rather than more leisure. Artificial intelligence presents a pivotal choice: to help reclaim hours or to deepen time scarcity, potentially defining the AI era. Popular fascination with new AI tools like Sora reflects uncertainty about the outcome. Experts note that people treat money with more care than time despite time's supreme value.
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