"If a world without work is paradise, why are its architects still working? Our ability to create has exploded, but our ability to feel meaning in what we create has collapsed. Billionaires tell us AI will free us from work, but they still show up to the office. That's the clue we're ignoring. The danger isn't job loss, it's loss of purpose. As friction disappears, so does the proof that our actions matter. And without those tiny moments of impact, we don't become liberated."
"Lately I've noticed a peculiar kind of exhaustion settling in at the end of my workdays. It's not the heavy tiredness that follows physical exertion, but a quieter, more disorienting sense of fatigue. The kind that leaves me a little hollow and wondering how nine full hours passed without leaving even a trace of smug satisfaction behind. On paper, my days might appear productive: packed with client meetings, interesting projects, and reams of documentation (ably assisted by my trusty LLM helpers)."
Technological advances and AI have massively expanded creative capacity while eroding the capacity to feel meaning in those creations. Promises that AI will free people from work ring hollow when wealthy proponents continue to show up to offices, revealing a deeper problem of purpose. The core danger is not job loss but the disappearance of friction and the small confirmations that actions matter. Without tiny moments of impact, people risk becoming unanchored rather than liberated. Many experience a quiet collapse of feeling: days can look productive yet leave hollow satisfaction, even with LLM assistance. The future depends on rebuilding purpose in a world that no longer requires human labor.
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