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1 week agoWho Am I Without My Job?
AI-driven job disruption is causing identity crises as work roles evolve or disappear, impacting self-worth and meaning.
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.