Ideas Weave Every Narrative with AI.
The AI jobs boom isn’t a recovery—it’s a construction crew. Companies are hiring to implement AI initiatives, but many explicitly plan to reduce headcount once systems are running. The more successful these jobs are, the faster they make themselves obsolete. The apocalypse wasn’t postponed; it was outsourced to the people building it.
AI was supposed to destroy jobs with a bang — instead, it’s destroying them with a whimper. The real carnage isn’t mass unemployment; it’s wage stagnation, burnout, and the quiet degradation of work itself. This article unpacks why the missing apocalypse is actually more terrifying than the one we were promised, and what you can do about it.
AI can ace the bar exam but can’t inspect a used tractor. The jobs that require physical presence, tactile judgment, and unpredictability are the most resistant to automation. While white-collar workers face obsolescence, blue-collar trades have a moat that will last decades.