Are We Going to Become the "Workless" Generation?

But two centuries ago, another group asked the exact same question—and they didn't just tweet about it. They grabbed hammers and went to war. They were the Luddites—and they had some opinions about technological "progress."

From the Luddites to ChatGPT—What Happens When AI Takes Our Jobs?

1. Collateral Damage: The Price of Technological Progress

AI breakthroughs pour relentlessly into our feeds—each day another glittering billion-dollar promise—but when I meet former tech colleagues for drinks, the mood is far less triumphant.

The internet gold rush, it seems, has lost some of its luster. The hours are longer, the pay is stagnant, and the layoffs keep coming. The past couple of years have been particularly merciless: 2024 alone saw 150,000 job cuts in the tech sector, and this unsettling trend is expected to continue beyond tech throughout 2025, with ...