AI taking your job might not be a bad thing | The Future of Work
We’ve all been told to go to uni, get a job, climb the ladder, and you’ll be set for life. And ten points if you’re in tech. But these days, the ladder is starting to feel like it leads to nowhere in particular.
AI isn’t just changing what work looks like, but is asking a question most of us were never seriously encouraged to answer. What do you actually want to be doing with your life, and what is so uniquely you that it cannot be replaced?
In this week’s Anthropology of Technology episode, we explore the future of work and why this moment may be less a career crisis and more a crisis of self-knowledge.
We trace the thread from the Neolithic Revolution to the rise of a skills-based economy, and unpack what it means to orient yourself toward what’s emerging rather than defending what’s familiar.
Our only notes: those who understand who they are and what they uniquely carry tend to navigate change more effectively than those still waiting for the old ladder to return.