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Long live the Morlock

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What an interesting framework - I like it - although I don't understand why you think the advent of AI will create this division. Why didn't the information revolution up until now not create this already?

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Well we're talking about knowledge workers in this post, and so they were all using the internet. But now we're about to find out what happens when we give everyone an 'easy button'

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I’d say Social Media is a more apt comparison. Those who continue to live their lives vs those who watch others live.

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Morlocks Together Strong

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Well done! This was terrific, perspicacious even. I’ve been engaged with your content for at least a decade & this piece is a clear highlight. Years ago I commented on another thoughtful post (fading memory but reckon it likely was something to do with metaphysics, religious faith & human flourishing) & I got deleted…hope not this time!

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Thx for comment - won't delete, sorry if there was a glitch. The old WP site was existentially broken but Substack code is better so we won't have those issues any more, promise

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Love this, can't help but think that this might be representative of the split between AI and Crypto currently

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I love this mental model but I think it might assume more agency on the part of the participants than may be warranted. I'm not sure knowledge workers will have a ton of choice here, especially as (potentially) increasing numbers of professionals (e.g., certain marketers, accountants, lawyers, physicians, etc.) become entirely "outsourced" to AI agents. This model assumes that everyone is going to stay working, leveraging different approaches to work; I think a different future could be one where human labor is structurally and technologically obviated.

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What about Team Roko’s Basilisk? I’ll join them.

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not a real possibility

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👀

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