The dead economy theory

That closing line:

Where the people who built it told you they don’t think you should have a say. Where they express alarm about the consequences in private and optimism in public. Where they publish white papers calling for radical redistribution while funding super PACs to destroy the politicians who propose it.

Chef's kiss. America in a nutshell.

General-purpose AI threatens cognitive labor comprehensively, across every industry, simultaneously.

Maybe, but I’m wondering how many jobs are purely cognitive in each industry. Much like happened in some US manufacturing centers due to foreign competition, it could be devastating while also being far from “the end of work.”