What Happens When Economic Growth No Longer Needs People?

AI is making businesses more productive than ever. I'm starting to wonder who will actually benefit from that productivity.

Most conversations about AI and jobs start with a layoff. I think the more important story is quieter. It's about the jobs that never get created, the knowledge that never gets passed on, and countries like Vietnam, whose way into the global economy was simply being needed.

Linh's Story

Let me start with a made-up story. It's simplified on purpose.

Linh is 24. She graduated in IT two years ago and works as a junior developer at an outsourcing company in Quang Trung Software City, on the edge of Ho Chi Minh City. Her team of twelve builds and maintains a claims system for an American insurance company.

Her work isn't glamorous. She writes tests, fixes small bugs, and picks up the features nobody senior wants. Every pull request goes through...

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