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AI & Labor
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What happens when human cognition stops being economically scarce?
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Advanced AI may not simply automate jobs. It may compress the value of labor by moving agency upward into firms, tools, and ownership structures.
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essay / Jun 2026 / publishedThe End of Cognitive ScarcityAdvanced AI, labor compression, and the politics of ownership.
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- noteOwnership After WorkThe emerging split between labor income, rents, public capacity, and access.