☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Several <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CEOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEOs</span></a> of major <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> companies in the US have warned that AI will wipe out millions of white-collar and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EntryLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EntryLevel</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechJobs</span></a> by as early as 2030. Are we right to fear for the next generation of young people? I am a tech pessimist. </p><p>Not only will <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> make many relatively well-paying <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MiddleClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleClass</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> redundant, but its rampant use during critical learning and developmental stages of life threatens to leave young people dependent on it as a tool for basic <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a>, and ill-equipped to face the challenges of a changing and unstable world. </p><p>This is only amplified by the infiltration of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCompanies</span></a> into every corner of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> life, and with it the addiction-driven commodification of our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/attention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attention</span></a>, packaged into <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> insights and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> opportunities for sale to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThirdParties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdParties</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-first-generation-with-declining-standards-of-living-australia-s-faltering-economic-standing-20250618-p5m8k7.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/national/the-first-</span><span class="invisible">generation-with-declining-standards-of-living-australia-s-faltering-economic-standing-20250618-p5m8k7.html</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/BkUQw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/BkUQw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>