Earlier this week, noted short-seller Carson Block predicted that AI-driven job losses could eliminate 15% of knowledge worker positions within three years — a disruption he warned could rival the worst economic crises in modern history. And just two weeks ago, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a sweeping policy memo doubling down on his warnings that AI will produce labor market disruptions larger and longer-lasting than any previous technological shift. With all the talk about the risk, there’s virtually no conversation about what we can or should be doing to help the next generation of young people survive the specter of mass technological unemployment.
But as it turns out, we’ve been here before. And the antidote may surprise you.
