How Do I Escape the “Busyness Singularity”? | Monday Advice
Jun 1, 2026 · 45 min · YouTube
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0:00There are a lot of concerns in our current discourse about work and technology.
0:06Here, for example, is an economist article from just a couple of weeks ago.
0:10The headline reads: Prepare for an AI jobs apocalypse.
0:15It is not here yet, but government should lay a safety net.
0:19Yikes, right?
0:21Now, here's a Times headline from just last week.
0:24California's governor signs AI order aimed at protecting workers.
0:28Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to explore an overhaul of labor policies to deal with potential mass job displacement from artificial intelligence.
0:39Now, notice what these examples have in common.
0:41They're all about the potential catastrophic loss of jobs that might occur if technology automates existing roles.
0:50But there's another possibility that people haven't been discussing as much, but it's a possibility that I've increasingly come to worry about.
0:59What if the real fear with new advancements like AI is not that these technologies are going to take your job, but instead are going to make your job miserable?
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