Anthropic modeled the economic impact of AI and their extreme scenario is WILD:
> unemployment: 11.9%
> knowledge worker unemployment: 17.9%
> knowledge worker wages: -11.5%
> knowledge worker employment: -21.5%
> GDP: +32.4%
> labor’s share of income: 60% → 45.2%
so it
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"- You spend your days taking care of everyone else.
- You wonder where your own needs went."
For me it's a definition of meaningful life. Caring more about others than about yourself.
That's why too much "finding yourself" doesn't really bring happiness.
Age 35-44 is one of the strangest phases of life.
- Your career is finally working.
- Your responsibilities keep multiplying.
- Your parents are getting older.
- Your kids need you in new ways.
- Everyone assumes you're handling it all.
- Your calendar feels permanently full.
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