What Happens After Productivity Explodes EN
Every productivity boom reshuffles scarcity. If AI pushes the cost of intellectual execution toward zero, the thing that matters may not be ideas, but irreversible commitment.
Essays, field notes, and research reflections.
Apr 06, 2026
7 min read
Every productivity boom reshuffles scarcity. If AI pushes the cost of intellectual execution toward zero, the thing that matters may not be ideas, but irreversible commitment.
Mar 10, 2026
4 min read
This era has handed new grads an unprecedented window — experience is depreciating, a fresh mind's "not knowing" beats "thinking you know" during a paradigm shift, and the cost of staying at a local optimum is amplified by the explosion of new opportunities. But that describes potential, not destiny.
Mar 07, 2026
5 min read
When efficiency becomes the only thing that counts, human slowness, uncertainty, and inconsistency all become defects. We chose efficiency and gave up the friction of human connection — along with the sense of agency that friction provides.
Feb 22, 2026
8 min read
When AI output surpasses human productivity, the value system industrial society built around "usefulness" starts to collapse.