Carl Benedikt Frey explains why the technology poses a three-pronged threat to the sources of human meaning.
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Culture
Jun 22, 2026
Carl Benedikt Frey
Work and employment play a uniquely powerful role in structuring people’s days and conferring a sense of belonging, status, and self-worth. Although AI boosters insist that people would organically find new sources of meaning if most jobs are automated, there is no reason to assume so.
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