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Checking Is the Job Now

AI Breakdown ยท Aug 16, 2026 ยท 11m

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ: ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ. ๐Ÿ“Š

Unemployment is near a record low.

So why not? If machines can create almost anything, why do we still have jobs?

Because someone still has to steer the thing, and catch it when itโ€™s wrong. And that is the quiet happy ending to our whole week on ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฉ. ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ.

Today Quentin and Stark close the theme with the numbers that explain why humans didnโ€™t vanish:

๐Ÿ“Š Unemployment sits aroundโ€ฆ

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