Observed arrival · 2026-11-01
The Valley Between Here and Abundance
Brian Senjem’s essay examines the years when AI may make professional work cheaper before it makes people’s lives cheaper.
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- The author discloses writing with Claude and says the paper leaves proposed solutions open for others to test or replace.
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The essay is organized into parts, beginning with a contrast between two Peter Diamandis statements published a week apart: one predicts steep headcount reductions, while another cites a net gain in jobs by 2030. Senjem says he is writing from decades of business experience, used Claude for research and organization, and links a sources page; the supplied excerpt ends before the paper’s later sections.
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