Post-Labor Economics is happening.
In a Nutshell
The book on **post-labor economics**—where AI eradicates jobs by decoupling human labor from economic output—is complete after 18 months of audience-driven refinement, building on a viral video and a Clemson talk highlighting students' job fears. It defines three income buckets (wages, transfers like UBI, capital) and argues for balancing transfers with widespread capital boosts (e.g., stocks, rentals) to sustain demand and avert deflation, as we hit **peak tertiary sector** post-primary and secondary declines. Kickstarter is live to polish and launch the book in July, urging maximum backers and shares to spark a **labor zero movement** for voters, politicians, and consensus.
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The book about post-labor economics is done. A couple years ago, about 3 years ago, produced a video called post AGI economics that rocketed to become top video of all time, over half a million views. This gave a clue that people care about this topic. Revisited the topic occasionally, got tremendous feedback from audience pointing out blind spots, making it an act of co-creation from the beginning.
About 18 months ago, in the depths of being incredibly burned out and quite sick with GI issues, announced quitting AI. After 6 months of recovering from thinking was dying, questioned what life is for and what actually care about. Almost a year ago, January 2025, decided to double down on post-labor economics. A year later, 180,000 words later, the book is figured out. Constant feedback from audience, patrons, questions, and pointing out gaps shaped the book, especially feedback on focusing only on supply side economics and needing to look at demand side.
The story started with a talk at Clemson University where students were more concerned about jobs and future prospects than AI alignment, X-risk, and safety. As midcareer with savings and a house, had different concerns than undergrads and grad students facing the automation wave. They asked what to study to be okay. Generic answers: social skills, communication skills, negotiation—most valuable, especially in STEM. Point of school is to learn to study and learn to learn; didn't use Pascal and C++ professionally, used PowerShell and Python instead, and today's tools didn't exist in school. Students paying $20,000-$30,000 a year didn't want to hear education is useless, had genuine concerns.
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