Ben Horowitz says AI could spark a post-electricity leap in living standards — but risk eroding purpose

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Ben Horowitz at the WIRED25 Summit 2019 in San Francisco.
Ben Horowitz says AI could deliver an electricity-scale leap in living standards — while quietly threatening how humans find meaning.

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America's crisis of meaningless work

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Americans are increasingly feeling like their jobs are meaningless. It could be why they aren't engaged at work.

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American workers are not all right.

There's a middle ground between burning yourself out and quiet quitting: 'enoughness'

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"Over the last three years, a lot of people have been asking: 'What's enough for me?'" Robert Kelley, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, told Insider.

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