DiscoverThat Was The WeekAI, Agents & the New Age of Progress: Work, Poverty & the Future
AI, Agents & the New Age of Progress: Work, Poverty & the Future

AI, Agents & the New Age of Progress: Work, Poverty & the Future

Update: 2025-11-23
Share

Description

AI isn’t breaking the web or destroying jobs—it’s ushering in a new Age of Progress.

Intelligent agents, robotics, and abundant compute are pushing us toward optional work, collapsing labor costs and reshaping the economics of wealth.

The real challenge: whether society can build the policies and systems to distribute the coming abundance.



This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe
Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

AI, Agents & the New Age of Progress: Work, Poverty & the Future

AI, Agents & the New Age of Progress: Work, Poverty & the Future

Keith Teare