Knowledge workers, whose jobs involve handling information rather than producing goods, were supposed to be the beneficiaries of neoliberalism and globalization. But generative AI and a hypercompetitive employment market is immiserating them too.
  • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Millions of office workers were sacked in the 1980s and 90s because of the introduction of IT, that’s why unemployment was so high in that period.