"as individuals become much more empowered, how does one stop oneself from working, that now the opportunity cost of not working becomes almost infinite?"

Cuts to the core of it.

"Leisure's opportunity cost skyrockets. When an hour of work generates what once took days, rest becomes luxury taxed by your own conscience. Every pause carries an invisible price tag that flickers in your peripheral vision."

I think we really need to start talking about what a good life is... because through that lens, a break might be worth much more than you could earn in that same time.

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yes, it's unfortunately also lacking from politics as a discussion  point even tho... that should really be what it's about. How do we build systems that allow people to lead a human-worthy life. And then we need to discuss what that is. 

I mean there's reasons social security and discounts for unemployed exist - because we acknowledge that people deserve to still access certain leisure options. 

unfortunately they always are under pressure and yeah, the fact that you can't capture this "good life" in monetary terms or hard data is probably a big reason.

So well said! 

We need to develop the use case of "touching grass" to demonstrate the value proposition 🤣

But seriously. A good life is worth so much more than anything an AI could ever help you accomplish. More money cannot even compare.

Let's tell that story!!