AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’
Anne Helen Petersen once memorably described this as "LARPing your job"—performing a theatrical version of productivity. Workers engage in elaborate displays of "being at work": staying visible on Slack, responding to emails at all hours, and maintaining a digital presence that signals industriousness. The tools have evolved—from software that... See more
AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’
If you pretend to pay them, they’ll pretend to work.
Work has to be tied to performance and salary. People have to have an obvious target to shoot for.