Path one: The market bifurcates. Luxury brands hire humans. Mass market uses machines. The middle collapses. Creative work becomes either artisanal or algorithmic. Nothing survives between those poles.
"There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to... See more