Automation rarely announces its consequences.
Decisions get faster. Costs get optimized. Processes look clean.
And then, quietly, income disappears — not because work vanished, but because value was redefined by the system that measures it.
When efficiency becomes the primary signal, anything that doesn’t scale, doesn’t fit a model, or doesn’t produce immediate output starts to fade.
This isn’t about jobs being replaced. It’s about economic participation being redesigned — often without debate.
Who defines value in your systems — and who bears the cost when it changes?
