
Silicon Valley Girl · 2026-07-21 · 51 min
Erik Brynjolfsson is the Stanford economist who has spent 30 years measuring what technology actually does to jobs. He wrote "The Second Machine Age," directs the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and just published "Canaries in the Coal Mine" - the paper showing AI has already cut employment 16% for workers under 25 in the most exposed jobs. If you're trying to figure out where your career goes in an AI world - which side of the line your job is on, and what to do about it - this one is for you. Topics: AI and jobs, future of work, automation, career advice, AI agents, entry-level jobs, economics of AI, Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Silicon Valley Girl Links: