What Works · 2026-05-21 · 23 min
Eight months before ChatGPT launched to the world, I wrote about "the eggbeater effect," or the tendency for labor-saving tools to create new labor. Four years later, I'm revisiting that idea. Remember: just because you can doesn't mean you should . Footnotes: Read the essay version of this episode. " The Stepford Wives " on You're Wrong About More Work for Mother by Ruth Schwartz Cowan " The Illusion of AI Productivity Gains " by Philippa Hardman " AI Doesn't Reduce Work - It Itensifies It " by Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye in Harvard Business Review " AI's big productivity boost?
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