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Jevons’ Paradox: The 19th-Century Economic Theory Ruining Your Life

How it explains why AI is making everything faster, not easier, why your job isn’t safe (but some new version of it is coming), and why your best bet is to stop fighting it and lean in.

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Adam Cunningham
Mar 11, 2025
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👋🏼 Hey, I’m Adam, and I hate parasocial fitness.

Special announcement: I’ll be at TED w/c 7 April. If you’re going too, send me a message.

I’m an AI optimist who believes, in the long run, it will be a force for good. The goal here is simple: to help more people engage, learn, and actively shape the future rather than passively react to it.

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