“Rarity doesn’t guarantee utility.” In Part 24 of the AI Futures series, we examine the Scarcity Paradox. For decades, we told the workforce to "move upstream" to avoid automation. But as AI begins to handle complex system design and high-level logic, the "upstream" is becoming overcrowded. We discuss the rise of the "Economically Invisible" strategist and why the modern spire economy has no room for a broad middle class of thinkers.

In this episode, we break down:

• The Strategist Surplus: Why having thousands of brilliant minds doesn't help when an organization only needs one vision and an AI to execute it.
• The Spire Economy: How the traditional corporate pyramid is being hollowed out, leaving a narrow peak of "Commanders" and a  ...