“The 9-to-5 model optimized for presence. AI optimizes for throughput.” In Episode 7 of Designing Futures, we deconstruct the shift from continuous employment to modular engagement. When AI handles the repetition, human work becomes a series of episodic, high-stakes judgments. We explore the transition from firms as labor pools to firms as System Assemblers, and why your future "career" may look less like a steady paycheck and more like a high-value global bidding market.

In this episode, we break down:

• The Coasean Collapse: Why the economic advantage of permanent headcount weakens as coordination costs reach near-zero.
• Episodic Judgment: Why the most valuable human contributions—problem framing and risk auditing—don't require 40 ...