[FOR INTERNAL REVIEW] Sarah O'Con...

[FOR INTERNAL REVIEW] Sarah O'Connor - We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work

ECON OF WORK - Private feed for review by Cole Wagner
Sep 15, 2026
53:24

Episode notes

The AI and work debate has been dominated by economists with exposure scores and tech CEOs with predictions. What's been missing is the ground-level view of how work is changing for the people actually living it now.

Topics covered:

  • Why the biggest effects of AI on work are showing up in quality, not quantity
  • Why job losses are happening first in the gig economy
  • Why some innovations are an augmentation for one worker and automation for another
  • Why worker voice matters more than any particular policy
  • Why the current labor market freeze is less about satisfaction than about fear

Check out We Are Not Machines here: https://a.co/d/07COglMk

Read Sarah's work at the Financial Times here: https://www.ft.com/sarah-o-connor

About Sarah O'Connor: Sarah O'Connor is a columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times, where she covers work, employment, and the labor market. She is the author of We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work.

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