The Productivity Paradox: Why AI Won’t Make Humans Obsolete

Alexandra Wilgosh - Feb 28, 2026

In early nineteenth-century London, lamp lighting was a growth industry. The city’s population exploded over the course of the 1800s, rising from roughly one million residents to nearly seven million by century’s end. To make the growing metropolis safer and more navigable, gas lamps lined the streets, and thousands made their living as lamplighters. More