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July 17, 2025

Reasonable Panic

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is quietly launching the next wave of food automation through his new venture, CloudKitchens. He recently revealed a 60-square-foot machine that assembles 300 custom bowls per hour, cutting labor…

June 25, 2025

De-Skilling the Knowledge Economy

Key Points Despite the importance of mid-level workers to sectors like finance, business services, government, and health care, many of these workers are vulnerable to de-skilling, job loss, and forced…

June 23, 2025

The Future of Work Is a Liminal Space

It’s been another breathless week in the business of projecting how artificial intelligence will reshape the US (and global) labor markets. Following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warnings of an AI “bloodbath,” several major…

June 11, 2025

From Engineers to Fast Food, How AI Is Rocking the Future of Jobs

The future is here, and it requires robust AI literacy and support for workers and families. Artificial intelligence development and deployment is accelerating, and so are the ironies. A recent…

May 29, 2025

AI Has Invaded the Classroom—Here’s How We Catch Up

Artificial intelligence has quietly entered the nation’s classrooms. Teachers and administrators are scrambling to catch up. On April 23, the White House announced the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth Executive…

May 22, 2025

Those College Grad, Knowledge Economy Blues (And What to Do About Them)

In a recent Atlantic Magazine article about how college graduates are faring in the labor market, columnist Derek Thompson highlights new data to the contest over whether the costs of a bachelor’s degree outweigh its…