There is indeed a staggering amount of work still to be done in the world, far beyond the reach of our current capacities. AI isn't replacing this work; it's expanding the boundaries of what's achievable. With each technological leap, the human toolkit grows, and with it, both our expectations and our abilities. What was once difficult becomes mundane; what was once unimaginable becomes the next challenge. Progress never eliminates desire it amplifies it.
At the heart of this is the enduring truth that people care deeply about one another about what others create, how they live, how they suffer, how they thrive. No algorithm replaces that fundamental social curiosity and the innate drive to be useful to others. This is why even in a world of advanced AI, human work will remain tethered to meaning through connection and service. People will continue to shape their identities not just by what they can make or solve, but by how their contributions are seen and felt by others
Of course, the nature of “jobs” will shift, perhaps radically. To us today, the future’s professions might look suspiciously like games immersive, complex, status-laden activities that, on the surface, seem playful but are deeply serious to those engaged in them. But isn’t that already true? Consider esports athletes, content creators, or digital architects building worlds in virtual spaces careers that would have seemed trivial or even absurd a few decades ago are now multi-billion-dollar industries.
There’s a consistent undercurrent across time: the human appetite for more. More connection, more recognition, more expression. Betting against that impulse — to stretch, to compete, to play, to create new forms of status and art is always a losing proposition. Humans are restless by nature, and restlessness breeds invention, even if the tools we use change shape from stone to silicon.
Perhaps the currencies of the future will bifurcate: human money and machine money, each flowing through different ecosystems of value. Or maybe these distinctions will dissolve altogether in ways we can’t yet predict. But what’s certain is that this "main character energy the narrative drive to see oneself as active, necessary, and consequential won’t disappear. It will only adapt, finding new plots in the expansive playgrounds AI helps us build
More is indeed to come, not just because technology allows it, but because humanity demands it.