AI Reality Check: Is the Economy About to Collapse?

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.

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ARTICLE #1: America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs [2:15]

ARTICLE #2: Mass Hysteria. Thousands of Jobs Lost. Just How Bad Is It Going to Get? [9:23]

ARTICLE #3: THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS: A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future [14:39]

Links:

Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow

theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/ai-economy-la…

nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/ai-jobs-white-c…

citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

nytimes.com/2026/02/25/business/citrini-ai-sto…

citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-g…

Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.

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