AI Reality Check: Is the Economy About to Collapse?
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia 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 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/ai-economy-labor-market-transformation/685731/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/ai-jobs-white-collar-apocalpyse.html https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/business/citrini-ai-stock-market.html https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-global-intelligence-crisis/ Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
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Show Notes
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo
Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia
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
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/ai-economy-labor-market-transformation/685731/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/ai-jobs-white-collar-apocalpyse.html
https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/business/citrini-ai-stock-market.html
https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-global-intelligence-crisis/
Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
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