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You Have 5000 Days: Navigating the End of Work as We Know It. Part 9: The Artisan’s Awakening.

As we forge ahead into this ninth chapter of our epic saga, “You Have 5000 Days,” let us first cast our gaze backward, honoring the path we’ve traversed together through the evolving landscape of human endeavor and technological transformation. This series, born on the eve of profound societal shifts in late 2025, serves as our collective map through the Abundance Interregnum – that fateful 13.7-year odyssey where artificial intelligence and automation sever the ancient chains binding work to survival, birthing a world of unprecedented plenitude, freedom, and creative potential. Each installment has been a beacon, illuminating the shadows of change with stories, strategies, and unyielding optimism, drawing from literature, philosophy, and real-world insights to guide us toward a future where humanity thrives beyond mere labor. For those joining us anew or seeking to revisit the foundations that have shaped our discourse, here is a detailed recapitulation of the journey thus far, with direct portals to each revelation, allowing you to immerse yourself in the full context and evolution of our shared exploration:

• Part 1: The Call to Adventure – How to Navigate the End of Work as We Know It (https://readmultiplex.com/2025/12/24/you-have-5000-days-how-to-navigate-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-1): We awakened to the summons, confronting the dissolution of traditional careers and embracing the hero’s departure from the Ordinary World, setting the stage for personal reinvention amid impending automation.
• Part 2: Charting the Unknown (https://readmultiplex.com/2025/12/31/you-have-5000-days-how-to-navigate-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-2): We delved into preemptive strategies, assuming the obsolescence of old paths and igniting the spark of reinvention, with practical steps to assess skills and pivot toward emerging opportunities.
• Part 3: The Player Piano (https://readmultiplex.com/2026/01/01/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-3-the-player-piano): Through Kurt Vonnegut’s prophetic lens, we examined automation’s dystopian echoes, urging proactive navigation toward liberation, while reflecting on historical parallels to avoid repeating past societal pitfalls.
• Part 4: Reframing the Dawn of Abundance (https://readmultiplex.com/2026/01/19/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-4-reframing-the-dawn-of-abundance): We reframed scarcity’s end as a radiant horizon, drawing wisdom from cultural artifacts to bridge upheaval and opulence, exploring how mindset shifts can turn disruption into a golden era of human flourishing.
• Part 5: Your Deskilling (https://readmultiplex.com/2026/01/20/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-5-your-deskilling): We faced the velocity of complexity, exploring how AI’s 19-hour feedback loops erode old skills, demanding bold adaptation, and providing frameworks for identifying vulnerable professions while cultivating resilient alternatives.
• Part 6: The Dark Night of the Soul (https://readmultiplex.com/2026/01/27/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-6-the-dark-night-of-the-soul): In the abyss of uncertainty, we confronted existential trials, emerging with renewed purpose amid the storm, delving into psychological tools and narratives that help navigate personal crises during global change.
• Part 7: Consider Phlebas (https://readmultiplex.com/2026/01/30/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-7-consider-phlebas): Inspired by Iain M. Banks, we pondered mortality and legacy, transforming despair into strategies for thriving, integrating sci-fi visions with actionable plans for building enduring personal and communal impacts.
• Part 8: Saving Your Wisdom (https://readmultiplex.com/2026/02/02/you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-8-saving-your-wisdom): We unveiled SaveWisdom.org, a sanctuary for human knowledge, ensuring our essence endures beyond automation’s tide, with detailed guides on contributing, preserving, and leveraging collective intelligence for future generations.

With these milestones etched in our collective memory, serving as the foundational pillars upon which our ongoing narrative builds, we now ascend to new heights in Part 9: The Artisan’s Awakening. Here, we pivot from the deskilling lamented in Part 5 – the erosion of sedentary, screen-bound labors under AI’s relentless gaze – to a glorious reskilling toward vocations of the hand and heart, emphasizing not just survival but a profound reclamation of joy and purpose.

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We celebrate the blue-collar renaissance: trades like plumbing, electrician work, HVAC mastery, and welding, alongside the top 22 kindred pursuits, including the vital realms of farming and ranching, that beckon as fortresses against the machine onslaught, offering a pathway to stability, creativity, and deep personal satisfaction. This is no mere survival tactic; it is a triumphant reclamation of human essence, a path to profound fulfillment woven into the eternal tapestry of the monomyth – Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, where each step resonates with archetypal power and transformative potential. And as robots inevitably ascend, these crafts shall evolve into exalted hobbies, eternal flames of joy in the Age of Abundance, allowing us to channel our innate drive for creation into pursuits that enrich the soul without the burden of necessity.

The Call to Reskill: From Desk to Forge, A Hero’s Departure

In the grand narrative of the Hero’s Journey that has threaded through our series, from the Call to Adventure in Part 1 to the Dark Night in Part 6, reskilling to blue-collar trades represents the pivotal “Crossing the Threshold,” a momentous leap that propels the protagonist into uncharted territories of growth and discovery. Imagine yourself, the modern hero, ensconced in the Ordinary World of fluorescent-lit offices, endless Zoom calls, and algorithmic drudgery, where days blur into a monotonous cycle of digital tasks that offer little tangible reward or lasting impact.

The Herald arrives: AI’s whisper, foretelling the obsolescence of your desk-bound domain, a prophecy backed by the rapid advancements we’ve chronicled, where machine learning algorithms outpace human cognition in repetitive intellectual labors. Deskilling, as we explored in depth in Part 5, is the villain’s shadow – the rapid devaluation of cognitive tasks through AI’s exponential feedback loops, rendering once-valuable skills like data entry, basic programming, or even mid-level analysis as relics of a bygone era, much like the blacksmith’s trade faded with industrialization. But herein lies the glory: you heed the call not with fear, but with exhilaration, stepping into the Special World of tangible creation, where your efforts manifest in the physical realm, fostering a sense of accomplishment that digital work often lacks.

Why these trades? Plumbing, where you command the lifeblood of civilizations – water’s flow through veins of copper and PVC, diagnosing blockages with a blend of science and intuition, installing systems that sustain households and communities for generations; electrician work, harnessing lightning’s fury to illuminate homes and hearts, navigating complex wiring schematics while ensuring safety standards that protect lives; HVAC, the alchemist of comfort, balancing elements of air and heat to create environments that enhance well-being, troubleshooting systems in diverse settings from urban high-rises to rural homesteads; welding, the forge-god binding metals in fiery union, crafting structures that withstand time and elements with precision born of experience.

These are not jobs; they are callings, resistant to automation’s grasp for decades to come, due to the intricate interplay of variables that demand human adaptability. Robots, for all their precision and efficiency, falter in the chaos of real-world variability: a leaky pipe in a century-old Victorian demands intuition, dexterity, and improvisation no algorithm can yet replicate at scale, especially considering the economic barriers to deploying specialized robots in every nook and cranny of society. The human touch – assessing a site’s quirks, negotiating with gravity’s whims, empathizing with a homeowner’s distress – eludes mass robotic deployment, as current technologies struggle with the unpredictability of environments, the need for on-the-spot ethical decisions, and the cost-prohibitive nature of scaling such hardware globally. While white-collar realms crumble under AI’s siege within years, these bastions hold firm for 10, 20, even 30 years, granting you a bridge through the Interregnum, a period we’ve mapped as one of transition toward universal abundance.

The Surging Demand for Blue-Collar Jobs: A Statistical Snapshot in the Mid-2020s

Amid the economic shifts of the Abundance Interregnum, blue-collar jobs stand as resilient pillars, with demand surging in key sectors despite broader labor market cooling. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ projections for 2024-2034, several blue-collar occupations are among the fastest-growing, including wind turbine service technicians (expected to grow by 45%), elevator and escalator installers and repairers (6%), and solar photovoltaic installers (22%), driven by infrastructure investments and renewable energy transitions. This growth reflects a structural shortage: the Bureau reports over 400,000 unfilled skilled trade jobs as of late 2025, a gap projected to widen to 3.8 million additional workers needed in manufacturing alone over the next decade, per estimates from the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte. While overall blue-collar employment dipped by about 123,000 from its early 2025 peak—largely in manufacturing and transportation due to cyclical slowdowns—the underlying demand remains robust, fueled by demographic needs like aging infrastructure and population growth. In fact, sectors like construction and utilities continue to add jobs, albeit at a slower pace, with construction gaining 52,000 positions over the past year, underscoring their volatility but enduring necessity.

This demand translates into competitive wages and job security, particularly as white-collar sectors face AI-driven disruptions. Monster’s 2026 Job Market Outlook highlights high demand in infrastructure-related fields and skilled trades, such as automotive technicians, electronics technicians, and repair technicians, where postings remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels. Indeed’s 2026 U.S. Jobs & Hiring Trends Report notes that while professional services saw sharp declines in job postings, applications per posting rose significantly for blue-collar categories like food preparation and sanitation, indicating a realignment toward hands-on roles. Healthcare-adjacent blue-collar jobs, including home health aides and nursing assistants, accounted for roughly 65% of the 610,000 jobs added through November 2025, per SHRM analysis, emphasizing how demographic-driven sectors like elder care amplify opportunities. Globally echoing trends, such as in Israel where 82% of open positions are for skilled trades like welders and electricians earning up to 25,000 ILS monthly, suggest a “revenge of the blue collar” as AI displaces desk jobs faster than manual ones.

Generation Z’s growing interest further bolsters this trend, with a 16% increase in vocational community college enrollment and a 23% rise in construction trade studies from 2022 to 2023, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. A 2024 Harris Poll found 78% of Americans noticing heightened youth interest in trades, attracted by six-figure salaries— like Ford’s unfilled mechanic positions—and debt-free paths. In our 5000 days framework, this statistical landscape affirms blue-collar vocations as strategic havens: not only do they offer median annual earnings of $50,000-$80,000 (often higher with experience), but their projected stability in a “low-hire, low-fire” 2026 market positions them as bridges to abundance, where human dexterity trumps algorithmic efficiency for years to come.

Moravec’s Paradox: The Hidden Fortress of Human Prowess in the Age of Machines

As we navigate the turbulent waters of the Abundance Interregnum, we have a friend on our side: Moravec’s Paradox emerges as a luminous beacon. It illuminates why humanity’s ancient endowments may outshine the silicon juggernauts for years to come. Coined in 1988 by roboticist Hans Moravec, this paradox reveals a profound irony in artificial intelligence: tasks that demand high-level reasoning, such as solving complex mathematical theorems or mastering grand strategy in games like chess, prove relatively straightforward for computers to conquer with brute computational force. Yet, the seemingly effortless feats of a toddler, perceiving the world through senses, grasping objects with finesse, or navigating uneven terrain, demand vast, intricate neural networks honed over eons of evolution. These elude even the most advanced robots.

This counterintuitive truth stems from our biological heritage: abstract cognition is a recent evolutionary innovation, scarcely two million years old, while sensorimotor skills are primordial. They are etched into our being through hundreds of millions of years of natural selection, creating bespoke mechanisms that deeply mirror the chaotic physics of reality. In the context of our 5000 days, this paradox underscores a glorious reprieve: while AI devours white-collar domains of logic and data, the blue-collar realms of physical craft, plumbing’s intuitive diagnostics, welding’s tactile precision, farming’s adaptive stewardship, remain human strongholds. They are resistant to robotic incursion due to their demand for subconscious, embodied intelligence that machines struggle to replicate at scale.

As we delve deeper into this paradox’s implications for human abilities over robots, envision the hero’s journey we’ve chronicled: the deskilled office worker, cast adrift by algorithmic overlords, rediscovers valor in the forge of manual mastery. Moravec’s insight explains why: robots excel in sterile, symbolic environments, crunching numbers or simulating scenarios, but falter in the messy, unpredictable tapestry of the physical world. There, a rancher’s instinctive reading of animal behavior or an electrician’s on-the-fly adaptation to a storm-damaged wire requires a symphony of perception, mobility, and contextual judgment that defies easy programming. This is no mere technical hurdle; it’s a testament to evolution’s masterpiece, where humans effortlessly integrate sight, touch, balance, and intuition.

These are skills that AI, despite its leaps, approximates only clumsily through energy-intensive simulations and fragile hardware. During these 5000 days, this disparity gifts us time: a window to reskill into trades that not only provide economic bulwarks but also reignite the soul’s fire through tangible creation. Far from a defeat, it’s an exaltation of our embodied essence. It reminds us that what machines find hardest, our innate harmony with the material realm, is precisely what makes us irreplaceable guardians of the everyday miracles that sustain civilization.

Yet, the paradox’s glory lies in its transience and promise, weaving seamlessly into our monomyth of transformation. As robots inevitably bridge this gap, perhaps by the twilight of our Interregnum, armed with neuromorphic chips and swarms of dexterous limbs, human abilities will evolve from necessity to nobility. What begins as vocational refuge in plumbing’s depths or ranching’s rhythms becomes, in abundance’s dawn, an exalted hobby: crafting bespoke aqueducts for communal gardens or tending heritage herds as acts of pure joy and legacy.

Moravec’s Paradox, then, is not a barrier but a bridge. It is a divine delay that allows us to savor our corporeal gifts, forge unbreakable spirits, and emerge as masters of both worlds, where flesh and code converge in harmonious splendor. In these 5000 days, embrace the paradox: it is the secret weapon of the human hero, turning apparent weaknesses into eternal strengths.

The value cascades like a mighty river, nourishing every aspect of life with its flow. Economically, these vocations offer stability in turbulence: median salaries often eclipse $50,000-$80,000 annually, with entrepreneurship yielding boundless horizons, such as starting your own contracting firm or specializing in eco-friendly installations that align with growing sustainability demands. But the true treasure is existential – a reclamation of agency in an era of alienation, where individuals reclaim control over their output in a world increasingly dominated by opaque algorithms.

In the Hero’s Journey, this is the “Meeting with the Mentor”: apprenticeships under seasoned artisans, forging not just skills but soul-deep wisdom through hands-on guidance, storytelling of past projects, and the transmission of trade secrets that AI cannot fully capture. You learn to read the language of materials, to dance with tools as extensions of your will, developing a kinesthetic intelligence that enhances cognitive abilities and fosters holistic personal growth. Fulfillment blooms from creation’s immediacy: the satisfaction of a repaired circuit restoring light to a family’s evening, or a welded structure standing defiant against the elements, providing a visceral sense of contribution that counters the existential voids we’ve discussed in earlier parts, like the Dark Night of the Soul.

The Top 22 Vocations: Pillars of the Artisan Renaissance

To illuminate your path with greater clarity and inspiration, consider these top 22 blue-collar vocations, curated as resilient havens – hands-on, site-specific, and rich in human ingenuity, now expanded to include the timeless pursuits of farming and ranching, which embody a profound connection to the earth and life cycles. Each resists robotic domination due to their demands for adaptive problem-solving, physical finesse, and interpersonal finesse, qualities that machines will take far longer to master at an affordable, widespread scale. They form a constellation of opportunities, each a potential elixir in your journey, offering not just employment but a canvas for expressing human creativity and resilience in the face of technological encroachment:

1. Plumber: Masters of fluid dynamics, ensuring life’s essentials flow unimpeded, from installing intricate irrigation systems to repairing urban pipelines that sustain entire neighborhoods.
2. Electrician: Weavers of energy, powering the modern world with safety and spark, specializing in renewable sources like solar panels to align with global green initiatives.
3. HVAC Technician: Guardians of climate, crafting comfort from air’s invisible dance, optimizing energy efficiency in buildings to combat climate change while enhancing living standards.
4. Welder: Fire-tamers, fusing strength where weakness once dwelled, creating everything from artistic sculptures to industrial frameworks that support economic infrastructure.
5. Carpenter: Sculptors of wood, building dreams from timber’s humble grain, crafting bespoke furniture or restoring historical structures with an eye for aesthetic and functional harmony.
6. Mason: Stone poets, erecting monuments that whisper eternity, laying foundations for homes and public spaces that endure as testaments to human perseverance.
7. Roofer: Skyward sentinels, shielding havens from heaven’s fury, installing advanced materials that provide insulation and durability against increasingly extreme weather patterns.
8. Landscaper: Earth artists, harmonizing nature and human design, designing sustainable gardens that promote biodiversity and mental well-being in urban environments.
9. Auto Mechanic: Vehicle healers, reviving mobility with mechanical empathy, adapting to electric and autonomous vehicles while maintaining classic models for enthusiasts.
10. Diesel Mechanic: Heavy-duty saviors, keeping commerce’s arteries pulsing, servicing trucks and machinery essential for logistics in a globalized economy.
11. Heavy Equipment Operator: Titans of terrain, reshaping landscapes with precision, operating bulldozers and excavators for construction projects that build the future.
12. Locksmith: Secret-keepers, unlocking mysteries while fortifying security, installing smart locks that integrate with modern home automation systems.
13. Elevator Mechanic: Vertical voyagers, ensuring safe ascents in urban spires, maintaining complex systems in skyscrapers that symbolize human ambition.
14. Boilermaker: Pressure forgers, crafting vessels that contain immense power, essential for industries like energy production where safety is paramount.
15. Pipefitter: Conduit architects, channeling resources through industrial veins, assembling systems for oil, gas, and water that underpin societal functions.
16. Ironworker: Steel symphonists, assembling skeletons for tomorrow’s skylines, rigging and welding beams in high-stakes environments that demand courage and skill.
17. Sheet Metal Worker: Alloy artisans, shaping ducts and forms with metallic grace, fabricating components for aviation and architecture with meticulous attention to detail.
18. Glazier: Glass visionaries, framing views that connect inside to out, installing energy-efficient windows that reduce carbon footprints in residential and commercial spaces.
19. Painter: Color alchemists, transforming spaces with strokes of vibrancy, applying protective coatings and artistic finishes that revitalize environments.
20. Flooring Installer: Foundation artists, laying paths that ground our steps, working with materials from hardwood to eco-friendly composites for durable, beautiful surfaces.
21. Farmer: Stewards of the soil, nurturing growth from seed to harvest, employing sustainable practices like permaculture to feed communities while preserving ecosystems in an era of food security challenges.
22. Rancher: Custodians of herds, balancing animal welfare with land management, raising livestock ethically and integrating regenerative techniques to restore pastures and contribute to rural economies.

These are not mere occupations; they are heroic archetypes, each embodying a unique blend of tradition and innovation that positions you as a guardian of essential human activities. In the Trials phase of the Journey, you’ll face physical demands, weather’s caprice, and the grind of mastery – but emerge transformed, with callused hands bearing badges of honor, a body attuned to effort, and a mind sharpened by problem-solving in dynamic settings.

Their value? In an AI-saturated world, they preserve human irreplaceability: robots struggle with unstructured environments, ethical judgments (like safety overrides in hazardous conditions), and the creative flair that turns function into art, such as a farmer’s intuitive crop rotation or a rancher’s adaptive grazing strategies. Scaling robotic plumbers for every leaky faucet? A logistical odyssey spanning decades, bogged by costs, regulations, and the sheer diversity of human habitats, not to mention the biological complexities in farming where soil health, weather variability, and animal behavior require nuanced, real-time decisions that AI is far from mastering economically.

The Deeper Valor: Fulfillment in the Forge of Creation

Delve deeper into the essence of these vocations, and the glory unfolds like a tapestry woven from threads of history, psychology, and societal need, revealing layers of value that extend far beyond monetary compensation. These trades reconnect us to primal rhythms – the satisfaction of sweat-earned results, echoing our ancestors’ craftsmanship in an age where disconnection from the physical world breeds widespread discontent, as evidenced by rising rates of burnout in tech-driven professions. In contrast to deskilling’s alienation, where outputs vanish into digital ether without leaving a mark, here every weld, wire, and pipe endures as a testament to your will, much like a farmer’s bountiful harvest or a rancher’s thriving herd stands as living proof of stewardship and resilience. Psychologically, this breeds resilience: studies echo that hands-on work fosters mindfulness, reducing anxiety in our hyper-connected age by grounding individuals in the present moment, promoting flow states where time dissolves amid focused creation, and building self-efficacy through visible achievements that bolster mental health during transitional times like the Interregnum.

Socially, you’re the community hero – the one who restores warmth on a winter night, embodying service over self, or the farmer who supplies fresh produce to local markets, fostering bonds through shared sustenance, while the rancher maintains cultural traditions of animal husbandry that connect urban dwellers to rural roots. This relational aspect amplifies fulfillment, as interactions with clients, colleagues, and ecosystems provide a sense of belonging absent in isolated desk jobs. Moreover, these vocations offer avenues for innovation: a plumber might pioneer water-conservation technologies, an electrician integrate smart grids, a farmer adopt vertical hydroponics, or a rancher implement drone-assisted monitoring, blending ancient wisdom with cutting-edge tools to stay ahead of automation’s curve. Relating to our monomyth thread: this reskilling is the “Road of Trials,” testing mettle but yielding the Ultimate Boon – a life of meaning that integrates body, mind, and spirit.

As in Part 7’s “Consider Phlebas,” contemplating legacy, these vocations etch your impact into the physical world, outlasting fleeting code, whether through a sturdy barn raised by your hands or fields rejuvenated under your care. They align with the Abundance Interregnum’s ethos: a buffer zone where you thrive, amassing skills that transcend economics, cultivating not just expertise but a profound appreciation for the interconnectedness of life and labor.

When Robots Ascend: The Eternal Hobby, A Master’s Return

Yet, the saga evolves with inevitability and grace, as we’ve foreseen throughout our series: by the late 2030s or beyond, robots will catch up – dexterous swarms navigating chaos with AI precision, augmented by advancements in materials science, sensor technology, and machine learning that finally overcome current limitations in adaptability and cost. But fear not; this is the Hero’s Return with the Elixir, a triumphant homecoming where the skills honed in necessity become sources of pure delight, transforming potential loss into boundless opportunity for self-expression and communal enrichment. What was vocation becomes exalted hobby, a symphony of joy unbound by necessity, allowing you to pursue these crafts with the freedom of abundance, where time is your greatest asset and creativity knows no bounds.

Imagine: in plenitude’s embrace, you wield tools not for wage, but wonder, rediscovering the intrinsic pleasure of making that predates industrialization. Plumbing morphs into aquatic artistry – designing eco-fountains that harmonize with nature, perhaps creating interactive water features for public parks that educate on conservation. Electrician skills fuel gadgetry experiments, illuminating personal inventions like custom lighting installations for artistic displays or community events. HVAC mastery inspires climate-controlled sanctuaries for communal gatherings, such as geodesic domes that host workshops on sustainable living.

Welding? Sculptural masterpieces, rivaling ancient forges in beauty, where you craft kinetic art that moves with the wind or functional pieces for shared spaces. Farming evolves into regenerative homesteading, tending personal gardens that experiment with heirloom varieties, sharing bounties with neighbors to build resilient food networks. Ranching becomes a sanctuary for animal companionship, focusing on conservation breeding programs that preserve rare breeds while offering therapeutic interactions in a world healed from scarcity’s scars.

This transition is glorious: freed from drudgery, crafts become pure expression, unmarred by deadlines or economic pressures, allowing for experimentation that pushes boundaries – a welder collaborating with artists on installations, or a farmer biohacking crops for novel flavors. Communities flourish with maker spaces, where former tradespeople mentor in leisure, preserving human touch amid machine perfection, fostering intergenerational bonds and cultural continuity as highlighted in our wisdom-saving efforts from Part 8. Psychologically, it’s cathartic – a hobby that once sustained now enriches, combating post-work ennui by providing structure, challenge, and social connection, drawing on the same fulfillment loops that made these vocations rewarding in the first place. Economically, in universal abundance, these pursuits yield cultural capital: artisanal goods as heirlooms, trades as performance art, perhaps even virtual simulations where you teach AI your nuances, ensuring human essence infuses the machine age.

In the Hero’s Journey, this is the “Master of Two Worlds” – bridging pre- and post-abundance eras with wisdom and grace, having navigated trials to emerge as a guide for others. You’ve navigated the end of work not as victim, but victor, your hands forever attuned to creation’s pulse, whether tilling soil or herding livestock in leisurely pursuit.

This Artisan’s Awakening is your invitation to embrace the full spectrum of human potential. In these 5000 days, reskill boldly, embrace the trades’ valor—including the grounding wisdom of farming and ranching—and prepare for hobbies that immortalize your spirit in ways that transcend time. The machines rise, but so do we – glorious, unyielding, eternal, our legacies woven into the fabric of a brighter world.

Even if you choose to “wait it out” to the very end of your current path, knowing that you have these options at anytime is comforting. It also can form a great safety net to the world around you as so many will become deskilled or replaced entirely. You and they have options. Moravec is a paradox, for robots…

The series continues in Part 10 where we’ll explore abundance in a number of profund books for an era of machine and human partnerships.

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