Zack Kass
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2,920 appearances
4 recordings
4 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 5 Jul
Zack Kass’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And we never think twice about them.
And actually, we wander the earth really glad that we no longer do the work that they once poured themselves into, that we've graduated past these parts.
And I realize not only that, we all wander the earth asking, when is this good or service going to be better, faster, or cheaper without realizing what we're asking is, when is a human going to be extricated from the manufacturing of this good or service?
Which we don't do because we're jerks.
We do because we are rational economic actors conditioned to believe the world should get better, faster, cheaper all the time thanks to automation and technology, which it has proudly done for about 3,000 years.
And when you stare at the problem, as long as I have, it starts to occur to most people that everyone is pretty excited for most people's jobs to automate, just not their own.
The longshoremen are really excited for taxes to be free and easy.
We're really excited to get stuff delivered a little faster, a little cheaper.
And then you realize that we keep asking if there's going to be more and better food on the table.
And I think it's just the wrong question.
I think the answer is obviously yes.
My point is, are we going to be fulfilled?
Because we have attached so much of our work and our purpose to
We have attached so much of our work to our purpose and our identity that the fracturing of a career ladder may actually cause emotional damage that economic spoils don't make up for, at least in the short term.
And so what I say to anyone who asks about this problem is that we are clearly facing an identity displacement crisis.
I think for what it's worth, we're going to work.
I think we're going to toil for money.
I think there's going to be more work.
I think it's going to be interesting work.
I think it may be very fulfilling in new ways.
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