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Vermont's Mountain School enrolls high schoolers for roughly $40,000 per semester, having them cook, clean, farm and care for animals on its 418-acre campus instead of following a typical classroom schedule. About 30% of students receive financial aid, and many come from wealthy families unfamiliar with basic chores like cleaning a composting toilet or sweeping a floor.
In an essay titled 'What Will Become Scarce,' economist Alex Imas argues that as AI takes over most economically necessary labor, the jobs that remain for humans will center on relationships rather than skills or output. He compares this shift to pre-industrial economies, where goods and services were inseparable from the social bonds of the people providing them.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that AI won't eliminate startup teams but will change who gets hired, favoring employees who can judge problems, execute independently and adapt across roles. The piece cites data showing 80% of CEOs plan to rebuild workflows, a projected 70% shift in job skills by 2030, a 73.4% drop in junior tech hiring in Europe, and a rise in single-founder U.S. startups from 23.7% to 36.3% since 2019.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says he deliberately limits his daily schedule, capping meetings at four hours, sleeping eight and a half hours a night, and spending roughly three hours reading. He argues that protecting time for reflection, rather than filling his calendar, is central to how he leads the airline.
New research indicates that companies offering formal sabbatical policies—extended time off lasting months rather than days—see meaningful retention benefits. Employers who allow staff to take these extended breaks report reduced burnout, stronger workplace culture, and improved work-life balance among their teams.
The latest Apple @ Work podcast episode features Parallels' Dmitry Geynisman discussing the new features and improvements included in Parallels Desktop 27. The episode, sponsored by Mosyle, covers how the virtualization software has evolved for Mac users running Windows and other operating systems.
Following discussions at RustConf's Unconf event, developer Russell has begun drafting a living document of best practices for writing performant applications on Tokio's async runtime. The post outlines general principles, emphasizing that performance issues are highly context-dependent and that developers should first confirm a real problem exists before optimizing.
A guide on workplace humor examines how leaders and employees can use jokes to build rapport without embarrassing themselves or colleagues. It draws on an example of a finance director opening a results presentation to hundreds of staff with humor, illustrating how tone and timing shape whether a joke lands well in a professional setting.
The article's page itself was blocked by Anubis, a proof-of-work tool websites deploy to deter aggressive AI scraping bots, illustrating the very problem the piece discusses. Anubis forces browsers to solve a computational puzzle before loading content, adding negligible friction for humans but real cost for mass scrapers.
According to the New York Times, thousands of Kenyan workers who once earned income writing essays for foreign college students have seen that business evaporate since ChatGPT launched in 2022. One worker, Teresios Bundi, once earned $40-$70 per paper—far more than his public health training would have paid—but now struggles financially as demand has dried up. At its height, the essay-writing trade employed more than 40,000 people in Nairobi alone.
A new analysis argues that large language models have driven the cost of producing average-quality writing, code and analysis down to nearly zero. What once required specialized skills, time and organizational infrastructure can now be generated instantly by anyone with access to an LLM, making merely competent output an abundant commodity rather than a differentiator.
Research highlighted in the report shows people are talking to each other less often than in the past, a shift attributed largely to rising reliance on digital communication over in-person interaction. Analysts warn this decline in conversation is already affecting mental health and workplace dynamics, yet most organizations have not adjusted policies to address it.