# Future of work

`kaal:entity:future-of-work`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 6 claims that carry the concept tag `future-of-work`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

6 claims across 2 works, 2022 to 2024.

**2022**

- [4067783-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4067783-030) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Traditional work in centralized structures is prone to extrinsically motivated engagement, which intensifies principal agent problems and produces suboptimal outcomes because a principal dictates where, what, and when workers perform.
  > The traditional work environment in centralized structures is prone to extrinsically motivated work engagement which intensifies principal agent problems.
  Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783
- [4067783-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4067783-031) [mechanism/argued] -- In a DAO, a member's influence and outcomes are determined by the value that member's contributions add to the shared work product, rather than by position in a hierarchy.
  > DAOs allow influence and outcomes of DAO members to be determined by the value a DAO member's contributions to the shared work product.
  Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783

**2024**

- [4900880-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4900880-018) [empirical/evidenced] -- The de-skilling thesis, that new technologies invariably produce a smaller and less skilled workforce, is contradicted by research showing that firms often realize higher profitability when new technologies are entrusted to more skilled employees.
  > Studies indicate that leveraging new technologies often yields higher profitability when entrusted to more skilled employees, highlighting the complex relationship between technological advancement and workforce capabilities.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Quantum Economy and the Future of Work (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4900880
- [4900880-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4900880-019) [predictive/argued] -- Automation is more likely to transform jobs than to eliminate them outright, but the same transformation may widen inequality between workers and between workers and the owners of technology.
  > The impact of automation is more likely to result in job transformation rather than wholesale job elimination. However, it's essential to acknowledge that these changes may contribute to growing inequality between workers and between workers and technology owners.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Quantum Economy and the Future of Work (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4900880
- [4900880-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4900880-031) [predictive/argued] -- Quantum computing will displace job roles built on repetitive and manual tasks, but that displacement is offset by new roles in quantum programming, algorithm design, and quantum cryptography that did not previously exist.
  > However, this displacement is counterbalanced by the creation of new opportunities in emerging fields such as quantum programming, algorithm design, and quantum cryptography.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Quantum Economy and the Future of Work (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4900880
- [4900880-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4900880-032) [mechanism/argued] -- As technological progress accelerates, the half life of skills continues to shorten, which makes continuous adaptation and learning a condition for career longevity rather than an optional professional habit.
  > As technological progress accelerates, the half-life of skills—the period during which a learned skill becomes half as valuable—continues to shorten.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Quantum Economy and the Future of Work (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4900880

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