Volume III · Managed Decline
Hours to Ownership
Research preview · manuscript under review
Examines cognitive automation and inequality through ownership of equity, intellectual property, data, compute, and distribution rather than hours worked alone.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
How does access to productive assets affect who benefits from cognitive automation?
How it connects to Volume III
Connects returns from labor to ownership of equity, data, intellectual property and computing infrastructure.
Evidence and limits
Distinguish task exposure from job loss and potential productivity from measured gains. Compare proposed ownership mechanisms by cost, access and distribution of risk.
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