The New Republic | Pope Leo’s Vital Message About Work in the Age of AI by Timothy Noah

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Timothy Noah’s article highlights Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, which re‑asserts the “dignity of labor” as essential to human identity at a time when AI and billionaire technocrats—exemplified by Elon Musk’s vision of a work‑free future—are promoting the elimination of many jobs as a societal boon. Noah explains that, for the pope, work is more than a means of subsistence; it shapes personal development, community contribution, and cultural vitality, and its removal would cause “anthropological regression” and deepen social inequality. He situates the pope’s message within a broader historical tradition, citing Keynes’s early‑20th‑century prediction of leisure, past papal teachings on labor, and civil‑rights rhetoric from figures like Martin Luther King Jr., while warning that without a renewed respect for labor’s dignity, AI‑driven profit concentration will exacerbate poverty and undermine social peace.

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