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Why Are Some Jobs Paid More Than Others? | Daily Essay

Episode 216 Published 5 days, 20 hours ago
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New York's 1968 garbage strike buried the city in 9 days and won the workers a few hundred dollars. An anesthesiologist earns more than 8 times a nursing assistant's pay, and ASML keeps 29 cents of each euro while Kroger keeps under 2. What becomes valuable as AI learns to do more of our work?

Featuring: John DeLury, Vincent J. Cannato, Naval Ravikant

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(00:00) What becomes valuable as AI learns our work
(00:14) The 1968 New York garbage strike
(00:55) Nursing assistants and anesthesiologists
(01:24) ASML and Kroger
(01:42) Once AI can do a task, so can your rivals

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