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The Jevons paradox has a second half

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Uses historical examples of coal, lighting, farming, bank tellers and telephone operators to distinguish increased demand for output from continued demand for human labor. Applies that distinction to AI-assisted software development, offering explicitly speculative predictions about software output and developer employment.

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