The zine maps the sitcom's job market using O*Net data.
In other news, glad to be launching a zine about labor economics, future of work, and the philosophy of the gig with @manlikemishap today: The New York Review of Jobs
Our first report uses Claude to parse O*Net data out of media streams, in this case all 174 episodes of Seinfeld
as i (famously) tweeted in 2021 ... "the world post agi just looks like a 90s sitcom, no real work happening but everyone constantly annoyed bc they have to go to the notary"
putting it to the test. new eps thursdays at 9:30pm / 7:30 central
In other news, glad to be launching a zine about labor economics, future of work, and the philosophy of the gig with @manlikemishap today: The New York Review of Jobs
Our first report uses Claude to parse O*Net data out of media streams, in this case all 174 episodes of Seinfeld
Why Seinfeld? Stated simply, the show offers a perfect vision of a post-AGI economy: Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer embody post-scarcity - they eat out constantly, take cabs, and never check their bank balances
This makes it an ideal source for forecasting the future economy
In other news, glad to be launching a zine about labor economics, future of work, and the philosophy of the gig with @manlikemishap today: The New York Review of Jobs
Our first report uses Claude to parse O*Net data out of media streams, in this case all 174 episodes of Seinfeld
We recover a fascinating landscape of occupations and depicted skills: our automated pipeline recovers 189 unique O*Net occupations and 11,712 skill depictions over all nine seasons of Seinfeld
We segment by job zones, Detailed Work Activities, and the standard arsenal of the field
Why Seinfeld? Stated simply, the show offers a perfect vision of a post-AGI economy: Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer embody post-scarcity - they eat out constantly, take cabs, and never check their bank balances
This makes it an ideal source for forecasting the future economy
Full data, code, and report available here and we are soliciting further contributions to this important area of research
http://newyorkreviewofjobs.com
