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Why this exists
AI is improving fastest where work is abstract, repeatable, and detached from physical accountability. A large share of high-status knowledge work fits that description.
Many hands-on, licensed, place-based jobs do not. They need presence. They carry legal liability. And in many categories, there are not enough qualified people to meet demand.
That is the thesis behind boring.careers. Not panic, not nostalgia, and not anti-technology. Just a practical map for people who want stable work with clear economic leverage.
The label "boring" is mostly status anxiety. The compensation, demand, and resilience profile says otherwise.
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