EXPERIENCING HUMANITY
PROF. AMIT BAUMEL'S BLOG

Labor income share answers a simple question: of all the economic value created in the world, how much comes from human work versus machines, software, and capital? The International Labour Organization reports that nearly 40% of the global decline in labor's income share between 2004 and 2024 occurred in just three years - 2020 to 2022 (1). And the trend is accelerating: a 2025 study across European regions found the direct link: for every doubling of regional AI innovation,

Conversations today feel oddly hollow: more talk, less impact (1-3) . It’s not that we’ve lost interest in one another. It’s that the reason we talk has narrowed. We no longer come to conversations to think or to clarify something. Much of that work is quietly transitioning elsewhere. I notice this shift most clearly in my own life. When I need emotional closeness, I turn to my wife and loved ones. When I need help thinking, I turn to AI. Cognitively, AI is faster, more avail

Why the future of creativity may be completely private A few months ago, I went on a short trip with my two boys. Somewhere along the mountain paths, I invented a story about them. Two characters emerged: Groonfinkel and Schoot. They were mountain creatures, sometimes brave, sometimes scared, often missing one another. They helped each other across difficult terrain, got separated, worried, and reunited. It was, in many ways, the story of my two boys enjoying this trip togeth

I had been planning this move for a long time. And then it finally happened. My wife and I packed our bags, three children, and made our way to the United States. Anyone who has moved countries with children knows this already: no matter how prepared you think you are, the transition is hard. New routines. New schools. New expectations. The supermarket is so different. Everything feels slightly off-balance, but also exciting. What I didn’t expect was how quickly everyday mome

I recently read a great post by a friend, a digital mental health entrepreneur, who wrote: “There’s no world in which supporting our...

Every now and then I fantasize about launching a social media channel called Professor Subtext . I, the professor, would publicly decode...