In this episode, Josh challenges the question everyone keeps asking about AI and work, and makes the case that it's the wrong one. The framing is always the same. AI helps us do more, or it burns us out. Faster or exhausted. Pick one. But that's a biology problem, not a software problem.

Microsoft's 2025 Work Trend Index shows the split. Eighty percent of the workforce says they don't have the time or energy for the work already on their plate. One fractional executive on a call put it plainest. "I'm 53 and I am tired."

Josh's grandfather used to joke that owning a business meant working any 24 hours you wanted. Josh built a bot this year to book his own podcast guests. It's faster. He's not any less tired.

The question was never how to work faster. It's what happens when a species that needs sleep gets asked to keep pace with something that doesn't.

Josh shares where he's drawing his own line between speed and rest. Follow The Job Sh*t Show investigation at https://joshlevine.substack.com

About The Job Sh*t Show

The Job Sh*t Show is an investigation into how finding, keeping, and doing work is changing faster than anyone is admitting — and what that actually looks like for real people on the ground. The Sh*t List is a paid Substack for leaders who want to stay ahead of what AI is doing to the workplace — and actually do something about it. Every other week, subscribers get a new AI Manager Skill: one practical, field-tested move for leading your team better in an AI world.