Jan Gerber on what AI’s threat to jobs reveals about our need for purpose – Khaleej Times

What happens to people when purpose disappears? In his latest column for Khaleej Times, our CEO explored this question that sits at the heart of so much we encounter in our work. 

Writing in response to the growing conversation around AI and universal basic income, Jan draws on what he sees daily at our clinic: that the removal of financial pressure does not, on its own, produce flourishing. On the contrary, without the structure and meaning that work provides, people tend to unravel in ways that are difficult to anticipate and harder still to reverse. 

To read more about the psychological cost of purposelessness and why community is what the chapter ahead requires, you can read the full article here.