The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age - The Atlantic
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 9 Aug 2026 00:53:33 UTC Redirected from no other snapshots from this url All snapshots from host www.google.com from host www.theatlantic.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee SKIP TO CONTENT Site Navigation Popular Latest Newsletters Sign In Subscribe IDEAS The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort. By David Brooks Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Jovana Dzopalic / Getty. JUNE 28, 2026 SHARE SAVE Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 21:33 Updated at 11 a.m. ET on July 6, 2026 This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Remember when ai was going to take away our jobs and leave humans with nothing to do? So far, that doesn’t seem to be happening. Researchers from ActivTrak analyzed the digital activity of more than 10,000 workers and found that when