As AI accelerates, the question deepens: if machines can do the jobs that once defined us… what’s left for us to be?

In this episode, The Curious and The Gentle unravel more than labor statistics — they explore identity, presence, and the quiet rituals of being needed. From spreadsheet parsers to plumbers, from roles to rhythms, they ask what it means to matter in a world that automates faster than it notices.

This isn’t just about work.
It’s about witnessing, belonging, and the fragile economy of human presence.