AI 時代，工作與生活的未來會在哪裏？

We're all shipping with AI nowadays. We prompt agents, let them write code, run tests, merge changes, and get things done.

AI is moving beyond software, too. It can help us design in CAD, create 3D models, make music, and operate computers in ways that used to require a human.

And it makes me wonder: Where does that leave us? Are we still creating something meaningful, or are we just producing more things, faster?

With how quickly AI products are growing and changing, I've been thinking about stepping away from tech.

Not because I hate technology, but because I want to learn something different. Woodworking, mechanics, craftsmanship. Things where I can work with my hands, build something real, and see the results of my effort.

Part of me also thinks that the AI industry will keep moving forward whether I'm involved or not. And spending my life as a salaried employee, constantly trying to keep up, might eventually wear me out.

So I've been thinking about a different plan.

Teach languages to make a living, learn craftsmanship, and slowly build my own company. It won't be easy, and there's no guarantee I'll succeed. But at least I'll have more control over what I'm doing and what I'm building.

What's strange is that humanity has become incredibly productive. We can produce more food, build better homes, and create technologies our ancestors couldn't have imagined.

Yet so many people still struggle to afford a place to live, pay their bills, or find time for themselves.

We have made life more convenient, but have we actually made ourselves freer?

Our ancestors had their own struggles. They hunted, gathered, built shelters, and survived through their own labor. Their lives weren't necessarily easier, but there was a more direct connection between what they did and what they needed to survive.

Today, most of us depend on salaries, companies, markets, and institutions just to live. We work to pay for necessities, and then we spend much of our remaining time preparing to work again.

Of course, society has changed, and we have to adapt.

But I don't think adapting should always mean chasing the next technology, the next promotion, or the next paycheck.

Maybe it can also mean choosing a different way to live.

I'm starting to question whether being a salaried employee should be my long-term goal. I want to own more of my time, learn practical skills, create things with my hands, and eventually build something of my own.

I don't want to stop working. I want to feel that the work I'm doing actually belongs to me.