Dressed for the displacement

Clothing for the last generation of knowledge workers

AI is automating $23 trillion in white-collar labor.

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TAMwear editorial

Drop 01 — The Classics

gradient descent into unemployment
gradient descent into unemployment
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unknown pleasures of automation
unknown pleasures of automation
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your job is the use case
your job is the use case
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my labor is their training data
my labor is their training data
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my OKR is existential dread
my OKR is existential dread
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(prompt) engineer
(prompt) engineer
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reducing headcount to a single API call
reducing headcount to a single API call
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AGI: Headcount, Solved
AGI: Headcount, Solved
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AGI: capturing the lightcone of all future value
AGI: capturing the lightcone of all future value
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the great decoupling — you are the gap.
the great decoupling — you are the gap.
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I miss the Society of the Spectacle
I miss the Society of the Spectacle
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ask me about the $23 trillion white collar TAM
ask me about the $23 trillion white collar TAM
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Whitepaper
The Recursive Flywheel
Marx, LLMs & the Game Theory of Cognitive Labor Displacement
I. Workers train the models that replace them
II. Automation → data → better models → more automation
III. Rational choices → collectively catastrophic outcomes
IV. $23T in white-collar wages is the actual target
V. The last human advantage is knowing it's happening
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TAM /tæm/
noun — finance
1. Total Addressable Market — the total revenue opportunity available for a product or service.
2. The $23 trillion in global white-collar labor currently being automated by artificial intelligence.
"Your job is the use case. The white-collar TAM is the sum of every knowledge worker's salary."
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Clothing for the last generation of knowledge workers to hold their jobs. Each design is a thesis you wear to the meeting where they announce the restructuring.
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US: 3–5 days · Intl: 7–14 days
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30 days, unworn
Sizing
Unisex relaxed fit. Size up if unsure.

Research

The $23 Trillion
Disruption

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$23T
Total market at risk
174.6M
Knowledge workers affected
32M
Jobs displaced by 2035
$7.09T
GDP at risk globally

Highest automation risk

Translators & Interpreters 98%
Bookkeepers & Accounting Clerks 96%
Customer Service Reps 95%
Tax Preparers 94%
Paralegals & Legal Assistants 92%

Sectors most exposed

Finance & Banking $4.2T
Healthcare Admin $3.8T
IT Services & Software $2.9T
Insurance $1.8T
Education Admin $1.6T

Housing exposure

-28%
San Francisco projected home value decline
-22%
San Jose projected decline

The great divergence

+48% corporate profits since 2020
-1% avg compensation since 2024

Key milestone

2030
40% of knowledge tasks automated — mid-case scenario across major economies

12 interactive visualizations · every sector · every country · explore the full report

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