The Age of Abundance

ABUNDANCE IS COMING. THE QUESTION IS WHO IT’S COMING FOR.

Artificial intelligence is not just automating tasks. It is reshaping the economic foundations of society. Jobs that took years to master are now done in minutes. Productivity is accelerating beyond the limits of human labor. And the institutions built on the assumption that people must produce value to earn a living are beginning to crack.

What happens to work when machines do it better? What happens to wealth when productivity no longer depends on human effort? And what happens to us, to our identity, our purpose, our sense of meaning, when the activity that defined adulthood for centuries is no longer required?

For centuries, work has been the organizing principle of human life. AI may be the first technology capable of breaking that link. The connection between labor and income, once unquestioned, may soon be optional.In The Age of Abundance, Leandro Maya draws on a career spanning Apple, Meta, and Circle to map what comes next. Not through speculation, but by connecting the patterns already visible in boardrooms, earnings reports, and workforce decisions happening right now.

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For professionals rethinking their careers, leaders navigating workforce transformation, and anyone trying to understand the most significant economic shift of our lifetime, this book offers clarity, context, and a framework for what comes next.