Thinking about work and reading

I write for a living, which I'm told means impending doom at the hands of LLMs. Except that it seems like the AI bubble is ready to burst, sending the US stock market and global markets into a tailspin reminiscent of 2000 and 2008. The broader job market is a mess, with exceptionally qualified people unable to find suitable work. Companies are laying people off left and right, then putting the…