Comment by delichon
5 hours ago
It's great that she takes joy in his work, and sad that economics is pushing her to focus on different details with less joy. But the same can be said for a horse groom who loves her work being pushed to transition into a mechanic. Change sucks, but less than petrification.
“A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation” ― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah
"Petrification" still sucks less than enshittification. Most of the so-called progress from AI is making the world worse for the average person.
The author is a woman, not sure why you assumed they identifed as he/him.
Probably because there is no bio or name on this page and the author mentions their girlfriend. Seems an easy error to make