Post-Work Requires Power
Saved hours, human activity and the allocation of future electricity.
Short Description
This working paper argues that automation planning must count not only machine electricity and efficiency gains, but also the material access needed by human activity when compulsory work is reduced.
Why Japan
Japan is the first field edition because its official electricity forecast explicitly names historically novel data-centre and semiconductor demand, making the paper's allocation question inspectable.
Evidence Boundary
The paper does not establish a causal electricity-freedom threshold. National electricity demand is not personal access. The fitted transition zone is not a confidence interval, allowance, causal threshold or planning target.
Read Quickly
Start with The Paper in Two Minutes / 2分でわかる本稿. The PDF includes a Japanese plain-language summary, not a full Japanese translation of the paper.