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  _Knowledge work_ is work whose value comes from human intellect and knowledge
  rather than industrial or physical labor — the kind of work that became
  central as societies shifted to knowledge-based economies.
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/knowledge-work-42c87fddd698.md
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# \_knowledge work\_

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/knowledge-work-42c87fddd698

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

_Knowledge work_ is work whose value comes from human intellect and knowledge rather than industrial or physical labor — the kind of work that became central as societies shifted to knowledge-based economies.

In the video *ChatGPT Is Changing Our Understanding of the Human Intellect*, **_knowledge work_** names the kind of labor that emerged as societies transitioned from industrial work to **knowledge-based economies** — work whose value rests on human intellect, with knowledge as “the currency of success.”[^3269b2ab-ef7b-5c97-8d40-6498fd0cf1ca@12]