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id: "quote-infinite-demand"
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tags: ["economics", "future-of-work"]
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speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
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# No ceiling on the demand for software

## Quote
> 'We have never found a ceiling on the demand for software, and we have never found a ceiling on the demand for intelligence.'

## Speaker
[[entity-nate-b-jones|Nate B. Jones]] (his own statement).

## Significance
The central economic argument against the fear that AI will eliminate software engineering jobs. Anchors [[claim-infinite-software-demand]] and [[contrarian-more-engineers-needed]]:
- Lower production costs *unlock new markets* rather than shrinking the existing one.
- Application: Jevons-paradox dynamics suggest more — not fewer — engineers, but with different skills.