In Code Collar, Singh's provocative second book, the comfortable assumptions of the professional class meet their reckoning. Drawing a thread from Schumpeter's creative destruction through Keynes' dream of leisure to Drucker's knowledge revolution, he asks the question no one wants to answer: What if we're next?
What Singh reveals will shake you:
The 6.76 Billion Kroner Secret — Norwegian managers waste this monthly in pointless meetings. Singh shows the exact math proving 90% of management roles are already obsolete—companies just haven't realized it yet.
The Ticking Time Bomb — Norway's $1.9 trillion oil fund is run by AI. One algorithm error could vaporize 8,000 billion kroner. The terrifying part? The humans "overseeing" it don't understand how it works.
The Exodus Nobody's Discussing — IT degree applications dropped 23% in one year. While you're upskilling, Gen Z already knows: Why study for jobs that won't exist? Singh reveals what they're doing instead.
This isn't another breathless tech manifesto. Through a distinctly Norwegian perspective—where trust in institutions runs deep and the social contract still holds meaning—Singh dissects what artificial intelligence actually is, where it came from, and why the shift from information work to knowledge work matters more than we realized.
Real professionals. Real devastation:
- Espen, software engineer: "I used to solve problems. Now I type prompts and feel useless"
- A lawyer: "AI drafts contracts in seconds. I bill by the hour. Do the math"
- Project managers: 61% success rate with AI versus 47% without—but at what cost?
Singh then turns his lens on the professions we thought were safe—lawyers parsing precedent, asset managers reading markets, middle managers coordinating teams, developers writing code, real estate brokers closing deals, project leaders orchestrating complexity. One by one, he exposes "The Peter Principle 2.0": how AI doesn't just replace jobs, it makes entire career ladders pointless.
But here's what nobody else will tell you: While LinkedIn influencers peddle prompt engineering courses, Singh reveals the five uniquely human capabilities AI can't replicate.
The chapters that will change how you see everything:
The Universal Basic Income revelation—not because it's coming (it is), but because of WHO will receive it. Hint: It's not who you think.
Norway's plan for AI-governed democracy—no politicians, no bureaucrats, just algorithms and citizen experts. Fiction? They're already building it.
And then, rather than leaving us in the wreckage of disruption, Singh offers something unexpected: a solution that's as pragmatic as it is radical.
Because by 2030, work won't be about competing with machines at what they do best. It'll be about leveraging what makes us irreplaceably human.
Right now, you have two choices:
- Hope your boss hasn't read this book
- Read it first and become indispensable
In 2030, there will be those who saw it coming, and those who became case studies in this book's second edition.
Which will you be?
