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Start here · 14 linksThe AI Industry Has Never Told You What’s In It for You

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  1. Pew Research Center surveypewresearch.org
  2. Pew’s June 2026 surveypewresearch.org
  3. about half of American adults were using AI chatbotspewresearch.org
  4. 71% now expect AI to mean fewer jobspewresearch.org
  5. 34 of 37 countriespewresearch.org
  6. AI 2040: Plan Atheneuron.aiin “What the industry pitches”
  7. Marianna Ganapinisubstack.comin “Why are you building this at all?”
  8. Luiza Jarovskysubstack.comin “Why are you building this at all?”
  9. AI companies are pushing society to accept an unacceptable level of risksubstack.comin “Why are you building this at all?”
  10. Arvind Narayanansubstack.comin “My work is going to get worse”
  11. Rich Holmessubstack.comin “My work is going to get worse”
  12. Ben Dicksonsubstack.comin “Who controls it?”
  13. Justin Bonannosubstack.comin “Who controls it?”
  14. Nathan Lambertsubstack.comin “Who controls it?”
Part 1 · 4 linksMachines Can Make Us Both Free and Safe

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  1. Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildrenhetwebsite.netin “Who’s tried this before”
  2. Utopia for Realistshachettebookgroup.comin “Who’s tried this before”
  3. poverty is a lack of cash, not a lack of characterted.comin “Who’s tried this before”
  4. Fully Automated Luxury Communismversobooks.comin “Who’s tried this before”
Part 2 · 13 linksIf a Human Wants to Do a Job, a Machine Shouldn’t Take It

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  1. meaning crisiswlessin.comin “Why machines shouldn’t do everything”
  2. The Dispossesseden.wikipedia.orgin “Why machines shouldn’t do everything”
  3. The Design of Everyday Thingsen.wikipedia.orgin “Human-centered design”
  4. Norman door99percentinvisible.orgin “Human-centered design”
  5. James J. Gibson coined in 1966en.wikipedia.orgin “Human-centered design”
  6. ISO 9241-210iso.orgin “Human-centered design”
  7. the cost of producing one more uniten.wikipedia.orgin “The economics of machine labor”
  8. intelligence explosionsciencedirect.comin “What the AI industry plans instead”
  9. AI 2040: Plan Aai-2040.comin “What the AI industry plans instead”
  10. AI Futures Projectblog.aifutures.orgin “What the AI industry plans instead”
  11. ai-2027.com“AI 2027”in “What the AI industry plans instead”
  12. universal high incomeyahoo.comin “What the AI industry plans instead”
  13. Weimar Republic kinda situationen.wikipedia.orgin “What the AI industry plans instead”
Part 3 · 11 linksPoint the Machines at What’s Scarce

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  1. Donella Meadowsen.wikipedia.orgin “Stocks and flows”
  2. The Limits to Growthen.wikipedia.orgin “Stocks and flows”
  3. Thinking in Systemsdonellameadows.orgin “Stocks and flows”
  4. on podcasts like Dwarkesh Patel’syoutube.comin “The bottlenecks nobody talks about”
  5. 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistrynobelprize.orgin “Biology: the data-rich frontier”
  6. newscenter.lbl.gov“GNoME”in “Materials science: where the flywheel takes off”
  7. 20,000 of the crystals found by experimentdeepmind.googlein “Materials science: where the flywheel takes off”
  8. screen 32.6 million candidate materialsazure.microsoft.comin “Materials science: where the flywheel takes off”
  9. in about 80 hoursfreethink.comin “Materials science: where the flywheel takes off”
  10. 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistrynobelprize.orgin “Materials science: where the flywheel takes off”
  11. KoBold Metalsnews24.comin “Earth science: finding what’s already there”
Part 4 · 13 linksQuests Should Replace Corporations

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  1. about 150 stable relationshipsen.wikipedia.orgin “The party”
  2. zombie corporationsen.wikipedia.orgin “The party”
  3. 95% of Americans think fondly of small businessesnews.gallup.comin “The party”
  4. showed this decades agoeconlib.orgin “Abundance is a discovery problem”
  5. won a Nobel Prizenobelprize.orgin “Abundance is a discovery problem”
  6. answered that in 1937doi.orgin “Abundance is a discovery problem”
  7. early research on distributed communicationsrand.orgin “Abundance is a discovery problem”
  8. yanisvaroufakis.eu“technofeudalism”in “Protocols, not platforms”
  9. an open protocolrfc-editor.orgin “Protocols, not platforms”
  10. has arguedknightcolumbia.orgin “Protocols, not platforms”
  11. Living National Treasuresbunka.go.jpin “The guild”
  12. sketched in an earlier postfuturespective.substack.comin “The guild”
  13. I wrote my initial thoughts on all that here.futurespective.substack.comin “What else do we need?”
Part 5 · 2 linksEvery Town Can Own Its Own Power Plant and Chip Fab

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  1. rated eleven policies for an AI economyinstitute.deepmind.comin “Universal basic capital”
  2. en.wikipedia.org“microgrid”in “Microgrids for everything”
Part 6 · 9 linksUBI Won’t Work. Universal Basic Goods Will.

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  1. $814 billion in stimulus checkscrfb.org
  2. paid down debtnber.org
  3. brokerages and crypto exchangesjpmorganchase.com
  4. prices of the stocks they boughtnber.org
  5. about 3 points to inflationfrbsf.org
  6. $36 trillion in two yearsfred.stlouisfed.org
  7. about 9%fred.stlouisfed.org
  8. eleven policies they ratedinstitute.deepmind.comin “What do we pool?”
  9. en.wikipedia.org“Paradise”in “Anarres and Paradise”
Part 7 · 27 linksWe’re Less Than a Decade From the Next Economic System

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  1. typically lasting about 75 years, give or take about 30fortune.comin “Systems, not empires”
  2. Christopher Boehmen.wikipedia.orgin “1. Foraging bands”
  3. Mandate of Heavenen.wikipedia.orgin “2. Agrarian empires”
  4. oath of homageen.wikipedia.orgin “3. Feudalism”
  5. Muscovy Companyen.wikipedia.orgin “3. Feudalism”
  6. East India Companyen.wikipedia.orgin “4. Merchant capitalism”
  7. abolished in 1816en.wikipedia.orgin “4. Merchant capitalism”
  8. Limited Liability Act of 1855en.wikipedia.orgin “4. Merchant capitalism”
  9. Carlota Perezstrategy-business.comin “4. Merchant capitalism”
  10. en.wikipedia.org“Homestead”in “5. Laissez-faire industrial capitalism”
  11. en.wikipedia.org“in 1861”in “5. Laissez-faire industrial capitalism”
  12. struck it downen.wikipedia.orgin “5. Laissez-faire industrial capitalism”
  13. deutschlandmuseum.de“in 1889”in “5. Laissez-faire industrial capitalism”
  14. Treaty of Detroiten.wikipedia.orgin “6. Managed capitalism”
  15. Dodge v. Ford Motor Co.en.wikipedia.orgin “6. Managed capitalism”
  16. effective taxes on US labor run 25.5% to 33.5%nber.orgin “7. Financial and information capitalism”
  17. equipment and software now face effective rates of about 5%brookings.eduin “7. Financial and information capitalism”
  18. network effectsen.wikipedia.orgin “7. Financial and information capitalism”
  19. Carlota Perezen.wikipedia.orgin “Where we are now”
  20. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capitalcarlotaperez.orgin “Where we are now”
  21. $2.0 trillion federal deficit for fiscal 2026cbo.govin “Where we are now”
  22. about 100% of GDPcrfb.orgin “Where we are now”
  23. cbo.gov“projects”in “Where we are now”
  24. Big Debt Cycleeconomicprinciples.orgin “Where we are now”
  25. what does the money buyeconpapers.repec.orgin “Where we are now”
  26. rated eleven policies for an AI economyinstitute.deepmind.comin “Where we are now”
  27. The Limits to Growthdonellameadows.orgin “Where we are now”
Part 8 · 26 linksAI Will Kill Packaged Meaning. Let It.

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  1. “AI Is Not a Labor Crisis. It Is a Meaning Crisis.”wlessin.com
  2. Mike Mulligan problemtheatlantic.comin “Sam’s argument in five points”
  3. three avenues to meaningviktorfranklinstitute.orgin “Packaged meaning was always a crutch”
  4. 2006 study of “youth bulges”prio.orgin “Purposelessness is dangerous”
  5. Dunbar’s numberbbc.comin “Identity, ritual, boundary, mission”
  6. Data Foundriesfuturespective.substack.comin “Identity, ritual, boundary, mission”
  7. value creation and value extractionlrb.co.ukin “Production vs extraction”
  8. reap where they never sowedeconlib.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  9. grow richer, as it were in their sleepeconlib.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  10. $7.3 billion in extra revenueftc.govin “Production vs extraction”
  11. cost about 2% of the money moved, every year, since the 1880snber.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  12. 91% of their earningshbr.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  13. $1.7 trillionpress.spglobal.comin “Production vs extraction”
  14. sided with eBaypotteranderson.comin “Production vs extraction”
  15. auctioneers charged with getting the best price for the stockholdersen.wikipedia.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  16. a corporation lives foreverdelcode.delaware.govin “Production vs extraction”
  17. can’t be making money for shareholdersdelcode.delaware.govin “Production vs extraction”
  18. simple majority can vote the mission awayskadden.comin “Production vs extraction”
  19. asked its shareholders to drop its environmental missionfastcompany.comin “Production vs extraction”
  20. one at a timeen.wikisource.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  21. 319 business corporations chartered before 1801nber.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  22. the euthanasia of the rentiermarxists.orgin “Production vs extraction”
  23. Delaware Public Benefit Corporationanthropic.comin “Mission first”
  24. April 2026anthropic.comin “Mission first”
  25. OpenAI Group PBCopenai.comin “Mission first”
  26. expects to invest at least $1 billionopenaifoundation.orgin “Mission first”
Part 9 · 67 linksThe Earth Should Be a Garden, Not a Mine

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  1. “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes”wist.info
  2. The Limits to Growthclubofrome.orgin “Stocks, flows, and who named them”
  3. Thinking in Systemschelseagreen.comin “Stocks, flows, and who named them”
  4. “Toward some operational principles of sustainable development”doi.orgin “Stocks, flows, and who named them”
  5. free summaryweb.archive.orgin “Stocks, flows, and who named them”
  6. 170,000 wells across 1,693 aquifer systemsnature.comin “Stocks, flows, and who named them”
  7. pumping fees and the licensing of wellsnhm.ac.ukin “Stocks, flows, and who named them”
  8. are still in forcefinance.yahoo.comin “Critical minerals and rare earths”
  9. fell to zerosilverado.orgin “Critical minerals and rare earths”
  10. added MP Materials and USA Rare Earth to its export-control listsource.benchmarkminerals.comin “Critical minerals and rare earths”
  11. 67,573 magnetic compoundsunh.eduin “Critical minerals and rare earths”
  12. 1,500 tonnes a year of magnets made without rare earthschargedevs.comin “Critical minerals and rare earths”
  13. broke ground at Mingombakoboldmetals.comin “Critical minerals and rare earths”
  14. 22.3% of it was documented as collected and recycledunitar.orgin “Recycling”
  15. renewable-carbon.eu“9%”in “Recycling”
  16. design working ester-cutting enzymes from scratchbakerlab.orgin “Recycling”
  17. sold its assets to Glencorebattery-news.dein “Recycling”
  18. cut 10% of its stafftechcrunch.comin “Recycling”
  19. missed its September 2026 financing targetpetnology.comin “Recycling”
  20. 1.55 kWh per cubic meterguinnessworldrecords.comin “Water”
  21. $0.365 per cubic meterarabnews.pkin “Water”
  22. metal-organic frameworksnobelprize.orgin “Water”
  23. 2,000 to 4,000 liters of water a dayagnavigator.comin “Water”
  24. about $2.7 billionhortnews.comin “Food”
  25. $100 million in revenueagfundernews.comin “Food”
  26. 2.5-fold in 2024hai.stanford.eduin “Food”
  27. half showed gains in yield or soil carbonmeetingorganizer.copernicus.orgin “Food”
  28. stationary storage packs fell 45% in a single yearabout.bnef.comin “Energy and storage”
  29. 108 GW of batteries added in 2025pv-magazine-usa.comin “Energy and storage”
  30. sent its first power to the gridthinkgeoenergy.comin “Energy and storage”
  31. 8.6 megajoules and a target gain of 4.13annual.llnl.govin “Energy and storage”
  32. applying AI to plasma controldeepmind.googlein “Energy and storage”
  33. $24.2 billion in 2025tctmagazine.comin “Manufacturing”
  34. 5 million industrial robotsifr.orgin “Manufacturing”
  35. 2,080 to 3,832mining-technology.comin “Mining”
  36. about 25% in ten yearszaguan.unizar.esin “Mining”
  37. declared lost in March 2025en.wikipedia.orgin “Space”
  38. now expects in the first part of 2027en.wikipedia.orgin “Space”
  39. 121.6 gramsspace.comin “Space”
  40. reached the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa in July 2026en.wikipedia.orgin “Space”
  41. $581.7 billion in corporate AI investment in 2025hai.stanford.eduin “Why are robots writing emails?”
  42. 331 of 493 S&P 500 earnings callsinsight.factset.comin “Why are robots writing emails?”
  43. 95% of organizations got no measurable returntheregister.comin “Why are robots writing emails?”
  44. 25 million kilograms of trashwarpnews.orgin “Why are robots writing emails?”
  45. AI that finds plasticpress.aboutamazon.comin “Why are robots writing emails?”
  46. Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a Systemdonellameadows.orgin “Change the rules, not the numbers”
  47. Roger Williams Jr. in 1947en.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  48. runs around the clock at about 1,550°Cen.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  49. $165 billion “gigafab”en.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  50. Minimal Fabyokogawa.comin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  51. about a year and at least $60 millionglass.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  52. costs around $180 millionen.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  53. many small, standard unitssciencedaily.comin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  54. “small in size, low in cost, many in number.”ueaeprints.uea.ac.ukin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  55. over budget by 1% on average, and nuclear by 120%insideclimatenews.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  56. $132 a watt in 1975 to 27 cents in 2024ourworldindata.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  57. “building the machine that makes the machine.”electrek.coin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  58. about 50 robots per 24-hour shiftweb.archive.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  59. self-copying machineen.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  60. copied all of its printed partsen.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  61. started with barsen.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  62. The Innovator’s Dilemmaen.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  63. 102 minimills run by 47 companiespubs.usgs.govin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  64. $13 billion valuationtechcrunch.comin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  65. entered administrationtechcrunch.comin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  66. $89 per megawatt-houren.wikipedia.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
  67. cancelled in November 2023world-nuclear-news.orgin “Gigafactories should build microfactories”
Part 10 · 51 linksA Floor for Everyone, a Frontier for Anyone

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  1. Gallup’s latest pollnews.gallup.com
  2. open letter from the Future of Life Institutefutureoflife.orgin “Brake, gas pedal, steering wheel”
  3. Techno-Optimist Manifestoa16z.comin “Brake, gas pedal, steering wheel”
  4. My techno-optimismvitalik.eth.limoin “Our neighbors”
  5. wbur.org“Abundance”in “Our neighbors”
  6. stop good ones tooen.wikipedia.orgin “Our neighbors”
  7. founding executive editorkk.orgin “Our neighbors”
  8. kk.org“in 2011”in “Our neighbors”
  9. a genre of art and fictionen.wikipedia.orgin “Our neighbors”
  10. 2008 blog postrepublicofthebees.wordpress.comin “Our neighbors”
  11. Solarpunk: Notes toward a Manifestohieroglyph.asu.eduin “Our neighbors”
  12. 22.7 million renter households, or 49%nlihc.orgin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  13. 40 years oldnar.realtorin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  14. elected Zohran Mamdanipbs.orgin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  15. free buses, free childcare and city-run grocery storesfortune.comin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  16. 75% of voters under 30circle.tufts.eduin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  17. froze rents6sqft.comin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  18. 95% of Americansnews.gallup.comin “Why socialism looks good from here”
  19. set the record straightcphpost.dkin “Sweden isn’t socialist”
  20. voted unanimouslysvensktnaringsliv.sein “Sweden isn’t socialist”
  21. conversableeconomist.com“century-old”in “Sweden isn’t socialist”
  22. 45 billionaires in Swedeneuronews.comin “Sweden isn’t socialist”
  23. 902 in the USforbes.com.auin “Sweden isn’t socialist”
  24. positional goodsen.wikipedia.orgin “Sweden isn’t socialist”
  25. Critique of the Gotha Programmemarxists.orgin “From dividing to distributing”
  26. Libertarian socialismen.wikipedia.orgin ““Isn’t that libertarian socialism?””
  27. The Conquest of Breadgutenberg.orgin ““Isn’t that libertarian socialism?””
  28. Mutual Aidgutenberg.orgin ““Isn’t that libertarian socialism?””
  29. Post-Scarcity Anarchismtheanarchistlibrary.orgin ““Isn’t that libertarian socialism?””
  30. Libertarian Municipalism: An Overviewtheanarchistlibrary.orgin ““Isn’t that libertarian socialism?””
  31. The Dispossesseden.wikipedia.orgin ““Isn’t that libertarian socialism?””
  32. The Gospel of Wealthbillofrightsinstitute.orgin “Spend big now, give it back”
  33. some $350 millionhistory.comin “Spend big now, give it back”
  34. Homestead Strikehistory.comin “Spend big now, give it back”
  35. 2,509 librariesen.wikipedia.orgin “Spend big now, give it back”
  36. provide the site and fund the library’s upkeepsdhspress.comin “Spend big now, give it back”
  37. build-operate-transferen.wikipedia.orgin “Spend big now, give it back”
  38. Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a Systemdonellameadows.orgin “Where to push”
  39. Thinking in Systemschelseagreen.comin “Success to the successful”
  40. 2009 Nobel Prize in economicsnobelprize.orgin “Ostrom’s spec sheet”
  41. Nobel lecturenobelprize.orgin “Ostrom’s spec sheet”
  42. The Theory of the Leisure Classgutenberg.orgin “Wired to accumulate”
  43. self-transcendencegreatergood.berkeley.eduin “Something higher than stuff”
  44. under an MIT licenseapi-docs.deepseek.comin “For readers outside America”
  45. 151,448 derivative modelsthenextweb.comin “For readers outside America”
  46. rebuilt its regional language modeltechnode.comin “For readers outside America”
  47. Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stackwhitehouse.govin “For readers outside America”
  48. opened GPS to civilian usenextgov.comin “For readers outside America”
  49. turned that offgps.govin “For readers outside America”
  50. presidency.ucsb.edu“said”in “For readers outside America”
  51. Agrarian Justicegutenberg.orgin “For readers outside America”
Part 11 · 32 linksRemix Will Kill the Copy, Not the Creator

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  1. newsroom-deezer.com“announced”
  2. Georg Simmelarchive.orgin “Everything is a package of belief”
  3. Guido Möllering’s 2001 studywiwiss.fu-berlin.dein “Everything is a package of belief”
  4. ynharari.com“Sapiens”in “Everything is a package of belief”
  5. The Theory of the Leisure Classgutenberg.orgin “Positional goods, briefly”
  6. as quoted by his son Donald Hirschunife.itin “Positional goods, briefly”
  7. a secluded beachencyclopedia.comin “Positional goods, briefly”
  8. 2025 paper in Economics & Philosophycambridge.orgin “Positional goods, briefly”
  9. letter to Isaac McPhersonpress-pubs.uchicago.eduin “Remix unwraps every package”
  10. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproductionmarxists.orgin “Remix unwraps every package”
  11. Better Than Freekk.orgin “Remix unwraps every package”
  12. Designing Organizations for an Information-Rich Worldgwern.netin “Scarcity doesn’t vanish. It moves.”
  13. Attention Shoppers!wired.comin “Scarcity doesn’t vanish. It moves.”
  14. Register of Copyrightscopyright.govin “The player piano license (1909)”
  15. 17 U.S.C. §115law.cornell.eduin “The player piano license (1909)”
  16. 13.1 cents per song in 2026hypebot.comin “The player piano license (1909)”
  17. en.wikipedia.org“ASCAP”in “Collecting societies (1914 onward)”
  18. collected a record $1.945 billion and distributed $1.759 billionhypebot.comin “Collecting societies (1914 onward)”
  19. Content IDsupport.google.comin “Content ID (2007)”
  20. 2.5 billion claimstorrentfreak.comin “Content ID (2007)”
  21. $12 billiondigitalmusicnews.comin “Content ID (2007)”
  22. transparency reporttransparencyreport.google.comin “Content ID (2007)”
  23. c2pa.org“C2PA”in “Content Credentials”
  24. C2PA explainerspec.c2pa.orgin “Content Credentials”
  25. world’s first collective AI music licencecisac.orgin “The first collective AI license (2025)”
  26. ASCAP’s early yearsen.wikipedia.orgin “Why guilds”
  27. en.wikipedia.org“BMI”in “Why guilds”
  28. public record of achievementsen.wikipedia.orgin “Money for the scarce, status for everything else”
  29. chase for recognitiongamestudies.orgin “Money for the scarce, status for everything else”
  30. keep fully AI-generated music out of its algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlistspastemagazine.comin “Objections”
  31. Mechanical Licensing Collectivethemlc.comin “Objections”
  32. $424 millionthemlc.comin “Objections”
Part 12 · 49 linksYour First Party Member Should Be an AI You Own

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  1. imsdb.com“script”
  2. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net“party”in “The party starts with one”
  3. As We May Thinkwww2.cs.sfu.cain “This idea is older than the computer on your desk”
  4. Man-Computer Symbiosisgroups.csail.mit.eduin “This idea is older than the computer on your desk”
  5. Augmenting Human Intellectdougengelbart.orgin “This idea is older than the computer on your desk”
  6. Knowledge Navigatordubberly.comin “This idea is older than the computer on your desk”
  7. software butler in a bow tieen.wikipedia.orgin “This idea is older than the computer on your desk”
  8. square of its lengtharxiv.orgin “Memory is the whole game”
  9. performance dropped as inputs grewtrychroma.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  10. server-side compactionplatform.claude.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  11. GPT-5.1-Codex-Maxopenai.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  12. Recursive Language Modelsalexzhang13.github.ioin “Memory is the whole game”
  13. arxiv.org“paper”in “Memory is the whole game”
  14. platform.claude.com“Dreams”in “Memory is the whole game”
  15. openai.com“Dreaming”in “Memory is the whole game”
  16. pointed outtechcrunch.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  17. ordered OpenAI to preservemalwarebytes.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  18. ended for new dataengadget.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  19. deleting a chat doesn’t delete the memories drawn from ithelp.openai.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  20. ended an Echo settingtheregister.comin “Memory is the whole game”
  21. imsdb.com“script”in “Memory is the whole game”
  22. Gemma 3ndevelopers.googleblog.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  23. blog.google“Gemma 4”in “Local by default, cloud on request”
  24. huggingface.co“gpt-oss-20b”in “Local by default, cloud on request”
  25. on-device model of about 3 billion parametersmachinelearning.apple.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  26. a new frameworkmacrumors.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  27. apple.com“M5”in “Local by default, cloud on request”
  28. Copilot+ PCslearn.microsoft.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  29. docs.openclaw.ai“OpenClaw”in “Local by default, cloud on request”
  30. hundreds of malicious add-onsunit42.paloaltonetworks.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  31. Hermes Agenthermes-agent.nousresearch.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  32. Private Cloud Computesecurity.apple.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  33. security backlashhelpnetsecurity.comin “Local by default, cloud on request”
  34. pre-orders in October 20251x.techin “From laptop to legs”
  35. going to internal testingthenextweb.comin “From laptop to legs”
  36. humanoid.guide“said”in “From laptop to legs”
  37. figure.ai“unveiled”in “From laptop to legs”
  38. Q2 2026 updateassets-ir.tesla.comin “From laptop to legs”
  39. Expert Mode1x.techin “From laptop to legs”
  40. wasn’t doing tasks on its ownroadtovr.comin “From laptop to legs”
  41. DGX Sparknvidia.comin “Half droid, half server rack”
  42. Poké Ride pagerbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Build the party”
  43. Advanced Chessen.wikipedia.orgin “Never tell me the odds”
  44. 2010 essaynybooks.comin “Never tell me the odds”
  45. cs.umd.edu“debate”in “Never tell me the odds”
  46. ntia.gov“concluded”in “Fortress or forest”
  47. Dig Those Diglett!tvmaze.comin “Fortress or forest”
  48. imsdb.com“script”in “Objections”
  49. nature.com“meta-analysis”in “Objections”
Part 13 · 33 linksPokémon Already Showed Us How Machine Labor Should Work

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  1. Here’s how it worksserebii.netin “The job board”
  2. kotaku.com“Kotaku”in “Who keeps the rewards?”
  3. heals your whole team free of chargebulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “The Pokémon Center is free”
  4. A.V. Club pieceavclub.comin “The Pokémon Center is free”
  5. charges you $10bulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “The Pokémon Center is free”
  6. built it as a community projectbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “The Pokémon Center is free”
  7. “at outrageous prices”bulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “What money is for”
  8. run by Team Rocketbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “What money is for”
  9. costs $100, plus $100 for every level it gainedbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “What money is for”
  10. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net“you pay”in “What money is for”
  11. Pokémon assistantbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Working side by side”
  12. voluntarily helps with construction and clearing landbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Working side by side”
  13. The Pokémon Companypokemon.comin “Working side by side”
  14. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net“party”in “Your party, and everyone else’s”
  15. en.wikipedia.org“temporarily”in “Your party, and everyone else’s”
  16. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net“gone”in “Your party, and everyone else’s”
  17. Poké Ridebulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Your party, and everyone else’s”
  18. rank determinesbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Stars, badges, and scores”
  19. Merit Pointsbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Stars, badges, and scores”
  20. “Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier.”ifo.dein “Stars, badges, and scores”
  21. Synthetic Worldsopenlibrary.orgin “Stars, badges, and scores”
  22. Minneapolis Fed reviewminneapolisfed.orgin “Stars, badges, and scores”
  23. dragon kill pointsen.wikipedia.orgin “Stars, badges, and scores”
  24. two-way ratingsuber.comin “Stars, badges, and scores”
  25. “Dig Those Diglett!”bulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “When the workers say no”
  26. refuses to come outbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “When the workers say no”
  27. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net“he says”in “Team Plasma had a point”
  28. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net“N”in “Team Plasma had a point”
  29. “Taking AI Welfare Seriously”arxiv.orgin “We don’t have an N”
  30. ability to endanthropic.comin “We don’t have an N”
  31. 2012 interviewbulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Objections”
  32. founded as a utopiabulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Objections”
  33. chose to leavebulbapedia.bulbagarden.netin “Objections”
Part 14 · 24 linksYou Won’t Have a Career. You’ll Have a Skill Tree.

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  1. “road, racecourse,”etymonline.comin “The career was always a racetrack”
  2. a 1998 papercambridge.orgin “Every skill has its own ladder”
  3. “a day’s work or travel.”etymonline.comin “Every skill has its own ladder”
  4. adopted in 1970en.wikipedia.orgin “Rank is per skill, not per person”
  5. According to ChessBaseen.chessbase.comin “Rank is per skill, not per person”
  6. The Boston Globe‘s obituary of himbostonglobe.comin “Deep or wide, both honored”
  7. davidepstein.com“Range”in “Deep or wide, both honored”
  8. published in full only in 1932marxists.orgin “Deep or wide, both honored”
  9. “to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening”marxists.orgin “Deep or wide, both honored”
  10. “upwards of forty-eight thousand pins in a day.”gutenberg.orgin “Why we specialize today”
  11. over 1.4 million registered playersthefa.comin “Football, and every other trade”
  12. the first side to win three consecutive promotions in the top five leagues of English footballskysports.comin “Football, and every other trade”
  13. left them seventhsi.comin “Football, and every other trade”
  14. the highest finish in the club’s historyen.wikipedia.orgin “Football, and every other trade”
  15. etymonline.com““lover.””in “Football, and every other trade”
  16. first post on this blogfuturespective.substack.comin “Your goals, and the ones we share”
  17. “The Economics of Superstars”ideas.repec.orgin “Status, yes. Power, no.”
  18. Minneapolis Fed summarizesminneapolisfed.orgin “Status, yes. Power, no.”
  19. most electricians train through a 4- or 5-year apprenticeshipbls.govin “Licensing for the dangerous stuff”
  20. the burden of knowledgenber.orgin “Honoring deep specialists”
  21. “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.”nobelprize.orgin “Matching people to quests”
  22. the largest in its historynrmp.orgin “Matching people to quests”
  23. “to delight,”etymonline.comin “Objections”
  24. 2021 Pew Research surveypewresearch.orgin “Objections”
Part 15 · 52 linksThe Olympics, but for Everything

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  1. the bottom three are relegatedpremierleague.comin “How a pyramid works”
  2. English Football Leagueen.wikipedia.orgin “How a pyramid works”
  3. placed 996 clubs across 48 divisionsthefa.comin “How a pyramid works”
  4. over 1.4 million registered playersthefa.comin “How a pyramid works”
  5. adopted in 1970en.wikipedia.orgin “How a pyramid works”
  6. this ladderskillsusa.orgin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  7. first international round in 1950worldskills.orgin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  8. list of skillsworldskills.orgin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  9. topped the gold medal tablenews.cgtn.comin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  10. almost 600 young professionals from 32 countriesworldskillseurope.orgin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  11. WorldSkills’ siteworldskills.orgin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  12. must be 22 or youngerworldskills.orgin “Welders, plumbers and nurses”
  13. reverse what he considered a decline in bread qualityen.wikipedia.orgin “Bakers and cooks”
  14. national selectionacf-usa.orgin “Bakers and cooks”
  15. national selectionsbocusedor.comin “Bakers and cooks”
  16. 24-country world finalen.wikipedia.orgin “Bakers and cooks”
  17. a 1970 competition at Texas A&Micpc.globalin “Coders”
  18. launched in 1958tidytowns.iein “Town crews”
  19. 929 towns enteredtravelextra.iein “Town crews”
  20. judge anonymouslytidytowns.iein “Town crews”
  21. 3,000 groups a yearrhs.org.ukin “Town crews”
  22. roughly 80 communities to the national finalsen.wikipedia.orgin “Town crews”
  23. one town and one villageen.wikipedia.orgin “Town crews”
  24. 14 student teamsen.wikipedia.orgin “Builders on a quest”
  25. $10 million Ansari XPRIZExprize.orgin “Builders on a quest”
  26. to prove they were readyen.wikipedia.orgin “Masterpieces and stars”
  27. anonymous inspectorsen.wikipedia.orgin “Masterpieces and stars”
  28. review summarizeseh.netin “Masterpieces and stars”
  29. 10,500 Olympianseconomicsobservatory.comin “Climbing is optional”
  30. 25,049 athletes in 35 sportsworldmasterssport.comin “Climbing is optional”
  31. to collapse once pressure is placed on iten.wikipedia.orgin “The scoreboard is the second ledger”
  32. 1997 papergwern.netin “The scoreboard is the second ledger”
  33. set its prize categories on a strict rotationswopec.hhs.sein “The scoreboard is the second ledger”
  34. doesn’t pay medallistseconomicsobservatory.comin “Medals beat money”
  35. 50.8% of residents would acceptgwern.netin “Medals beat money”
  36. 1999 meta-analysis of 128 studiesdepts.washington.eduin “Medals beat money”
  37. The Status Gamewilliamcollinsbooks.co.ukin “Medals beat money”
  38. valued because you are competentnextbigideaclub.comin “Medals beat money”
  39. about 90% of the variation in league positionopen.eduin “Attention still buys players”
  40. the first side to win three consecutive promotions in the top five leagues of English footballskysports.comin “Attention still buys players”
  41. a plan by Bert Bellprofootballhof.comin “Attention still buys players”
  42. deliberately losingen.wikipedia.orgin “Attention still buys players”
  43. “3-2-1 Lottery”pr.nba.comin “Attention still buys players”
  44. snake draftnbcsports.comin “Attention still buys players”
  45. less balanced over timeiris.polito.itin “The rest of the parity rules”
  46. would fall 73% in the first yearliverpool.ac.ukin “The rest of the parity rules”
  47. 30% chance of promotioncityam.comin “The rest of the parity rules”
  48. up to £20,000en.wikipedia.orgin “The rest of the parity rules”
  49. unfairly changed the rulesrmg.co.ukin “The rest of the parity rules”
  50. 1958 satireen.wikipedia.orgin “Rank the work, not the worker”
  51. “a satire meant to be a warning”theguardian.comin “Rank the work, not the worker”
  52. voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstaclesthemarginalian.orgin “What’s left worth doing”
Part 16 · 29 linksAbove Self-Actualization Is the Universe

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  1. “A Theory of Human Motivation”psychclassics.yorku.cain “The pyramid Maslow didn’t draw”
  2. summarized in Scientific Americanscientificamerican.comin “The pyramid Maslow didn’t draw”
  3. tested Maslow’s needs against Gallup World Poll datasciencedaily.comin “The pyramid Maslow didn’t draw”
  4. “The Farther Reaches of Human Nature,”atpweb.orgin “The floor Maslow added”
  5. The Farther Reaches of Human Naturepenguinrandomhouse.comin “The floor Maslow added”
  6. Review of General Psychologydoi.orgin “The floor Maslow added”
  7. Greater Good has a readable summarygreatergood.berkeley.eduin “The floor Maslow added”
  8. en.wikipedia.org“nirvana”in “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  9. Kardashev scaleen.wikipedia.orgin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  10. his own “religion, for the lack of a better word,”fortune.comin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  11. “Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion”pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  12. drew themselves smallergreatergood.berkeley.eduin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  13. picked up more pensgreatergood.berkeley.eduin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  14. reported more positive emotion and less distressucsf.eduin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  15. penguinrandomhouse.com“Awe”in “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  16. moral beautygreatergood.berkeley.eduin “Soul alignment (or whatever you want to call it)”
  17. “The Psychology of Curiosity”cmu.eduin “Curiosity is the catalyst”
  18. reviewed the researchpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govin “Curiosity is the catalyst”
  19. “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”en.wikiquote.orgin “Curiosity is the catalyst”
  20. The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolutionpublishersweekly.comin “Two summits, one pyramid”
  21. analyzed astronaut accountssciencedaily.comin “Two summits, one pyramid”
  22. nasa.gov“Earthrise”in “Two summits, one pyramid”
  23. “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”hetwebsite.netin “What this means for the world we want”
  24. 2025 American Time Use Surveybls.govin “Objections”
  25. tracked workers through their weekonwork.edu.auin “Objections”
  26. self-determination theoryselfdeterminationtheory.orgin “Objections”
  27. lettersofnote.com“reply”in “Objections”
  28. the Planetary Societyplanetary.orgin “Objections”
  29. curiosity-driven AI agentsarxiv.orgin “Objections”
Part 17 · 44 linksKeep Money, Add a Second Ledger

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  1. National Income, 1929–1932fraser.stlouisfed.orgin “What money can’t see”
  2. The Entropy Law and the Economic Processen.wikipedia.orgin “What real wealth is made of”
  3. pushed back in 1999ideas.repec.orgin “What real wealth is made of”
  4. en.wikipedia.org“exergy”in “What real wealth is made of”
  5. could fall back to the levels of the 1960seprints.whiterose.ac.ukin “The floor is cheap. Delivering it isn’t.”
  6. System of Environmental-Economic Accountingseea.un.orgin “Resource accounts: a second ledger”
  7. The Use of Knowledge in Societyeconlib.orgin “Run it like the power grid”
  8. about two-thirds of the country’s electricity loadferc.govin “Run it like the power grid”
  9. locational marginal priceiso-ne.comin “Run it like the power grid”
  10. a basic quantity of energy for essential household uses at below-average costdocs.cpuc.ca.govin “Run it like the power grid”
  11. 42 million peopleelectric.coopin “Run it like the power grid”
  12. 56% of the country’s landen.wikipedia.orgin “Run it like the power grid”
  13. $9,000 a megawatt-hourcbsnews.comin “What Texas taught us”
  14. “fake” currency called sharesaeaweb.orgin “When the market isn’t enough”
  15. redistributed every nightworksinprogress.coin “When the market isn’t enough”
  16. 2012 Nobel in economicsnobelprize.orgin “When the market isn’t enough”
  17. Beer Gameen.wikipedia.orgin “Better information shrinks boom and bust”
  18. babies’ actual demand could explainideas.repec.orgin “Better information shrinks boom and bust”
  19. in-stock rate rose from 87% to 98%supermarketnews.comin “Better information shrinks boom and bust”
  20. still performed poorlyen.wikipedia.orgin “Better information shrinks boom and bust”
  21. econlib.org“tin”in “Better information shrinks boom and bust”
  22. “always balanced,”energy.govin “Better information shrinks boom and bust”
  23. from 7 days to 2.2 secondslfdecentralizedtrust.orgin “Shared data works when it’s held in common”
  24. announced its shutdownsiliconangle.comin “Shared data works when it’s held in common”
  25. “too much control”theblock.coin “Shared data works when it’s held in common”
  26. a rival platform, GSBNsupplychaindive.comin “Shared data works when it’s held in common”
  27. about 60% of global shipping volumesupplychaindive.comin “Shared data works when it’s held in common”
  28. worldports.org“asked”in “Shared data works when it’s held in common”
  29. 2023 Battery Regulationeur-lex.europa.euin “A passport for things”
  30. scanning a QR codesingle-market-economy.ec.europa.euin “A passport for things”
  31. beat a prediction market inside the intelligence communityaiimpacts.orgin “The future: queues, forecasts and buffers”
  32. 2009 Nobel in economicsnobelprize.orgin “Data for coordination, not command”
  33. 2009 review of 33 studieslincolninst.eduin “Data for coordination, not command”
  34. 64% below 1990 levelsepa.govin “The template that worked”
  35. americanheritage.com“movement”in “The cautionary tales”
  36. issued its own notesen.wikipedia.orgin “The cautionary tales”
  37. Silvio Gesell’sen.wikipedia.orgin “The cautionary tales”
  38. one operations room by telexnewstatesman.comin “The cautionary tales”
  39. NBER reviewnber.orgin “What the research says”
  40. 2025 modelnber.orgin “What the research says”
  41. bls.gov“52.8%”in “What the research says”
  42. rated eleven policies for an AGI economyinstitute.deepmind.comin “What the research says”
  43. Virtual Agent Economiesarxiv.orgin “What the research says”
  44. 1981 equal-resources auctionplato.stanford.eduin “What the research says”
Part 18 · 27 linksEvery Spending Bill Should Show Up on Your Paycheck

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  1. Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a Systemdonellameadows.org
  2. tax expenditurescrfb.orgin “The first sketch, and why it changed”
  3. debt brakeefv.admin.chin “The formula”
  4. $32.4 trillionfiscaldata.treasury.govin “The honest math on the debt”
  5. outlays of $7.4 trillion against receipts of $5.4 trillioncbo.govin “The honest math on the debt”
  6. warned the Senatefederalreserve.govin “The honest math on the debt”
  7. to 33.1% of GDPgovinfo.govin “The honest math on the debt”
  8. “biased against labor and in favor of capital”nber.orgin “1. One formula, two rates”
  9. the revenue-maximizing capital gains rate is 33% today, but 42% if gains are taxed at deathbudgetmodel.wharton.upenn.eduin “1. One formula, two rates”
  10. some of the gain in taxable income was probably offset by self-employed people shifting incomeeconpapers.repec.orgin “1. One formula, two rates”
  11. The Flat Taxhoover.orgin “2. Hiring is never taxed more than automating”
  12. “wages, salaries, and pensions paid to workers”hoover.orgin “2. Hiring is never taxed more than automating”
  13. defined as “the ratio of trend gross domestic product (trend GDP) to current GDP.”efv.admin.chin “3. Downturns don’t raise rates”
  14. Capitalism and Freedom (1962)en.wikipedia.orgin “The cash floor is the progressivity”
  15. moving to a negative income taxinstitute.deepmind.comin “The cash floor is the progressivity”
  16. $15,960 for one person, plus $5,680 for each additional personaspe.hhs.govin “The cash floor is the progressivity”
  17. about 340 million people, 73 million of them childrencensus.govin “The cash floor is the progressivity”
  18. save almost $200 billion over a decadecrfb.orgin “Pay for outcomes, not activity”
  19. overpaid by $1.2 trillion from 2025 to 2034crfb.orgin “Pay for outcomes, not activity”
  20. 13% a yearheckmanequation.orgin “Pay for outcomes, not activity”
  21. fell 49% between 2009 and 2020uclahealth.orgin “Pay for outcomes, not activity”
  22. “on the order of 5%”philiptrammell.substack.comin “Rents, frontier profits, and where the permit money goes”
  23. permits to build robots or compute “sold to the highest bidder,”ai-2040.comin “Rents, frontier profits, and where the permit money goes”
  24. Moore v. United Statessupremecourt.govin “What the white paper gets wrong”
  25. 16th Amendmentarchives.govin “What the white paper gets wrong”
  26. net interest of about $1.1 trillioncrfb.orgin “Objections”
  27. long-term real interest rates should risebasilhalperin.comin “Objections”
Part 19 · 27 linksPlan for the Bad Transition

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  1. The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisiscitriniresearch.comin “The scenario to plan against”
  2. positive supply shockfinance.yahoo.comin “The scenario to plan against”
  3. $2.2 trillion CARES Acten.wikipedia.orgin “The scenario to plan against”
  4. no evidence of widespread, economy-wide job displacementdigitaleconomy.stanford.eduin “The scenario to plan against”
  5. Leverage Pointsdonellameadows.orgin “Why it can’t, yet”
  6. via Equitable Growthequitablegrowth.orgin “Why it can’t, yet”
  7. stimulus payments that go out automaticallyequitablegrowth.orgin “Why it can’t, yet”
  8. Economic Policy for AGIinstitute.deepmind.comin “From here to there, in five stages”
  9. record low of 52.8%bls.govin “Stage 1: The machine intelligence age (now to about 2030)”
  10. AI Economic Indicatorsdigitaleconomy.stanford.eduin “Stage 1: The machine intelligence age (now to about 2030)”
  11. basilhalperin.com“show”in “Stage 1: The machine intelligence age (now to about 2030)”
  12. self-employed workers, independent contractors, freelancers and gig workerscnbc.comin “Stage 1: The machine intelligence age (now to about 2030)”
  13. nearly tripled the maximum EITC for workers without qualifying childreneverycrsreport.comin “Stage 1: The machine intelligence age (now to about 2030)”
  14. monthly child tax credit paymentsirs.govin “Stage 1: The machine intelligence age (now to about 2030)”
  15. Consumer Price Indexbls.govin “Stage 2: Machine labor arrives (about 2028 to 2035)”
  16. Capitalism and Freedompress.uchicago.eduin “Stage 2: Machine labor arrives (about 2028 to 2035)”
  17. sketched the ideaen.wikipedia.orgin “Stage 2: Machine labor arrives (about 2028 to 2035)”
  18. 52.8% in the second quarter of 2026bls.govin “One dashboard”
  19. made the case in 2021equitablegrowth.orgin “One dashboard”
  20. AI Is Probably Not (Yet) the Reason for Labor Market Weakeningbudgetlab.yale.eduin “One dashboard”
  21. as long as two consecutive 180-day periodsconsumerfinance.govin “Credit and housing”
  22. community land trustsgroundedsolutions.orgin “Credit and housing”
  23. 1.30% of mortgages held by land trust homeowners were seriously delinquent, against 8.57% in the conventional marketlincolninst.eduin “Credit and housing”
  24. topped $2.1 trillion globally in 2023imf.orgin “Credit and housing”
  25. withheld from paycheckscbo.govin “The fiscal half”
  26. Journal of Industrial Ecologydoi.orgin “A physical deadline”
  27. more and more capitaldonellameadows.orgin “A physical deadline”
Part 20 · 21 linksGet Paid to Train the Robot That Takes Your Job

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  1. began to dropnewslaundry.com
  2. Building the Economic System That Takes Us Past AGIfuturespective.substack.com
  3. Android Dreamsandroid-dreams.aiin “The paradox”
  4. toward camera videoaol.comin “It’s already happening”
  5. “hundreds of times during eight-hour shifts,”businessinsider.comin “It’s already happening”
  6. Project Go-Bigfigure.aiin “It’s already happening”
  7. news.bgov.com“Tasks”in “It’s already happening”
  8. hired thousands of contract workers in more than 50 countriestechnologyreview.comin “It’s already happening”
  9. a robotics lab in the USspectrumlocalnews.comin “It’s already happening”
  10. order page1x.techin “It’s already happening”
  11. The Age of Surveillance Capitalismhachettebookgroup.comin “This feels like surveillance capitalism to me”
  12. identified more than 50,000 VR users with 94% accuracyarxiv.orgin “This feels like surveillance capitalism to me”
  13. A Blueprint for a Better Digital Societyhbr.orgin “This feels like surveillance capitalism to me”
  14. mediators of individual datatechtarget.comin “This feels like surveillance capitalism to me”
  15. MIDATA cooperativemidata.coopin “This feels like surveillance capitalism to me”
  16. bottom-up data trustsrepository.cam.ac.ukin “This feels like surveillance capitalism to me”
  17. zone of proximal developmenten.wikipedia.orgin “3. Struggle and motivation”
  18. the noospherefuturespective.substack.comin “Where this started”
  19. reading of the evidenceinstitute.deepmind.comin “Why it’s a bridge”
  20. a potential stepping stonefuturespective.substack.comin “Why it’s a bridge”
  21. Alpha Schoolalpha.schoolin “Objections”
Part 21 · 52 linksThe World We Want Is Mostly Constitutional

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  1. Proposition 40voterguide.sos.ca.gov
  2. Legislative Analyst’s Officevoterguide.sos.ca.gov
  3. same ballotsos.ca.gov
  4. Article I, Section 8archives.govin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  5. United States v. Butlertile.loc.govin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  6. Helvering v. Davistile.loc.govin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  7. An Act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamengovinfo.govin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  8. Land Ordinance of 1785billofrightsinstitute.orgin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  9. Northwest Ordinanceavalon.law.yale.eduin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  10. Printz v. United Statesoyez.orgin “Universal basic goods: the founders’ own floor”
  11. 16th Amendmentarchives.govin “One formula, two rates: the easy one”
  12. Brushaber v. Union Pacifictile.loc.govin “One formula, two rates: the easy one”
  13. Eisner v. Macombertile.loc.govin “The unrealized-gains tax: the open question”
  14. Moore v. United Statessupremecourt.govin “The unrealized-gains tax: the open question”
  15. 26 U.S.C. §1291law.cornell.eduin “The unrealized-gains tax: the open question”
  16. 26 U.S.C. §1014law.cornell.eduin “The unrealized-gains tax: the open question”
  17. New York Trust Co. v. Eisnertile.loc.govin “The unrealized-gains tax: the open question”
  18. Avery v. Midland Countytile.loc.govin “Trusts and the right to leave”
  19. Hunter v. City of Pittsburghtile.loc.govin “Trusts and the right to leave”
  20. Zobel v. Williamstile.loc.govin “Trusts and the right to leave”
  21. Saenz v. Roetile.loc.govin “Trusts and the right to leave”
  22. Article I, Section 8archives.govin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  23. 1813 letter to Isaac McPhersonpress-pubs.uchicago.eduin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  24. 17 U.S.C. §115law.cornell.eduin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  25. 17 U.S.C. §1004law.cornell.eduin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  26. Eldred v. Ashcrofttile.loc.govin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  27. 17 U.S.C. §107law.cornell.eduin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  28. Bartz v. Anthropicarchive.orgin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  29. $1.5 billion settlementjurist.orgin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  30. 2025 report on AI trainingcopyright.govin “The remix license: Jefferson already made the argument”
  31. Bill of Rightsarchives.govin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  32. NAACP v. Alabamaoyez.orgin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  33. 15 U.S.C. §1law.cornell.eduin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  34. Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bartile.loc.govin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  35. North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTCtile.loc.govin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  36. The Wealth of Nationsgutenberg.orgin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  37. BMI v. CBStile.loc.govin “Parties and guilds: free to form, not free to fix prices”
  38. Horne v. Department of Agriculturetile.loc.govin “1. “Compelled” to gift it back”
  39. Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassidsupremecourt.govin “1. “Compelled” to gift it back”
  40. Sheetz v. County of El Doradooyez.orgin “1. “Compelled” to gift it back”
  41. build-operate-transferen.wikipedia.orgin “1. “Compelled” to gift it back”
  42. Kelo v. City of New Londonoyez.orgin “1. “Compelled” to gift it back”
  43. Article I, Section 9archives.govin “2. A federal tax on land”
  44. Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co.tile.loc.govin “2. A federal tax on land”
  45. 47 U.S.C. §309(j)law.cornell.eduin “2. A federal tax on land”
  46. Second Treatise of Governmentgutenberg.orgin “The ideas underneath”
  47. Agrarian Justicegutenberg.orgin “The ideas underneath”
  48. Progress and Povertygutenberg.orgin “The ideas underneath”
  49. Federalist No. 10avalon.law.yale.eduin “The ideas underneath”
  50. The Spirit of Lawspress-pubs.uchicago.eduin “The ideas underneath”
  51. Democracy in Americagutenberg.orgin “The ideas underneath”
  52. Federalist No. 51avalon.law.yale.eduin “A steering wheel, written in 1787”
Part 22 · 10 linksFive Takes the AI Industry Needs to Ingest

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  1. Leverage Pointsdonellameadows.orgin “Ownership is a bundle”
  2. 2009 Nobel Prize in economicsnobelprize.orgin “Trusts: the third vehicle”
  3. Build-operate-transferen.wikipedia.orgin “Prototypes lying around”
  4. electric cooperativesen.wikipedia.orgin “Prototypes lying around”
  5. Community land trustsen.wikipedia.orgin “Prototypes lying around”
  6. Steward-ownershipen.wikipedia.orgin “Prototypes lying around”
  7. en.wikipedia.org“Bosch”in “Prototypes lying around”
  8. en.wikipedia.org“Patagonia”in “Prototypes lying around”
  9. “The Bitter Lesson,”incompleteideas.netin “Objections”
  10. Dwarkesh Podcastdwarkesh.comin “Objections”
Part 23 · 37 linksEmad Mostaque and I Agree on the Destination, Not the Road

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  1. The Last Economyii.inc
  2. Intelligent Internetii.inc
  3. August 2025ii.inc
  4. thousand daysii.inc
  5. Forbes questionedventurebeat.com
  6. Chapter 1ii.incin “What the book says”
  7. Chapter 5ii.incin “Checks are a dead end”
  8. podcast in September 2025cognitiverevolution.aiin “Checks are a dead end”
  9. Chapter 11ii.incin “The corporation is finished as a way to organize people”
  10. Chapter 20ii.incin “The corporation is finished as a way to organize people”
  11. Chapter 16ii.incin “Build the prototype, not the revolution”
  12. The Intelligence Age Must Be Built Rightii.incin “Machines should belong to the places they work”
  13. Intelligent Machinesmachines.ii.incin “Machines should belong to the places they work”
  14. Chapter 15ii.incin “Humans keep the last word”
  15. Chapter 17ii.incin “Humans keep the last word”
  16. Chapter 14ii.incin “1. What the floor is made of”
  17. Chapter 18ii.incin “1. What the floor is made of”
  18. Champions thesisthesis.ii.incin “2. What money should be”
  19. Silvio Gesellen.wikipedia.orgin “2. What money should be”
  20. en.wikipedia.org“Wörgl”in “2. What money should be”
  21. Chapter 4ii.incin “2. What money should be”
  22. Goodhart’s lawen.wikipedia.orgin “2. What money should be”
  23. Champions thesisthesis.ii.incin “3. How big the owner should be”
  24. Champion pageii.incin “3. How big the owner should be”
  25. electric cooperativesen.wikipedia.orgin “3. How big the owner should be”
  26. Chapter 7ii.incin “3. How big the owner should be”
  27. Chapter 10ii.incin “3. How big the owner should be”
  28. thesis.ii.inc“thesis”in “4. Whether you can sell it”
  29. Intelligent Economicsie.ii.incin “5. What humans are for”
  30. ii.inc“whitepaper”in “5. What humans are for”
  31. November 2025 interviewsingjupost.comin “7. How fast”
  32. One Year Onii.incin “7. How fast”
  33. Chapter 13ii.incin “7. How fast”
  34. Carlota Perez’sstrategy-business.comin “7. How fast”
  35. robot papermachines.ii.incin “7. How fast”
  36. MIND dashboardii.incin “What I’m taking from him”
  37. Intelligent Machinesmachines.ii.incin “What I’m taking from him”
Part 24 · 16 linksDoom or Foom, the Answer Is the Same: Own the Machines

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  1. The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debateintelligence.orgin “Where “foom” comes from”
  2. intelligence.org“summarized”in “Where “foom” comes from”
  3. largest survey of its kindarxiv.orgin “Where “foom” comes from”
  4. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dieshachettebookgroup.comin “The case for the brake”
  5. nobody can fully readen.wikipedia.orgin “The case for the brake”
  6. a draft international agreementarxiv.orgin “The case for the brake”
  7. consolidate AI chipslesswrong.comin “The case for the brake”
  8. Techno-Optimist Manifestoa16z.comin “The case for the gas pedal”
  9. ai-2027.com“AI 2027”in “The scenario in the middle”
  10. the slowdown endingai-2027.comin “The scenario in the middle”
  11. Gradual Disempowermentarxiv.orgin “If it’s slow”
  12. Economic Policy for AGIinstitute.deepmind.comin “If it’s slow”
  13. AI-Enabled Coupsforethought.orgin “If it’s fast”
  14. if-then commitmentscarnegieendowment.orgin “Bet on triggers, not predictions”
  15. doubling about every 7 monthsmetr.orgin “Bet on triggers, not predictions”
  16. defined a slow takeoffsideways-view.comin “Bet on triggers, not predictions”