What AI Won’t Do, Part Three
Will AI make us all “very rich,” as Mr. Trump assures us? Will it make anyone rich?
What AI Won’t Do, Part II
What AI Won’t Do, Part II
Reuters: Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high
What AI Won’t Do
What AI Won’t Do
Even with AI hard at its labors — and here we speak with our fullest confidence — people will go on wanting things, and go on finding things to do to earn the money to buy them.
Another Merry Week
Another Merry Week
OpenAI and Anthropic are both readying mighty IPOs of their own, hoping to scoop up billions so they may go on pouring money into an almost miraculous technology of uncertain value.
I ❤ Inflation
I ❤ Inflation
“I love it. The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation.”
Like stimulating an old mule
Like stimulating an old mule
What may be approaching is not just a stock market correction…but a correction of the entire capital structure…not to mention the empire that heaved it up. This could be a serious reckoning.
Conquest, Loot, and Tribute
Conquest, Loot, and Tribute
US power rests on a pedestal of dollars. As the world’s reserve currency, this funny money made it possible for the US to spend more than it could afford — year after year.
The Case for Killing Granny
The Case for Killing Granny
The Eskimos famously dealt with the old people problem by putting their elders out on the ice. It relieved the community of the burden of caring for them.
Welcome to the Golden Age
Welcome to the Golden Age
AOC. Mamdani. Talarico. Platner. Communist, socialist, progressive…and who knows what.
Accomplished Scalawags
Accomplished Scalawags
‘The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.’
