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You’ve probably felt the anxiety that AI is pricing you out of the future. But the cost of reaching a fixed level of AI capability is about to drop 100x. The AI giants aren’t selling you a premium good—they’re sitting on a pricing bubble that’s about to burst, turning intelligence into cheap infrastructure.
AI-generated 3D models are flooding marketplaces, but almost no one buys them. The data shows one in six models is AI, yet they account for only $1 out of every $90 in revenue. This digital pollution paradoxically makes human-created work more valuable, as trust and proof of humanity become the only scarce resources. The future isn’t AI slop – it’s authenticated human craftsmanship.
Eskom is sitting on a power surplus and thinks it’s about to become the data center capital of the AI boom. But global tech giants don’t trust a utility famous for blackouts. Here’s why the ‘gold rush’ will likely bypass Eskom entirely.
AI is making individuals 2–3x more productive, but macro‑productivity remains flat. The surplus is captured by capital, not workers. The system is designed to extract value, not reward effort. The real productivity crisis isn’t a lack of output—it’s a lack of distribution.
DeepSeek’s extreme cost efficiency—running at just $1.14 per user per day—has completely upended the traditional AI infrastructure strategy. With a dual DGX setup taking 24 years to break even, pouring millions into raw compute is no longer a path to AI leadership. It’s a sunk cost trap. The real advantage lies in model efficiency, not GPU hoarding.
A new NBER study reveals that the 1999-2003 expansion of H-1B visas actually raised incomes in exposed industries, challenging the zero-sum narrative. The research shows that immigration restrictions operate like a supply-chain shock, hurting long-run productivity far more than any short-term displacement. This flips the debate on its head.
The fear of AI making you unnecessary is real, but it’s also the greatest opportunity we’ve ever had. The future isn’t about losing your job—it’s about finally valuing what truly matters: trust, attention, and meaning. The bottleneck isn’t technology; it’s our refusal to treat non-market contributions as real work.
The internet’s core infrastructure hasn’t changed in decades, but the experience has been hollowed out. The old internet wasn’t killed by technology failure—it was buried under its own success. Understanding the layers clarifies what was really lost and what can still be reclaimed.
The fight over whether to call it ‘inflation’ or ‘devaluation’ isn’t linguistic nitpicking. It’s a struggle over whether you get to see the hidden wealth transfer embedded in debt-ceiling politics. ‘Inflation’ sounds like weather. ‘Devaluation’ sounds like policy. And politicians on both sides prefer the weather forecast.
The atmospheric, puzzle-solving games we grew up with are dying. It’s not because developers lost their touch. It’s because we killed the mid-tier pricing model, demanding $60 AAA perfection or $5 indie bargains. Here’s why the ‘Myst-like’ genre is gone for good.