Ideas Weave Every Narrative with AI.
The AI boom is financed by massive debt that can only be serviced by replacing millions of white-collar jobs. But open-weight local models are commoditizing the exact capability frontier vendors need to charge monopoly prices for. This contradiction is unsustainable — and the explosion is closer than you think.
Jobless claims are at their lowest since 1969, but native-born workers are still struggling to find roles while H1B visa holders seem to face no such friction. The aggregate data tells a story of strength; the lived experience tells a story of a tiered labor market where compliance is rewarded and leverage is punished. The real question isn’t about immigration — it’s about who designed a system where replacing workers who have rights became the profitable move.