i do think technology will continue to reduce the average embedded labor content in consumer goods over time, so it’s worth thinking about endpoints. but i believe if you take away the suddenness aspect, it’s all been covered in Four Futures, and everything else is pathways

the take on some parts of twxtter is that “asset owners” continue to derive incomes and everyone else becomes “permanent underclass” with no feasible path out. i have doubts about the first part

chinese mines are approaching near total automation in some cases; no basic extractive, logistical, or manufacturing work will survive in any scenario where overall automation is highly successful

i don’t know a lot about the details of these stats but aren’t aggregate investment contributions to gdp net of imports, which includes the gpus and many other computer system components?

there’s some strange conceptual confusion in her takes: she replied to someone saying that the various seasonings are optional and you can make a stir fry with just oil and salt and garlic by saying that was just “regular” and not asian. but i have essentially the same reaction to calling this “bbq”

2040 chinese-american striver speaking grammatically flawless spanish with the gringo accent learned entirely from school and language apps

wait should i be freezing my butter? i go through it p slowly and buy it in boxes of 8 half sticks

every statement here is true but i am unsure about the logic

probably good. imagine what he would do if he thought he was immune to mad

this is obviously different from how any other form of prejudice is judged, and therefore incomprehensible except as slander to most outside observers. however, it reflects internal community tensions relating to traditional understandings of the identity and how it conflicts with liberal modernity

who’s got odds on a norm bethune name drop

Here's an article on AI-Assisted manufacturing:

en.people.cn/n3/2026/0120...

p funny how there can only be one

less an insult to our intelligence as an audience and more an insult to the concept of human intelligence generally and the value of its pursuit

vermont getting a mini kamchatka situation lol

there were some moments during that thing where i was really hoping for some poetry

the losses are the problem. orinoco super-heavy requires energy and chemical inputs to produce, even after the infrastructure is rebuilt. it can be done profitably when global oil prices are high. but evs will be cutting oil demand every year from now on. american shale is similarly screwed