Compute Is the New Land
The consensus says AI is electricity, a general-purpose technology that lifts all boats. It isn't. AI is a capital good that substitutes for judgment, and its gains accrue to whoever owns the model.
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The Machine Doesn't Have to Be Good
Hollywood's AI strike was less about a machine that could already replace workers than about paperwork that could capture their likeness, drafts, and judgment before future use could be priced.
A Good Time to Be Worth More
A Burger King sign in Lincoln shows how the Great Resignation turned private workplace resentment into public dignity once a hot labor market made quitting feel affordable.