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Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

“A company that raises at a $500M valuation needs to show a path to billions in revenue, which means it can't afford to be a niche tool that does one thing brilliantly for a specific audience. It has to be a platform, horizontal, aimed at enterprise, built for no one in particular.” Relevant to any software company https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Every AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.

And they can't stop.

Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.

The race is real. The destination is fake.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/

Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

Very pleased to see Apple get an absolute dogshit rating for “Impact on the World” in this report card from Apple influencers of many styles.

For all the trials and tribulations of being an Apple fan for 25+ years I can honestly say whilst I may have been disappointed or frustrated on occasion I’ve never been utterly fucked off and actively angry with them until seeing Cook bend the knee to trump with that glass and gold monstrosity this year… 🤮
https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

For all the trials and tribulations of being an Apple fan for 25+ years I can honestly say whilst I may have been disappointed or frustrated on occasion I’ve never been utterly fucked off and actively angry with them until seeing Cook bend the knee to trump with that glass and gold monstrosity this year… 🤮
https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

Even though it's been a while since I've published Apple commentary or analysis, @jsnell still hit me up for his annual survey, and I was only too happy to share my unqualified, mostly civilian opinion on the state of Apple for his Six Colors Report Card. Read what a bunch of people way smarter than me, and yours truly, had to say:

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

#apple

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Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcard/

AR Moxon, nailing it again…
“This is the discourse about what is commonly called the male loneliness epidemic, which is a problem, usually one that is presented as something for the rest of us to solve on behalf of lonely men. If we don't solve it, we're usually warned, we will be at fault for whatever these men do next, in retaliation for not having their problem solved.
There's apparently nothing the lonely men themselves can do, I've noticed. They've apparently tried everything already. It's up to us.”
https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

AR Moxon, nailing it again…
“This is the discourse about what is commonly called the male loneliness epidemic, which is a problem, usually one that is presented as something for the rest of us to solve on behalf of lonely men. If we don't solve it, we're usually warned, we will be at fault for whatever these men do next, in retaliation for not having their problem solved.
There's apparently nothing the lonely men themselves can do, I've noticed. They've apparently tried everything already. It's up to us.”
https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."

https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."

https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."

https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

AR Moxon, nailing it again…
“This is the discourse about what is commonly called the male loneliness epidemic, which is a problem, usually one that is presented as something for the rest of us to solve on behalf of lonely men. If we don't solve it, we're usually warned, we will be at fault for whatever these men do next, in retaliation for not having their problem solved.
There's apparently nothing the lonely men themselves can do, I've noticed. They've apparently tried everything already. It's up to us.”
https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

"The reason young men are lonely—that is (to name the specific problem that is usually indicated whenever male loneliness is mentioned), the reason they are having trouble getting sex partners they want—is that, if you listen to the young men suffering in this way, they still believe that they are owed a female as a possession, and because of feminism," (continued in /4)

~ A.R. Moxon

#patriarchy #feminism #men #women
/3

https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

"What the problem usually boils down to is a dearth of available sexual opportunities—not so much willing sex partners, as women who don't totally own their own bodies, and so therefore can't say "no" to sex so easily."
https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

Today I wrote about the Male Loneliness Epidemic, and the ways that a cult(ure) of abuse leads so many to seek paths of healing solely on behalf of abusers, and doing so not by building paths of universal liberation, but by repairing paths of domination.
https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

"The reason young men are lonely—that is (to name the specific problem that is usually indicated whenever male loneliness is mentioned), the reason they are having trouble getting sex partners they want—is that, if you listen to the young men suffering in this way, they still believe that they are owed a female as a possession, and because of feminism," (continued in /4)

~ A.R. Moxon

#patriarchy #feminism #men #women
/3

https://www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hearts-or-die/

> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

The examples included here are horrible. Not just the sex-shaming, but that too.

I'm far from convinced that a social media ban is the answer, but the comment is still well worth reading - especially by men.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

This is heart-rending. What's wrong with us? Why are we so shitty to women – and even girls, this person is 15 years old, for Chtulu's sake. What do people think they stand to gain?

I feel completely out of touch, uncomprehending. And I feel a deep shame, even though I am innocent of those particular accusations. Just by being a man. Damn it. #sexism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

I read this, and I thought, she should try the Fediverse. But then I thought again. I present as male here (because I am). So would I see this misogyny here even if it was a problem? So I'd like to ask, would young women actually be better off here?

> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse
(Women/girls only voting please)

Related. This must be ripped out at the root.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

The examples included here are horrible. Not just the sex-shaming, but that too.

I'm far from convinced that a social media ban is the answer, but the comment is still well worth reading - especially by men.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

The examples included here are horrible. Not just the sex-shaming, but that too.

I'm far from convinced that a social media ban is the answer, but the comment is still well worth reading - especially by men.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

Alle diskutieren Social Media-Verbote für Teens und Kinder.
Nachdem ich diesen Artikel gelesen habe, ist mir eine viel bessere Idee gekommen: Wir verbieten Social Media für Männer 💁‍♂️

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous
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#OnlineAbuseMEWS #YoungPeopleMEWS #WomenMEWS #SocialMediaMEWS #InternetSafetyMEWS #RapeAndSexualAssaultMEWS #SocialMediaBansMEWS #DigitalMediaMEWS #UkNewsMEWS #SocietyMEWS #MEWS
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Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean we...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

There are a lot of threads about this depressing article:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

It supports the idea of a social media ban for under-16s.

I also don't want to see children exposed to offensive, dehumanizing "content", but I am wondering why a ban is the cure. The examples the writer cites are all examples of simply unacceptable speech. If the social media platforms had effective moderation, this would not be a problem. If every instance of misogyny and other hate speech was taken down, and abusers got reliably suspended and banned, the experience of girls and minorities on these platforms would be infinitely better. The people doing the hate might be pushed to reconsider their behavior.

Instead we will take away internet freedom from young people and force identity verification on everyone, undermine VPNs and so on. Why? Because that will be easier and cheaper for the tech giants.

Don't ban girls from social media. Ban the abusers.

#ukpol #fediverse

> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day

The examples included here are horrible. Not just the sex-shaming, but that too.

I'm far from convinced that a social media ban is the answer, but the comment is still well worth reading - especially by men.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse

https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

Link: https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114579

This "argues" that for all of modern history, human intelligence has been the "scarce input." We are now entering a world where intelligence is becoming abundant and cheap, requiring a total rewrite of our economic and social frameworks.

Hold onto your butts: https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
#AI Threads

The "Ghost GDP" Phenomenon: By 2026, AI productivity is booming and corporate profits are at record highs. However, because AI agents don't spend money, the "velocity of money" flatlines. This creates "Ghost GDP"—output that looks good on paper but doesn't circulate through the human economy.

The Intelligence Displacement Spiral: A negative feedback loop begins. As AI becomes more capable, companies cut white-collar staff to save costs and reinvest those savings into even more AI. This leads to mass unemployment in sectors like software, finance, and consulting.

The Death of Friction: The "intermediation layer" of the economy - businesses that thrive on human laziness or brand loyalty (like DoorDash, travel agents, and insurance renewals) - collapses. AI agents automatically find the cheapest, fastest options, destroying the profit margins of these "habitual" services.

Financial Contagion: The crisis spreads to the $13 trillion mortgage market. Since mortgages are underwritten based on the assumption of stable white-collar income, the mass displacement of high-earners leads to a spike in defaults, even among "prime" borrowers with high credit scores.

The Policy Failure: The government struggles to respond because its revenue is based on taxing human labor. As payroll and income tax receipts plummet, the social safety net is stretched thin, leading to civil unrest and "Occupy Silicon Valley" protests.

#AI #invest #analystreport "We were asking what happens to a consumer-credit economy when consumers are being replaced with machines."

A long, entertaining, and interesting financial report written from 2 years in the future, looking back at warning signs that are appearing today.

https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

Nifty "what if" read about a possible economic future shaped by current trends in finance, employment, and the displacements caused by #LLM tech.

It's speculative fiction, and I don't accept all the premises, but it's thoughtful and well written, as a cautionary tale.

Worth a few minutes read, regardless if you are an "#AI" skeptic or booster. Helpful if you have some basic familiarity with #finance terms, but not essential to follow the story.

While somewhat overwrought, this is worth reading, and contains points I've made in various talks/interviews lately. The gist: What happens if AI causes intelligence to be commoditzed and its value deflated?

Or as Tom Wolfe once asked in an essay about Marshall McLuhan, "What if he's right What . . .if. . .he . . .is . . . right W-h-a-t i-f h-e i-s r-i-g-h-t"?

The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis
https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

A thought experiment imagines the AI-driven "2028 Global Intelligence Crisis": S&P down, high unemployment, and economy failing, as AI exceeds every expectation (Citrini Research)

https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
http://www.techmeme.com/260223/p6#a260223p6

Global Intelligence Crisis
https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114579

Global Intelligence Crisis - https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

#hackernews

Global Intelligence Crisis
L: https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114579
posted on 2026.02.22 at 15:56:18 (c=1, p=6)

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

However, what #OpenAI didn’t say, but the Wall Street Journaldiscovered, was that employees pushed for the company to reach outto Canadian authorities to alert them to what the person who would later take eight people’s lives was inputing to ChatGPT.

#ai #canada #chatbot

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.

One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

https://disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-anti-human-worldview/

#tech #openai #genai #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #samaltman #cdnpoli #canada

Apple in 2025: The complete commentary https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcardcommentary/

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https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcardcommentary/

Just posted on Six Colors: Apple in 2025: The complete commentary

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcardcommentary/

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/02/2025reportcardcommentary/

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political

As a political economist, of course I agree with Jostein Hauge when he concludes:

'Economics is fundamentally political — it has never been & never will be, a value-free science. At its core, economics is shaped by ideologies, human morality, competing interests, social norms & political priorities. Pretending otherwise does not make economics more rigorous. It makes it more dangerous. Economics was born as political economy for a reason!'

#economics #politics

https://www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-is-fundamentally-political