The Meter on the Mind
For most of computing history, thinking was free. In 2026 it got a price tag. We metered cognition, and every metered utility eventually gets gamed.
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Meta Spent $14.3B on Scale AI, Built Muse Spark in 9 Months
Meta paid $14.3B for 49% of Scale AI, built Muse Spark from scratch in 9 months, and went closed-source. Every benchmark, trade-off, and what it means.
aibusiness-strategyeconomicsopen-sourceengineering
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AI Will Make Plumbers Earn More Than Lawyers
Daniel Priestley's reasoning is rock-solid: AI commoditizes knowledge work while physical skills become the new premium.
aieconomicsbusiness-strategyproductivity
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What If Your AI Agents Cost More Than Your Employees?
The All-In Podcast dives into the real-world economics of agentic AI. The numbers are sobering.
aiai-agentsbusiness-strategyeconomics
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Unsloppable: The Only Moat That Matters in the AI Era
If your main moat is a big codebase, you're increasingly vulnerable. Some moats stay durable because they can't be faked from prompts and compute.
aibusiness-strategyeconomics