AI Economy
When Gemini’s big update landed, the reactions surfaced in a familiar pattern. People didn’t just celebrate; they moved. Confidence shifted, curiosity spiked, timelines filled with screenshots and first impressions. Some even announced they were switching models. Whether they stay or drift back isn’t the point. The behavior
AI Economy
AI Economy
The Infrastructure of Dependency Novelty fades faster than infrastructure. What felt revolutionary in 2023 had become routine by 2025. Three out of four knowledge workers used AI tools daily, and nearly half had adopted them within months [1]. The excitement of early experimentation settled into expectation. Automation ceased to feel
AI Economy
The Psychological Infrastructure of Acceleration A day begins with a question entered into a chatbot. The response arrives within seconds, formatted and confident. A designer uses AI to generate three variations of a layout in the time it once took to sketch one. A programmer watches code appear line by
AI Economy
How Technology Forces Society to Rebuild By the mid-1840s, Britain had caught railway fever. Parliament approved more than two hundred new companies in a single year, sketching lines that together would stretch nearly 10,000 miles [1]. With only a tenth of the price required up front, clerks and schoolteachers
Global Liquidity
The Mirage of Global Liquidity and What It Reveals About Our Time In recent years, a kind of brightness has spread through economies and cities alike. Prices climb across markets, new fortunes appear overnight, and the tone of daily life carries an ease once rare. The movement feels constant, though