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Controlling the means of production of capital returns (London, UK)
I’m also reminded of the ”get me some work for the saudis!” Tory MP, Kawczynski
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
But I also think that return on capital deployed on tech would be even higher in the form of public goods than as private profit, but at the moment you really wouldn’t want public funds competing for resources with the overinflated AI bubble
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It’s the abyss for those getting rich from the inflow of capital, for sure, and my view is that at the moment they are crowding out efforts that would be better at generating returns on capital
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
…maintaining that economy for the benefit of those who control it, and the shittification is baked in from the outset. The people, in the same way as with the pyramids, do not benefit any more.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don’t know, in some ways the AI bubble is like pyramid 1, but you could vaguely reason that the web was #1 (amazing!), #2 was ecommerce (still amazing! But now we are starting to organise the economy around the technology and all suffer enshittification), with AI as #3 it is all about…
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I keep coming back to the pyramid analogy bsky.app/profile/void...
This mindless throwing of money on ”AI” reminds me of a point made very well in the book Dreamland by Andri Snær Magnason, about why there are three great pyramids at Giza
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Denmark is playing who?
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ngl, the wide eyed sense of wonder I witnessed the first time I saw one of these unfold over a bunch of toddlers was a thing of true beauty. Sometimes the clever cynical side of me just needs to sit down and shut up.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Väldigt bra skrivet
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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My "it was not at a pedophile party" email has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my email
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM