If you thought the military spending is high. “Google, $185 billion. Microsoft, $114 billion. Meta, $135 billion. Combined: $650 billion. [Not including OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX/XAI.] That is like buying the US Navy every year. “ https://asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/
Institutions matter.
Institutions and rules matter. “By binding the Crown to honor commitments that Parliament had sanctioned, England created what modern economists would recognize as a credible commitment mechanism. The sovereign could no longer expropriate creditors through inflation, default, or arbitrary taxation… Read More »Financial Power And Imperial Rule
Something crucial is missing. “The language model “knows” that balls fall when dropped — this is a robust statistical regularity across millions of texts. But it has never seen a ball. It has never felt gravity. It has never experienced… Read More »Meaning at the Boundary
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You can have soldiers or you can have mercenaries. Soldiers fight for their friends, family, country, an idea. Mercenaries fight for money. Soldiers usually have much higher morale as they have nonmonetary reason to fight. The same applies for a… Read More »Soldiers vs. Mercenaries
It’s just math.
Is this different than the previous maker phases? “This matters because the scenius phase is where the internal transformation actually happens. When you spend two years making useless Arduino projects, you develop instincts about electronics, materials, and design that you… Read More »Vibe Coding and the Maker Movement
I often see that people not capable of dealing with their issue like to pass the solving of the issue to someone else. It can be as trivial as setting up a notification rules for an app. It is easier… Read More »Having Others Solve Your Incompetence
Using capitalism as Marxist argument. Fun and interesting read. “This is why its solutions never solve. A solved problem is a eliminated budget line. A managed problem is a permanent revenue stream.” https://tantaman.com/2026-01-27-what-would-marx-say-today