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Jane Street Made $9 Million Per Employee Last Year. AI Didn't Replace Any of Them.
If AI were really driving tech layoffs, the most AI-native firm on Wall Street would be cutting people. It's hiring them.
Apr 26
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A French Magazine Quoted Me on AI Agents. Here's My Full Take on What the Real Cost of AI Means for Your Organization.
The real cost of AI agents, who absorbs it first, and what to build before prices normalize
Apr 20
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A Fake Recruiter Pitched Me A Dream Board Role
Recruiting scams used to be obvious. Now — with AI — they read like real jobs, tailored to your exact background.
Apr 10
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March 2026
That Viral Anthropic Chart Does Not Say What You Think It Does
The source paper measures whether AI can speed workers up, not whether it can replace them.
Mar 31
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Nobody Wants to Watch Fake Stuff They Know Is Fake
OpenAI just shut down its Sora AI video app. The real takeaway has less to do with OpenAI's finances and more to do with how people consume content on…
Mar 26
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Please Don't Let Your Employer Trick You Into Taking AI Tokens as Pay
The idea that a productivity tool is compensation is corporate propaganda.
Mar 20
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Prediction Markets Were Designed for Insider Trading. Now They're Spending Millions to Stop It
The mechanism that made prediction markets valuable as forecasting tools is now the thing they're scrambling to police
Mar 14
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How to Read the News During a War
A guide to cutting through propaganda, AI-generated footage, and the fog of war
Mar 5
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February 2026
Block's Layoffs Are NOT the Beginning of the AI Jobpocalypse
The company behind Cash App and Square laid off 40% of its workforce and everyone is blaming AI. The math and the logic say otherwise.
Feb 27
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Patriotism Washing: The NFL and the Olympics Are Products, Not Public Goods
On Bad Bunny, Olympic athletes, and the corporate propaganda you're peddling for free
Feb 26
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A Stanford Student Called YC Founders Cowards. Here's What He's Missing.
A banker, investor, and Stanford alum responds to the hottest startup take of the year.
Feb 21
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I Was Trading Prediction Markets Before They Were Legal. Here's What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Insider Trading Debate.
A viral CNBC interview has everyone is debating whether insider trading on prediction markets is illegal. The better question is why you'd bet in a…
Feb 11
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