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Roundup: Cheap Thought, Costly Consequences

Paul Kedrosky · 22 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    When software acts rather than merely answers, the markets for automated identity, permissions, payments, monitoring and revocation become explosively larger.

    Their wordsThese are all explosively larger markets when software begins acting rather than merely answering. Agents change what software companies can sell, and the plumbing beneath it.

  2. Our reading

    Scarcity in AI has moved from cognition to what is needed to apply it: proprietary data, trusted access, physical infrastructure, distribution and managerial competence.

    Their wordsScarcity has exited cognition toward everything required to apply it: proprietary data, trusted access, physical infrastructure, distribution, and, yes, the scarcest resource of all, managerial competence.

  3. Our reading

    Falling AI costs strengthen the returns to ownership while weakening the bargaining position of replaceable labor.

    Their wordsFalling AI costs strengthen the returns to ownership while weakening the bargaining position of replaceable labor.

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