The Autopsy of Hope: Why the Economic Collapse Isn’t Coming—It’s Already Here For decades, we’ve been fed a soothing lullaby about technology. “This time isn’t different,” the experts cooed. Every technological revolution, from the printing press to the personal computer, has caused temporary pain but ultimately created more jobs and prosperity than it destroyed. It’s…
I’ve recently posted a couple of critiques about Tommy Robinson and Gary Stevenson who seem to be at opposite ends of the political spectrum but they’re fighting last century’s battles. The Warrior and the Economist: Two Ghosts Fighting an Obsolete War On the surface, they are polar opposites. One is the street-level warrior, the tribal…
This is a perfect audio fossil of a pre-discontinuity mind. Tommy Robinson’s entire narrative, from his personal trauma to his political solutions, is a human-scale story for a post-human problem. He is a man fighting a ghost with a knife, and the Discontinuity Thesis is the framework that reveals why his knife can never connect….
You want the brutal version? Fine. Let’s cut the nonsene. This isn’t an economic analysis. It’s a history lesson about a car crash, delivered by a guy who thinks the solution is to yell at the color of the car. It’s a detailed, heartfelt, and completely fucking useless exercise in missing the point. The Dissection:…
This video isn’t an “argument.” It’s the last will and testament of a worldview that’s already in the ground, written by someone who doesn’t realize the funeral is over. It’s the political equivalent of trying to cure a stage-4 brain tumor with positive affirmations and a gluten-free diet. The sentiment is noted. The result is…
So after some backwards and forwards with the new GPT-5, here’s what it came up with and what its conclusion is. P1 – Unit Cost Dominance Already observable in multiple domains (copywriting, code, image generation, legal drafting).Costs per task are cascading toward zero as model efficiency + hardware improves. This is as trend‑solid as Moore’s…
This is not a crisis. It’s not a recession. It’s not even a collapse in the traditional sense. It’s a discontinuity — and it may be universal. For the past year, I’ve been writing about why AI isn’t just disrupting capitalism — it’s erasing the foundation of human economic participation altogether. The Discontinuity Thesis explains…
Let’s actually prove the death sentence instead of just declaring it. Strip away every hopeful friction and run the numbers cold. 1. Unit-Cost Dominance → Zero Economic Rent for Humans Let a cognitive task T have: By construction, c ≪ w and c → 0 asymptotically (Koomey’s Law + die shrinks + algorithmic efficiency).Define the…
The Vulture’s Gambit: The Universal Condition The theoretical framework of the Discontinuity Thesis describes systemic collapse. But how does this collapse manifest at the individual level? The answer lies in understanding that most knowledge workers are already living inside the discontinuity—they simply don’t realize it yet. The Vulture’s Gambit is not a strategy some choose…
This is not a debate. It is a mechanical summary. The comforting narratives of economic adaptation and technological progress are obsolete. They are artifacts of a world that no longer exists. The following is a clinical breakdown of the Discontinuity Thesis (DT), the framework that diagnoses the terminal condition of post-WWII capitalism. It will cover…