Good article by A Z Mackay. ft.azmackay.com/p/the-wrong-em…

#FutureTense #TechCriticism #DigitalCulture #SocialMedia

Thanks for the positive vibes Grok x.com/i/grok/share/4…

TV 2026: - turn on, ad for the TV you already own - popup: new Terms require biometric tracking or TV stops working - find show through 8 ad-apps you never installed - press play - ad break - 11 minutes of show - popup: "you seem stressed, skip to happier scene?" - your insurance

You're Not Addicted, You're Subscribed ft.azmackay.com/p/youre-not-ad…

TICKET #847392 STATUS: PENDING ISSUE: National financial crisis WAIT TIME: 6-8 months "Have you tried restarting your economy?" Welcome to sovereignty as a service. ft.azmackay.com/p/geopolitics-…

Thinking is becoming expensive. Performance is becoming free. The two-tier system is being built in real time through "personalized learning." You have 18 months before this becomes obvious to everyone. ft.azmackay.com/p/the-sorting #futuretense

Every major AI lab just pivoted to "reasoning models" that think for minutes before answering... except the thinking happens where you can't see it. Clean outputs, hidden deliberation, premium pricing for cognition you can't audit. When did we decide inscrutability was

With Gemini 3's release ushering in even more powerful AI tools, the societal "sorting" between independent thinkers and AI-dependent performers is accelerating. It's reshaping education, jobs, and class divides. ft.azmackay.com/p/the-sorting #AI #Gemini3

" What’s harder to measure is whether anyone is thinking, or if we’ve simply built a society that no longer requires it for most roles. "

We all see the manipulation now. We correct less. We rage less. We just… scroll, exhausted. Meet the dropouts who quit and paid with their social lives (tracked in tragic spreadsheets). Meet the optimizers who hate the game but master it anyway (irony audits included). The

Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year is "parasocial." 72% of American teens have used AI companions. A third find them as satisfying as real friendships. I wrote about what that reveals. (link in bio)

In 2025, experienced developers using AI were 19% slower at real tasks. But they believed they were 20% faster. That perception gap is the entire hype cycle in miniature. (article link in bio). #AI #HypeCycle #TechPredictions #FutureTense #CollectiveDelusion