Some thoughts I've been noodling on recently, from books or social media or newsletters:
- The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet has.
- Streaming services have burned through vast fortunes to come in second to cable+broadcast in watch times. 7% for Netflix? Wow.
- There is not, and never has been, such as a thing as a "free market."
- Current AI models demo well, but are proving to be less useful than most people hoped for, unless you're a student. Doesn't mean they're useless, just not world-changing.
- I'm starting to think every company with revenue of 50 billion dollars or more is too big, and needs to be broken up just because. As a start.
- I'm very interested in the idea of a US Federal Jobs Guarantee at $15/hour.
- If company executives could actually face penalties for their actions that exceed the profits from those actions, the world might be a better place. If they could face prison terms, it definitely would be.
