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That's not even the point, though. Those smart-but-not-techy people are not going to grow GDP at the pace that Satya Nadella needs them to in order to keep his KPIs going up and to the right, and he's getting pissed.

That's the problem.

"Quick, guys, find something useful" coming from a CEO who's bet his company on an idea should be a market top signal, right?

And no, I'm not saying the technology is bad. The business isn't going swimmingly, though.

That would be harmful to their self esteem.

The empire has vassals, not allies.

The honor system is a remnant of a high-trust society. Living in a place where you can generally trust your neighbors is neat.

OpenAI is in no way "commercially successful."

It's impossible for a layman to know because most people in accredited positions of authority lie without cessation.

Identify people you trust on a subject, filter their claims through your own ideas about what is reasonable, and hope for the best.

You might still get it wrong. Such is life.

I try to discourage people from using the internet. I work in infosec.

OK, fed.

"Debt creation also gives value to the dollar"

Only because enough people believe that's true, and then only because there are aircraft carriers that convince people in other countries that it's in their best interest to use them.

Dollars are not worth anything.

Inflation is value confiscation. It's a tax. It reduces the burden of the greatest debtor (government) at the expense of everybody who holds dollars and produces value.

What do I get out of it?

The US has been in a risky economic situation since it went off the gold standard. Possibly since it created the Federal Reserve Act.

Slow-moving train wrecks are still train wrecks.

OK: I believe authoritarians should be laughed at early and often. If anybody happens construe the people I mistakenly described as authoritarians as fucking authoritarian, please mock the motherfuckers.

I agree with you. More power. More houses. More roads. More bridges. More freedom to build it all.

But back to the story at hand: a few motivated people can shore up Old Town Road. All they need is an economic reason to do it.