2026-01-20 21:02:38
“The problem with capitalism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Chef’s kiss.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/alphabet-selling-very-rare-100-year-bunds-to-help-fund-ai-investment/?comments=1&post=44240974
> “almost everyone at Vimeo was laid off,” including the entire video team
Capitalism, working as designed.
Oh, you thought it was about making shiny, fun things for you play with? Oh, my sweet, summer child, no… capitalism is about fuck you.
Why?
Because. @…
“So I guess what I’m trying to say is, the new workday should be three to four hours.“
Yup! That's what every worker knows and should have been fighting for with solidarity for decades. Every neurodivergent person knows that we can't do concentrated work for more than 3 hours, and that extended hyperfocus blocks drain our energy for the next day. It's not sustainable.
Steve Yegge writes about how AI Capitalism creates an energy vampire
This is an odd characterisation of ecological economics. I'd put that first line, 'Green capitalists', (and at some part of the Keynes fans) under traditional Environmental Economics - where the deleterious impacts of capital accumulation/GDP growth are bunged under 'externalities'.
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian