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March 11, 2026#gen-ai

Dark Fiber, Bright Future: Why the AI Infrastructure Boom May Need Its Bust

The companies that built the modern internet went bankrupt doing it. The companies building AI infrastructure may follow the same path. That is not a warning. It is how transformative technology actually works.

February 17, 2026#engineering

The Companies Spending the Most on AI Have the Most to Gain From Convincing You It Will Take Your Job

The AI-and-jobs conversation gets framed as either inevitability or competition. Both frames are incomplete — and both conveniently align with the interests of the companies selling the technology. A third reading of what's actually happening to work.