How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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The lazybones attracts all the waves of the sea. “Let me sleep,” he begs, “so nice and warm under my white sheets and blue blankets.” And would you believe it? The sun’s on his side. — Edmond Jabès, 1945 https://themillions.com/2013/11/god-is-with-the-lazy.html more ›
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A tree does not exist in order to produce lumber. You can make lumber from it, and good lumber is nothing to sneer at. But if you look at a tree and see only lumber, you have missed what is… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/kGCr1ci My guest today is Okta CEO Todd McKinnon. Okta is a platform that big companies use to manage security and identity across all the many apps and platforms their employees use. Most of us run into it as… more ›
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Human rights groups have warned of asylum seekers disappearing into “legal black holes” beyond EU borders, while concerns have also been raised over the influence of the far right over the legislation. https://www.dw.com/en/eu-votes-in-favor-of-migrant-return-hubs/a-76538594?utm_source=semafor?mobileApp=true#cmpimport=Q1FNVFhVQVFNVFhVQUFmUDZERU5CYkZnQUFBQUFBQUFBQWlnR2d3QVFHZ2dBQUFBI180N180OV8jX3M5NF9zNDBfczIxOF9zNjVfczIzX2M0MzQ0OV9jNDQ0MjhfczExMDBfczdfczI2MTJfczEzNV9zMTQwOV9zOTA1X3M5NzdfczQ2X3MxNF9zMTQ3NV9zMl9jNDQzOTRfYzQ0MzkxX2M0Mjc3NV9jNDQzOTJfczM0X3M2N19jNDI4MTRfczMwX1VfIzEtLS0j more ›
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European Payment Leaders Sign MoU to Create a Sovereign Pan-European Interoperable Payments Network https://news.europawire.eu/european-payment-leaders-sign-mou-to-create-a-sovereign-pan-european-interoperable-payments-network/eu-press-release/2026/02/02/15/34/11/168858/ more ›
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A Co-Written Essay with General Intuition’s Pim DeWitte https://open.substack.com/pub/notboring/p/world-models?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opinion/ai-claude-chatgpt-gemini-mcluhan.html more ›