In a World of Total Material Security, What You Do on a Tuesday Is the Real Signal
YogeshMalik · x · 2026-09-12
The author poses a thought experiment: imagine a world of total material security where nothing needs to be produced. What would you reach for on a random Tuesday, with nobody watching and nothing owed? He argues your honest answer is the real data point for navigating the AI era, not the headlines about AI itself.
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