Ben Thompson: generating human desire will be the post-AI economy
generativist · x · 2026-10-16
Ben Thompson (Stratechery), quoted in a repost: "one of the most important functions is going to be the generation of human desire, that is the post-AI economy." A one-line thesis that once AI flattens production capacity, value creation shifts to manufacturing demand.
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