Contrarian ideas are dead: agents now build ideas as soon as they're articulable
wordgrammer · x · 2026-10-16
wordgrammer argues tech progress feels faster because ideas no longer sit in a "legible but unlikely" waiting period — once an idea can be clearly articulated, an agent can build it. He adds that contrarian ideas effectively no longer exist in 2026: you'll be told you're talking nonsense, and the next day everyone agrees with you.
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