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The Automation of Choice: Google's Agentic Booking and the Collapse of Consumer Discretion

Google is pitching AI Mode as pure convenience: you tell it what you want and it takes care of the bookings for dinner, a haircut, or concert tickets; no more fiddling with dates, times, or confirmation screens. The promise is smooth and frictionless. In reality, the process hinges on extracting

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When the Blueprint Doesn't Match the Job

The institutional damage runs deeper than trade policy.

The Algorithm of Ruin

The Algorithm of Ruin

self-diagnose to destruction

When Private Equity Eats Your Community Project

When Private Equity Eats Your Community Project

Automattic's countersuit reveals how Silver Lake's $250M investment turned WP Engine from community member into trademark violator, exposing the pattern of private equity extracting value from open source.

When Parents Become Moderators

When Parents Become Moderators

At 10:47 p.m., your phone buzzes. 'Acute distress detected.' Not a police scanner, you realize. It's your teen's chatbot, and suddenly you're on duty. OpenAI is rolling out parental controls for ChatGPT that let parents link accounts and, in some

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The Silent Fracture of the Modern Workplace

Quiet quitting? That was a clear story. People drew a line, stepped back. But quiet cracking? It doesn't announce itself. It's like a tiny crack moving invisibly through a company's core. One day, everything still looks okay on the outside, but the whole thing&

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Soft Saving and the Rewiring of Risk and Time

People often see soft saving as a kind of indulgence. But if you think about it, it's actually a form of risk management. When long-term promises feel shaky, it makes sense that people would want to enjoy things now. That's not impulsive; it's really