Read_903 - Vibe Capital Accumulating

"Technology is always and everywhere a tool, not an
autonomous agent.
It requires humans to operate, which they will do in
order to satisfy human desires."
When we say "technology" saves labor, what we really mean
is it leverages labor.
It gives to labor powers that were previously impossible,
inconceivable even.
Only in the aftermath of witnessing its novel
capabilities do we articulate that a car gives
to a man the literal physical power of 200
horses.
We do not start by imagining squishing 200 horses into a
metal box."
~ Allen Farrington


What if AI isn’t replacing us - but multiplying us? In this read
and my take, we dig into the fear of job-killing machines, from
the steam engine to LLMs, and why every “this time is different”
panic always misses the point. Is AI just the next bicycle for
the mind—or something even bigger?


Check out the original article Vibe Capital
Accumulating by Allen Farrington (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/2h555x39)


Mentions & Resources from the Episode


Bitcoin is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of
Capitalism Audiobook (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mruuspj5)

Read_901 - 6 Weeks of Claude Code on Fountain (Link:
https://fountain.fm/episode/ZZdBRuVw3FvpTb3YmXLO)

Margaret Jacob’s Scientific Culture and the Making of the
Industrial West (https://a.co/d/ahpm1B1)

Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial
West by Margaret C. Jacob (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/3sj8x5mt)

The 1982 British TV documentary on Japanese robots (Link:
https://youtu.be/LMuI1-2SlGk)



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