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Every transformative technology of the last two centuries scaled fast and then hit a wall — engines, jets, rockets, microprocessors. The technical literature has begun to publish results suggesting AI may be doing the same. The press releases haven't caught up. Here's what the data actually says.

For everyone who took the midnight call so someone else could go to a better school. A standing ovation, late but in time, for a generation that built more than it was ever credited for.

A generation of cities was reshaped by IT salaries. The recent layoff waves are testing that foundation. An open-ended look at what history tells us about anchor-industry shrinkage, the AI cost-savings thesis, and whether a company can stay rich when its customers thin out.

We chased the cloud. We forgot we owned the sky. A story about Arjun in Pune, Isabela in São Paulo, Hiroshi in Kyoto, and Amara in Nairobi — and the hardware sitting idle on all of our desks.