Capitalism as AI; SAASification; future insurgencies; the future of work; whales, genes, pizza++ #216

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🤔 In a fascinating long-read, Venmo co-founder Andrew Kortina argues that we need to consider capitalism and the attention economy as a form of AI which optimises for short-term gratification over long-term interests and that solutions may come from fields like Game The…