Cost Of Information (COI) - 2000
Over twenty years ago I created this concept which may finally be coming into its own, like the Vertical Web, the Cultural Diffusion and the Gold-backed Digital Currency. The S-Curve: A graph showing the rate of growth of an entity like a business, animal population, etc. It has three important
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Prologue - The declining cost of information is a prime driver of economic activity and may soon reverse. Supporting evidence includes skyrocketing energy usage by AI, legal contention over content ownership, pollution of virgin content with AI derivatives. I've had Github public access issues now with Grok and ChatGPT. All cost issues at their core. Other circumstantial evidence:

Microsoft Cuts Off Access to Bing Search Data as It Shifts Focus to Chatbots
Microsoft is limiting access to tools that boosted its rivals, but larger customers like DuckDuckGo say they won’t be affected.
WIREDParesh Dave
Microsoft Layoffs Hit Coders Hardest With AI Costs on the Rise
Microsoft Corp.’s recently announced job cuts fell hardest on the people who build the company’s products, showing that even software developers are at risk in the age of artificial intelligence.
BloombergBrody Ford
It looks like Meta just hit a big AI roadblock
Rollout of its next Llama model is reportedly delayed, as engineers struggle to improve its capabilities
QuartzSearch
Tech salaries are falling - Here’s why that’s not a bad thing | CTech
Alarming headlines have recently reported on the decline in wages in high-tech; The truth is that in the long term, this trend could be good for Israeli high-tech.
ctechMoran Chamsi
Companies Are Replacing Workers With AI—Fast
Big firms like UPS, Klarna, and Duolingo are replacing workers with AI to cut costs and boost efficiency—raising serious concerns for job security.
ForbesJack Kelly

IT salaries and hiring declining for two years now. Cutbacks in free or low-cost services. AI impacting employment and "triggering" Luddite and denial reactions.

Use AI at work? You might be ruining your reputation, a new study finds
Employees using generative AI tools might not want to talk about it. There are some exceptions, however.
ZDNETArtie Beaty
John Scalzi (@scalzi.com)
It’s easier to write than it is to let a Large Language Model barf something out and then spend the same amount of time editing as you would have simply writing it in the first place, and still have it be worse than what you would have done on your own [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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I predicted a final shakeout period back in 2013. It took longer than I expected but right now is probably peak IT. I predict the software industry will stagnate for many years with no "cyclical upturn" like many have learned to expect over the past fifty years. Few employees will understand this sea change and be painfully forced to adapt. Kind of like Democrats right now.
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And it's another reason I cashed out of the Pacific Northwest and wrote the Gold Token paper. "Coding" skill is about to lose a lot of value, so my paper focuses on WHY, not HOW, in a niche, under-developed sector. I only need one more low-stress gig for three or four years, free of annoying bumblers and schemers

In 1950, there were 45 States and 0 cryptocurrencies.
In 2000, there were 50 States and a handful of shady crypto rackets.
In 2025, there are 50 States and 25,000 cryptos listed on CoinBase.

The code isn't the value anymore, it's institutional stability.
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It's unlikely that even Trump can salvage the current situation, it's a low percentage bet. A State government only needs to establish a limited platform like the Arkansas bill and lay in wait for the blowout. I'll probably add this strategy to the next revision of the Gold Token paper.

"I'm just getting warmed up" - Law Abiding Citizen

The Vertical Web - 2013
The S-curve describes a growth pattern of new products, organisms in nature, etc. When a new ecological niche appears, the growth rate of filling it increases exponentially until the inflection point, the point at when (roughly) the niche is half filled, at which time the growth rate begins to fall.
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Eject Revue
I started the Eject Project almost exactly one year ago. And surprisingly, it’s gone almost exactly to plan, except for moving my mom and contractor delays. EjectThe Kondratiev Wave, otherwise known as the Credit cycle, K-Wave, or Debt cycle. We’re currently near the trough of the wave, defined in
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HB 1918 Signed Into Law
contract with a bullion depository and to authorize and approve “a precious metals-backed electronic system for vendors to do business within this state.”
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