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El Greco, "View and Plan of Toledo" (1608).

Mo Gawdat, ex-CBO Google: For the first time, we may see massive unemployment (30%-50%) not from crisis, but because machines outperform human labor. Capitalism could come to an end in his perspective. That cuts to the core of capitalism: a system built on hiring labor to produce and sell at a profit. If production moves toward near-zero cost, labor arbitrage disappears, and with it, the foundation of pricing and markets. But the real paradox is this: capitalism depends not just on production, but on consumption. AI boosts output while removing workers, undermining the very demand the system needs to survive. As intelligence becomes abundant and production cheap, we’re entering a world where work may no longer define value—and where capitalism itself has to evolve or break.

El Greco, "View and Plan of Toledo" (1608).

i'm not joking my supervisor ASKED me to draw "the worm i always draw on my cells" because i didn't last week and all of them fucking died for NO REASON😭😭😭😭

I have gone outside daily for sixteen years with almost no exceptions. Reality is a landfill.

In 1984, Josef Fritzl tricked his 18-year-old daughter, Elisabeth, into the basement of their home in Amstetten, Austria. Once she was inside, he knocked her unconscious, locked her behind a reinforced door, and kept her there for 24 years. Upstairs, the rest of the family continued living normally. Fritzl told his wife, Rosemarie, that Elisabeth had run away to join a sect. He forced Elisabeth to write letters from the basement to support the story. In that basement, without windows, ventilation, or medical care, Elisabeth gave birth to seven children. Three grew up locked there with her, never seeing daylight. Three others were taken upstairs, left at the door with notes, and raised by Rosemarie as grandchildren. One baby died a few days after birth, and Fritzl cremated the body inside the house. The truth came out in 2008 when one of the children became seriously ill and had to be taken to the hospital. It was the first time Elisabeth had been outside since 1984. Doctors alerted the police. Fritzl was arrested that same day and confessed two days later. In 2009, he was sentenced to life in prison. Elisabeth and her surviving children were given new identities and have lived under protection ever since. Elisabeth was 18 when she was locked in that basement. She was 42 when she saw daylight again.