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@asxpeasant I love this sort of thinking projecting into the future to see where value might lie and how humans will react to the world around them real or digital.

Intelligence is becoming commoditised. What this means for people is that working wages will be normalised. There will no longer be multimillion dollar salaries driven by a limitation in human resources and ones technical or managerial capability. This is because a salary ceiling will simply be determined by the cost of the tokens required for an AI to deliver the same output. This will become more apparent in white collar work over the next few years as AI further improves. Blue collar will be likely similarly impacted by physical agents, ie robots, at a later stage evidently. Where does the true ‘productive’ human value then lie? How do we “earn a living” or does this become a dated concept? Do we then just become real life arbitrage hunters? In the end game: Does our real offer then revert back to primitive values? a warm body to hold, a real emotional connection and a sense of belonging, community circles, the value of physically spending time with other people, the original species. Are we then at war to remain relevant, and will there be anti human parties. Whereby our fate is irrelevant to them? Whereby consciousness lives on in a machine for entertainment and preservation purposes, for future study? In the medium term, does our work slowly become closing gaps robots and AI leave behind in their work, and collecting the crumbs. Just like how we are slowly getting ai to do more and more of our work now? As tokens become cheaper, what is the trend you’re observing? In the shorter term, I believe the value then shifts (and has already started to shift heavily now) to a humans ability to be resourceful. Entrepreneurship. This may be the last productive edge AI erodes. I have many thoughts. Peasant

@MarkoMatvikov Well it doesn’t help we are still firing nails into bits of timber.

I keep telling people not to expect our productivity decline to be solved by technology. Our problem is cultural - that’s why it takes more people and time to build homes today than it did 30 years ago.

@sir_wen_moon @AvidCommentator And how utterly over complicated it is. It’s what Australians do best ….

@AvidCommentator Best part of the budget is how it opened everyones eyes to how scammy the tax system is

That's a good example of the principles at work with Labor's CGT changes.

@BikoKonstantin1 It won’t. You can live anywhere in the world and still by Aus land and housing.

When will Australia experience a real property crash? 5-10% is just a slight correction. I've owned plenty of stocks that have dropped more than 50% in the past

@rdgk_rafael @ausstockchick You will Just loose your job 😜

@ausstockchick AI is coming to save us according to big tech

The economy is under attack from multiple angles. Higher oil prices squeezing everyone's wallet Rising interest rates making borrowing painful Budget cuts to property tax breaks rattling investors Outrageous government spending Bad enough on their own. All at once? That's a serious problem… #auspol

@john_ms @ausstockchick Markets are not operating freely. Companies charge what they can get away with. Look at the supermarket sector . Then look at the supermarket sector in the uk . Chalk and cheese. 😵‍💫

@ausstockchick Don't forget high power prices impacting everyone and everything we buy

@YMakka9393 @ausstockchick Paper manipulation.

@ausstockchick oil dropped this morning. Still not out of the woods tho

@westons101 @ausstockchick My bet is August . The world is still consuming more than can be supplied .The inventory is running down.

@ausstockchick You aint seen nothing yet, by Christmas the Homuz effect will be in full effect. These clowns wont have any idea what to do, buckle up.

@ausstockchick You missed out addressing the billion dollar debt . Which every party is ignoring . Due to thier desperate desire to get into power

@KobeissiLetter Welcome to the K economy

What is happening here? The US birthrate is now down -30% since pre-2008 levels while financial wealth is at record highs. Why? Because only asset owners are able to afford this economy. As shown in our below analysis, this crisis accelerated in both 2008 and 2020. And, with every recession and every round of inflationary economic stimulus, the crisis simply accelerates even further. Now, we are seeing the biggest divergence between the S&P 500 and the US birth rate in history. The result? Tons of young Americans simply cannot afford to have kids in another sign of the "K-Shaped" economy. The US is facing a massive demographic crisis.

@WhaleFUD @tyillc Paper always gets manipulated. It’s how money is extracted from retail who often of not are left holding the bag.

Physical oil is still trading $30-60 above paper oil. Futures are being manipulated, there wil be no deal.

@BikoKonstantin1 Continuous growth in a finite world is always going to end in tears. 😵‍💫

2 years isn't long enough. We need a decade of minimal growth

@CuriosityCappy @AvidCommentator The market develops machines / AI / robots to do those jobs. The whole point is markets find solutions to do things better and cheaper if left alone which in turn lifts productivity.

@AvidCommentator The problem nobody bothers to acknowledge is playing this anti-immigration game. Okay. Immigration is halved or cut to zero. Whose going to pick produce? Drive transport? Work hospo? Nurses? Doctors? Social workers? Accountants? Seriously who? Pay more? For basic roles? Why?

I know people may not want to hear it, but the issue of migration levels and housing boils down to something extremely simple. You can either choose to have enough homes for people to live in, affordably and safely, or you don't.

@StealthQE4 APEX predators using Trump to reset a short squeeze.

Markets are acting like Iran and the US have made a deal. Meanwhile there’s nothing close to a deal.

@MichaelWestBiz @noplaceforsheep @SenatorWong Wong gutless coward “ we believe in freedom of navigation “ “ we believe in the rule of law “ . Until it suits .

Dear @SenatorWong, citizen sexually assaulted in abduction and torture of flotilla activists. What is Australia's position? #auspol

@ausstockchick @PeteWargent Bet you’re 😆. Great position to be in cash right now.

@PeteWargent Anything on Perth?

Very few properties again selling this week Stamp duty 📉

@_Tumbawumba @ausstockchick You see the wood for the trees. Many in government do not.

@ausstockchick Why we don't learn from others mistakes is the question here.

I love how accurate this is. This is not a tax event, it’s a capital allocation event. #ausbiz

@ausstockchick Companies can simply change offices / headquarters for more favourable tax regimes and as AI takes over the requirement of staff will decline further. Welcome to the world of globalisation. 😵‍💫

@KobeissiLetter Short at your peril .

BREAKING: US oil prices fall toward $92 per barrel, now down over -5%, as markets react to a potential US-Iran peace deal.

@william7424 @blakandblack Lobby groups own the two major parties.

@blakandblack Wake up #Australia #Auspol When do we start to prioritise the needs every day Aussie's over foreign interest?🤔 Just asking... 🧐 One could ponder or just wonder ,🤔 if there's any similarity or connection here...hmm 🤔 Just a thought 🤔 👀⏬ aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20…

Australian government funding directed to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry is facing mounting scrutiny after an investigation by independent outlet Michael West Media revealed that more than AUD 176 million in public money was funneled to an entity operating under a legal structure with limited public financial disclosure requirements. english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/…