Wow! Grok analysed the essay and, although it was written a few months ago, today places it into the context of "broader 2025 tensions like U.S.-China tariff wars (CNN) impacting media economics, which he indirectly nods to through price sensitivity in the industry."
Circuit's been alarming, unacknowledged, for over a quarter century. Today I get to remove it.
(PS: There have been even older ones but I never bothered to screencap them).
Oh, how I loathe public holidays and long weekends! Just as your mind shifts into imaginative gear and the creative juices flow from every pore of your being, it's all over and you have to return to the mind-crushing reality of employment. First meeting starts now.