By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026I think billionaire solipsism can account for much of the malinvestment in this obvious bubble, but I don't think it's the whole story. Rather, I think there's a whole cohort of investors who don't believe in AI, but believe that *other* people will believe in AI. 19/ 642858
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026This is a well-established investment principle. As Keynes wrote, the point of investing isn't necessarily to pick the most beautiful contestant to win the beauty contest - it's to pick the contestant that the *other judges* will hand the crown to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesi... 20/en.wikipedia.orgKeynesian beauty contest - Wikipedia 332620
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026In other words, you don't get rich from stock speculation by identifying the businesses whose profitability will grow the most - you get rich by identifying the businesses that *other investors* will pile into, pushing the price up. 21/ 233135
GratefulFred @willamettefred.bsky.social · 24/07/2026And then dump all your free cash into prediction markets to leverage your wager, which is unlikely to go south, at least not right away, because you have inside information. 051