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From the last parcel of British common land to your precious and limited attention, capital seeks to enclose and commodify every corner of the world. Join hosts Mike and Nick as they give you the tools to dismantle the last enclosure.

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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Check out episode 7 and 8 of The Last Enclosure podcast to see @misaligned.markets' discussion on the topic!
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 14/09/2026
Next season on @lastenclosure.bsky.social we're planning on talking about Rationalism, somewhat distinct from Torres/Gebru TESCREAL framing. I'm inviting guests on to discuss this and sharing my own experiences. Will also touch on some of this as the season concludes.
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 14/09/2026
In ep 3 of @lastenclosure.bsky.social I talk a bit about this dynamic where Rationalism itself might not be the core driver of the race, it is a plausible justification. This is kind of why I don't love TESCREAL as a sole explanation for what is driving the race and the dangers of the ideology.
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 14/09/2026
There are different types of people resisting AI and we should distinguish between them to better understand AI politics. I talk about it in a recent episode of my podcast. rss.com/podcasts/the...
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Meet the AI Resistance | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
"AI is like the guy that showed up and started pissing in everyone's beer at the party."Mike categorizes various groups resisting or critically engaging with generative AI, from total abstainers to 's...
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Episode 8 of The Last Enclosure is out! We follow up on our last conversation discussing the METR/Redwood report on the OpenAI hack, and why it doesn't change how to view the incident. rss.com/podcasts/the...
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OpenAI's negligence unleashes agents of chaos (part 2) | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
“Hanlon's razor is just [OpenAI] was given so much money they don't have to give a shit. As long as they have FU money they will continue to behave in this way.”Mike and Nick return to OpenAI's hack o...
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 11/09/2026
Episode 3 of Misaligned Markets is out. Extremely honored to have spoken with Bill Kovarik. He's essentially THE reason we know about DuPont's decision to manufacture leaded gasoline despite knowing about its harms.
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Toxic Monopoly: Professor Bill Kovarik on the hidden history of leaded gasoline
Mike speaks with Professor William Kovarik an expert on the history of leaded gasoline
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No new episode of Last Enclosure this week but check out Episode 3 of @misaligned.markets!
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 24/08/2026
Where did the permanent underclass narrative in Silicon Valley come from? Listen to this episode of The Last Enclosure where I sort AI boosters into different groups to explain the origins of this insidious idea.
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“[AI boosters] are all locked in, because their reputations are staked on this being true.”Nick leads a discussion on the idea of the “permanent underclass,” and Mike outlines the different groups of ...
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 21/08/2026
(7/8) LLMs can then be though of as seeds or dictionaries whose transformed outputs allow for an environment to be modified. While there's a ceiling on how capable such a system can be, scoped well, it can be very effective on a wide range of tasks. misaligned.markets/antidote-ai-...
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An antidote to AI hype: AI agents are not “going rogue”
Dangerous, automated security tools existed before LLMs, and AI agents don't change cybersecurity fundamentals.
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 21/08/2026
Wrote a longread about the OpenAI hack. It's much worse than reporting. Here's the highlights: - OpenAI doesn't understand machine learning - OpenAI doesn't practice basic security - LLMs are reinforcement trained fuzzers, not magic misaligned.markets/antidote-ai-hype-rogue-ai-agents/
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An antidote to AI hype: AI agents are not “going rogue”
Dangerous, automated security tools existed before LLMs, and AI agents don't change cybersecurity fundamentals.
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This week's episode of The Last Enclosure is out! Mike @misaligned.markets and Nick rant about OpenAI's incompetence in handling its agents and the risks that poses to us all. This episode is a bit rowdier than usual due to hard kombucha and Rugrats references. rss.com/podcasts/the...
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OpenAI's negligence unleashes agents of chaos | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
“This is what they're doing with their billions of dollars. They're burning compute to get a model to talk on a fake message board to hack other companies and going: huh, neat.”Mike and Nick analyze O...
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 19/08/2026
Starting up a new series on the blog countering AI hype in news stories because I'm fed up and like shouting into the wind. First up, the 4 questions you must ask yourself every time you read an AI news story/claim. #TakeTheAntidote to AI hype.
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These 4 questions are the antidote to AI hype
The next time you encounter AI claims stop and ask yourself four questions.
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This week's episode will come out tomorrow or Friday, sorry for the delay for the two of you following this pod! For anyone else, catch up on our archive! This season is all about tackling AI hype, check out episode 3 to understand who is pushing the hype and why.
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The AI overlords fomenting fears of a 'permanent underclass' | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
“[AI boosters] are all locked in, because their reputations are staked on this being true.”Nick leads a discussion on the idea of the “permanent underclass,” and Mike outlines the different groups of ...
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 14/08/2026
ooooop another one > ControlAI is a wealthy political entity in the effective altruist sphere, and Green took their money in order to present their AI doom marketing as both science and as legitimate criticism of AI. mas.to/@zzt/1170597...
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@davidgerard@circumstances.run Green stated that he did this in order to present a variety of views on AI, but that’s not true. all of the interviews and AI videos on Green’s channel are in support of...
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No episode this week, but expect a brand new one next week. Mike @misaligned.markets is furiously working on new AI stories for both The Last Enclosure and Misaligned Markets. Stay tuned!
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 06/08/2026
The recent DOJ complaint against the largest egg producers is more interesting than reported. The collusion was actually mediated through a third party and is the perfect illustration of how markets are constructed around things that aren't just supply and demand. This almost feels like a hack!
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Bad Eggs: How Big Egg cracked the market interface and scrambled prices
A recent DOJ complaint gives a masterclass in how to use market position to exploit market mechanisms.
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 07/08/2026
1/ This story is an example of AI hype I talk about on my Last Enclosure (@lastenclosure.bsky.social) podcast. A thread: First thing is that EVO is a scoped-domain model. I've mentioned it by name on the blog and pod. EVO is not some plugin for ChatGPT/Claude, but a standalone model.
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 06/08/2026
1/ Just launched my second podcast! Unlike The Last Enclosure (@lastenclosure.bsky.social) the Misaligned Markets podcast will highlight the work of scholars and activists addressing contemporary economic issues. First episode features my first political econ professor, who started me on this path.
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Engineering to political economy w/ Professor Khalid Kadir
Mike sits down with UC Berkeley professor Khalid Kadir to trace his path from engineering student to political economy professor
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No new episode of the pod today due to a personal emergency, but Mike @misaligned.markets just launched his own podcast! Check it out and the latest announcements at Misaligned Markets misaligned.markets/august-2026-...
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August 2026 Updates
Two new podcasts and minor changes to the site
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Today's episode of The Last Enclosure is late because @misaligned.markets' computer SSD died. Nevertheless we persist to deliver you AI takes. Today's episode is dedicated to all the people resisting AI in various ways. rss.com/podcasts/the...
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Meet the AI Resistance | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
"AI is like the guy that showed up and started pissing in everyone's beer at the party."Mike categorizes various groups resisting or critically engaging with generative AI, from total abstainers to 's...
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Episode 5 of The Last Enclosure is out! We talk about Bernie Sanders' AI wealth tax and fund proposal and why the industry is open to something similar. Also @misaligned.markets does his worst Bernie imitation. Have a listen, it's all good fun!
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Did Bernie Sanders fail the Turing test? | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Getting a valuation from the US government via the equity tax allows OpenAI to tell investors “we are worth a trillion [dollars]”Mike and Nick examine the dangerous intersection of good intentions, as...
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Episode 4 of The Last Enclosure is out! We talk about the AI bubble and the underlying economic distress propping up each layer of the AI bubble listen on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!
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The AI bubble is actually four bubbles
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Episode 3 of The Last Enclosure is out! We talk about our AI Overlords. Sorting different types of AI boosterism into buckets to see how each promotes the “permanent underclass” narrative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNRC...
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Mike @misaligned.markets · 02/07/2026
Capitalism and markets have always been at odds. Nowhere is that more apparent than in tech, where companies can decide to sell revocable products using DRM/licenses. Capitalists always get to choose how to label market inputs in order to enclose value.
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Modern conflicts over property rights and commodification
Issues like right to repair and privacy are extensions of age-old battles over property rights, which are inherent to capitalism.
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lastenclosure.bsky.social @lastenclosure.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Welcome to The Last Enclosure! It's a political economy podcast connecting today's stories to the Enclosure Movement by exploring modern systems of political and economic domination. The current season is all about AI (of course). Come join us for episode two or listen to last week's episode.
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