Excited about AI?
Me neither
It's a useful tool in some cases, but at what cost to humans and society?
![From the Paul Krugman substack:
"One More Reason Americans Hate Al: It Does Nothing for Them
...Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs"
[see this link: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/10/01/one_more_reason_americans_hate_ai_1209161.html ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ebahqmjbrwdoipqvu3s5dyov/bafkreid65yr6lzuylj3c53lyrnpipniabenkzaldq4d7hxbcxzyvqbl7py)
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![From article "Soaring bond yields, gaping deficits and towering debts: what could go wrong?" in Economist dated September 16th:
"The best way out of a hole is, of course, to stop digging-ie, borrow less. Alas, politicians are in a digging mood. In America, Donald Trump's mammoth tax-and-spending law of 2025 made most of his earlier tax cuts permanent and added new breaks, increasing the
deficit by trillions of dollars over the next decade...."
[https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/16/soaring-bond-yields-gaping-deficits-and-towering-debts-what-could-go-wrong]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ebahqmjbrwdoipqvu3s5dyov/bafkreiackzxpo4fgy2weu4ct2g26pwfighua5wa6fnwaaokikgtdgblkxe)
