Economists believe that the technology varies with experience. The older economists say, “We’ve seen this before.” Younger economists believe that concentration of technological thought will go to those with control over artificial intelligence.
Will artificial intelligence be an issue in 2026? In 2027? I don’t know, but I expect artificial intelligence to be an issue for labor in 2026.
Jobs were always a lie. Contrary to historical blips over the last century and a quarter, there has never been such a thing as a job. One could say that jobs ran from the very late 19th century to the early 21st century. Those days are done, especially when we look at labor data that says we are in a low hire, low fire phase.
For the above reason, we should be taking a closer look at intellect versus instinct. Intelligence was supposed to compliment instinct not supplant it. When intelligence took off on its own, that was a negative sign.
Instinct requires sitting in silence with a blank mind. No tomorrow. No yesterday. Just the now.
Intellect, on the other hand, is the root of empire. Empire requires taking separate thoughts and putting all thought under one roof. This means that competing approaches to an idea have to be neutralized either by extraction or eviction. Man likes to play publicly with the argued differences in philosophies, i.e., communism vs. fascism vs. statism, etc. We assume these differences make us intelligent, but is there really such a thing? We have used different forms of knowledge to evade danger, but does that make us intelligent?
Alton Drew
15 February 2026
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