Kelly Balthrop

Software Architect, SharePoint, Joomla, Wordpress, economist, blogger, community activist, environmentalist, just trying to save the world!

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UBI Is Having a Moment. It Still Isn’t the Answer. https://t.co/MG9r9cwikC
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A look at the claim from Gartner: AI-driven layoffs aren't paying off financially https://t.co/I2rCOHjHbi
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The AI Layoffs Are Coming Back to Work https://t.co/iNmKUoocnW
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The Golden Triangle Just Became Ground Zero for the Wage Economy’s Endgame https://t.co/3RM1OTnM8H
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Data Centers Now Draw Power Like a Mid-Sized Country. Soddy Would Not Be Surprised. https://t.co/ZOErCyo5o2
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Bastani’s Fully Automated Luxury Communism vs. Your EBE: Where They Diverge https://t.co/dXC1AFvdvl
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When Does the Machine Get Cheap Enough...to Replace Humans? https://t.co/ti0VjwbtKd
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The Treasury's quiet AI bubble memo, and why "more entrenched than dotcom" matters https://t.co/h4CKKnwMfp
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Why the EBE treats energy, not currency, as the unit of account — a 5-minute primer https://t.co/BaUpTalJoZ
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Tokens per Watt: The Metric That Quietly Reveals AI’s Real Economics https://t.co/8ZlNiDDqIS
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Musk wants "universal high income." Here's why a check isn't a claim on energy. https://t.co/8dpt6RrddW

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"No systematic unemployment increase" https://t.co/SuT2OgY1B6

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There is a lot fear generated around the term Socialism, some of it justified, but the word has been hijacked and misused for so long it shuts down any productive discussion. So, I attempt to clear the fog.

Why Does Everyone in America Hate Socialism https://t.co/s4R5irgXbQ

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Evaluating Elon Musks claim that the US will go bankrupt without Robots and AI https://t.co/ekmnwqbYS9

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The Role Debt Plays in Modern Society https://t.co/oTUCEvQzx2

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The third and final book in the Commonwealth series just came out today. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.
2130: Two Worlds Is Here https://t.co/sWg4H1DSeD
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My book recommends using energy credits to create universal high income:

What an Energy Dividend Actually Looks Like: Doing the Math on 4.2 Trillion kWh https://t.co/yJWjNQjZdM
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“Isn’t That Just Socialism?” A Field Guide for the Energy-Based Economy Conversation https://t.co/VuxQJGpNlE

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What an Energy Dividend Actually Looks Like: Doing the Math on 4.2 Trillion kWh https://t.co/yJWjNQjZdM

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What a Recession Does to AI Displacement https://t.co/tVNkuERPg5