Archive - Kyla’s Newsletter

The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction

AI Chatbots, Newark, and the West Village Girls

May 8 •

Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress

AI, volatility, and changing institutions

Feb 19 •

Economic Lessons from the Screwtape Letters

Rejection, Convenience, and the Budget Deficit

May 21 •

The Mr. Beast Memo is a Guide to the Gen Z Workforce

when algorithms decide direction

Sep 19, 2024 •

Everything Feels Like It Doesn't Make Sense

Immigration, incentives, and the contradiction of Gentle Singularity

Jun 11 •

Compliance is the New American Dream

How risk aversion has shaped our schools, our government, and our global standing

Apr 16 •

An Orchestrated Recession? Trump’s Tariffs, AI, and the Future of US Power

Why Trump is Doing What He is Doing

Mar 5 •

Trump, Mamdani, and Cluely

attention and speculation as primary economic drivers

Jun 25 •

What Happens When Everything Becomes a Meme?

incelism as infrastructure and the tragedy of the commons

Apr 23 •

From Dollar Dominance to the Slop Machine

Part 2: China, energy, and extraction versus creation

Jul 8 •

The Four Phases of Institutional Collapse in the Age of AI

How democracy, expertise, and institutional memory are eroding during technological change - or @grok is this true?

May 29 •

How Dating Apps Contribute to the Demographic Crisis

The consequences of monetizing love!

Sep 5, 2024 •

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