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Labor-to-Capital Substitution

the reframing of mass layoffs not as cost-cutting but as conversion — payroll turned into compute. The bet is that the GPU returns more than the human it replaced; the proof is deferred for years.

— defined in 161th Edition, May 17, 2026
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Defined 161th EditionW21 · May 17, 2026