Better Offline

Monologue: We Live Inside A Dream, But Who Is The Dreamer?

July 31, 2026·13 min·4-min readnarrativetechnology
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The episode delivers a scathing critique of the AI investment bubble, arguing that tech giants like Meta and Microsoft are being celebrated for growth driven not by real profitability but by unsustainable venture capital spending—particularly through OpenAI’s compute demands—while the med

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Ed ZitronSam Altman

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