by Tyler M | Feb 22, 2026 | Post Labor Economics, AI
The Founding Pattern: Edison’s Trust and the Hollywood Bypass In December 1908, Thomas Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company consolidated monopoly control over American filmmaking through a simple, elegant mechanism: patent licensing over cameras, projectors, and an...
by Tyler M | Feb 20, 2026 | Post Labor Economics, AI
When Production Stops Needing Consumers An Analytical Essay on the Demand-Side Consequences of Labor Share Compression and AI-Driven Workforce Restructuring tylermaddox.info February 2026 Research compiled from Federal Reserve, BLS, BEA, Census Bureau, academic...
by Tyler M | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Post-Labor Thesis Is Wrong: A Steel manned Counter-Model A Serious Counter-Model: Why the Post-Labor Thesis Could Be Wrong If the post-labor thesis fails, it will not fail because AI stalls, nor because capitalism suddenly becomes benevolent. It will fail in a...
by Tyler M | Feb 6, 2026 | Post Labor Economics, AI
Executive Summary The prevailing narrative attributes technology-sector layoffs to AI’s direct automation of labor. This framing is incomplete and, in many cases, deliberately misleading. A comprehensive analysis of capital allocation patterns, depreciation...
by Tyler M | Jan 30, 2026 | Post Labor Economics
Full Automation Fail Conditions The post-labor thesis can fail in only two fundamental ways. First, artificial intelligence could encounter durable technical ceilings that permanently preserve large domains of human labor. Second, even if AI capability continues...
