ZTrader Macro & AI Notes

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The Babel Tollbooth: How AI Gatekeepers Became the New Landlords

All technological advances eventually degrade into rent-seeking.

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Dorian
Aug 22, 2026
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Imagine human building a gigantic and marvelous tower and we name it the Babel Tower.

And yet there is one BIG AND UGLY Tollbooth,

it blocks the main entrance for everyone to enter the Babel Tower.

This Tower is built with all languages, meaning and semantics of our world, and now is open for business.

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