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Humans just press enter
Its not just Coders....adoption for Open AI's codex platform is sweeping into every profession..the humans are basically pressing enter.
A Trillion Dollars On Machines
U.S. spending on AI is on track to top $1 trillion a year by 2027 — about 3% of the entire economy. That's roughly what America spends on all its roads and bridges.
Chips Are One-Fifth Of America
Semiconductor stocks now make up 20% of the entire S&P 500 — an all-time high. One industry, one-fifth of the largest market on earth.
A Memory Chip Caught Apple
Micron — a company that just makes memory chips — earned $28.2 billion last quarter. Apple, the most valuable company on earth, earned $29.6 billion. The chip shortage is that real.
Even Small Caps Went All-Time High
It is not just the mega-caps — the small-cap technology index just punched to a brand-new all-time high too. The AI money is flooding all the way down the size ladder.
Richer Than Most Nations
Elon Musk's net worth is now larger than the entire annual economic output of most countries on earth — the green ones on this map all produce less in a year than one man is worth.
One-Fifth Just Pays Interest
Roughly 20 cents of every dollar the U.S. government collects in taxes now goes to nothing but interest on the debt — approaching an all-time record.
AI Ate Your Power Bill
Electricity prices have jumped 42% since 2019 — versus 29% for everything else — and the two only split apart when data-center demand exploded. The AI boom is showing up on your utility bill.
Rent Just Won't Quit
The national median rent climbed again in June to $1,385 — the fifth straight monthly increase. The 'rent is finally cooling' story keeps not happening.
The $73 Hot Dog Bill
Feeding 10 people at a July 4th cookout now costs $73.82 — the most expensive on record, up 30% from a decade ago. Freedom isn't free, and neither are the burgers.
Less Reckless Than It Looks
For all the bubble talk, investors have borrowed far less against their portfolios than in past manias — margin debt sits near the low end of its historical range. The froth isn't leveraged. Yet.
Just Because
Homo erectus brains doubled in size over roughly 600,000 years — not because of hunting, but because of cooking. Raw food yields only 30-40% of its nutrients; cooked food yields close to 100%. Your large, expensive brain wouldn't exist if someone hadn't discovered that food tastes better hot.