The Commanding Heights: Economic Power in The World to Come

​Welcome! Come prepared to read, share, and think deeply among friends.

​This week: The Commanding Heights by Will Manidis and Joe Roberts: https://commanding-heights.com/

​Their argument: new technologies rarely make their fortunes where they start. Printing, railroads, oil and telephones paid out most to whoever controlled the chokepoints. If AI follows that pattern, who holds the commanding heights of the intelligence economy, and what happens to our world?

​(It's long, so read ahead if you can!)

​For the reading hour we suggest Part I (Genesis) and Part II (The Line), plus Part V (The World to Come) and Part VI (The Commanding Heights) if you're quick.

​Schedule:

​7-8: Reading time

​8-9: Discussion

​Weekly deep dives into resources from: https://www.postlabor.dev/resources and beyond in order to understand this fundamental transition.