If AI agents become the default way people work, does the subscription model survive, or do we eventually move back to pay-per-use pricing?

The most interesting part of the article isn’t the $200 subscription potentially costing OpenAI thousands. It’s that agentic workflows can consume up to 1,000x more tokens than a normal prompt. A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential “Part of the pressure comes from how AI …

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Greenspan warned of irrational exuberance, markets ignored him, dotcom mania lasted years, rallies fooled millions, crash eventually destroyed fortunes

People felt safe while the danger grew quietly beneath their feet and nobody saw it coming until it hit like a storm. If we ignore warnings again the next crash could be even uglier and hit faster than anyone dares imagine. Just to give you an idea, Alan Greenspan (Former Fed Chair) first uttered his …

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New tenant rents are absolutely collapsing, leading indicator for overall rents and eventually the housing market

New tenant rents are absolutely collapsing, leading indicator for overall rents and eventually the housing market pic.twitter.com/60iGWeGnvw — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 12, 2025 The claim is reliable based on Cleveland Fed and BLS data showing new tenant rents down ~9% YoY in Q2 2025, amid slowing national rent growth (-2.1% median YoY in June). …

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“Fiat currency always eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero.” Voltaire

Every single currency in the history of mank*nd has lost its value and eventually became worthless. Who would have thought that printing money — which is not pegged to any hard asset to sustain its value — into the abyss would ultimately lead to worthlessness. Gold going parabolic screams: hyperinflation ahead.#Gold #Silver pic.twitter.com/k4w7DwjBaD — Holden …

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The glue of the economy will eventually run short of glue unless we start mining more.

"The mining giant expects the energy transition sector will account for 23% of copper demand by 2050, from 7% currently…" Source: https://t.co/zwPSzBmZ5Y. — Gold Telegraph ⚡ (@GoldTelegraph_) September 30, 2024 CEO of @IncRegulus John Black explains the looming copper supply shortage and the main drivers that will see demand for the metal grow to unprecedented …

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Eventually, the public are going to learn that the world is run on blackmail.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former bodyguard revealed the disgraced rap mogul kept tapes of politicians taking part in his infamous ‘freak off’ sessions, and claimed his arrest is tied to an alleged corruption scandal currently gripping New York City politics. Gene Deal, a former insider who protected Diddy through the 1990s, told The Art of Dialogue …

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Yields eventually will rip higher due to issuance not inflation

Yields eventually will rip higher due to issuance not inflation — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June 14, 2024 BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. bond market participants are worried market liquidity will keep deteriorating as the U.S. Treasury continues to issue large amounts of debt to back deficit spending while dealers struggle to keep up with the ballooning …

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Jeremy Grantham says outlook for U.S. stocks is as poor as ever, sees initial AI bubble eventually bursting

US stocks are priced for perfection in an “imperfect and dangerous” world, Jeremy Grantham said. Grantham’s worries include overseas wars and weakness, unaffordable housing, and climate damage. The top investor said AI could be bigger than the internet but the initial bubble would likely pop. Stocks are dangerously overvalued and poised to disappoint, the AI bubble is …

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Past success in distraction tactics can only last so long; self-interest eventually overrides broader ideologies.

"I think over the next few years, the entire political class is going to find out what happens when you ignore the one third of this country getting screwed over by a housing system that funnels billions of dollars into the people that don't need it right now" He's not wrong. https://t.co/QdSMdpasBg — Tarric Brooker …

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We just experienced the 1st wave of FX chaos unleashed by Japan… Was it a “trial run” coordinated with the US?… Eventually, if the crisis is large enough, it goes global. The Dollar Index (DXY) is in the middle of a massive rally. Smart money flow index has just hit a new low.

Was Douglas Durst's strange post on his US Debt Clock website a warning of what is to come? The post appeared the night before markets began panicking about Japan on October 2nd, 2023. pic.twitter.com/D4PMG0IdMc — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) October 5, 2023 The stock market fear and greed index is in extreme fear: pic.twitter.com/phA81ALBhu — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) …

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When you ruin every place you rule, people eventually notice….

BASICALLY, BY BEING AWFUL: How the Democrats lost Florida: Their negligence in the former swing state paved a path for Republican dominance.   Rather than simply making America great again Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, is bent on making America Florida. That rallying-call should send shivers down any Democrat’s spine. In a state that used to swing, …

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