Buy the Dip, Sell the RIP Software Economy - Wealth and Means - Episode 18

The software economy is aging—and capital, attention, and trust are repositioning around it. We trace how insider signals, search shifts, and AI-driven distribution are reshaping what gets seen and funded. We examine why “buy the dip” often becomes paralysis disguised as discipline, and how central-bank tone and infrastructure constraints quietly move markets. Then The Greater Debate tackles AI’s real fault line: coordination platforms versus factory economics, memory versus price, trust versus competition. We close with a story of engineering stubbornness that shows how thinking smaller can unlock entire industries.

[00:00:00] Introduction to Wealth and Means

[00:01:19] What You Didn’t See in the News

[00:12:32] Wake Up Ready: Mapping the Week

[00:19:46] Knowledge Bomb: The Myth of 'Buy the Dip'

[00:23:45] Humor Me: The Reality of Financial Forecasts

[00:27:03] The Great(er) Debate: RIP Software Economy

[00:36:20] Let's Invent Again: Sam Williams and the Birth of Small Turbines

[00:41:24] Closing Thoughts and Reflections

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