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Category: AI

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  PIG IRON: The Great Transformation

  In which we explain how Polanyi shows that the regulating mechanisms of capitalism are constructed not inevitable.

  July 13, 2026
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  PIG IRON 7: Learning to Think

  Essays in Political Economy: In Which we Set Out the Framework for Learning to Think

  May 28, 2026
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  PIG IRON: Capital is Forcing Labour To Go On Strike

  Essays in Dignity and Political Economy: In Which we Explore AI and the Demand Deficit Contradiction

  May 27, 2026
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  The Stochastic Parrot and the Armchair Progressive

  On AI, the commodification of thought, and why the machine that embodies the problem might also illuminate the argument.

  May 13, 2026
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  On How This Works

  A note on methodology aka a shout out to Claude.

  April 20, 2026