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This article critiques strategy games like Age of Empires for failing to model the core-periphery extraction dynamics that define historical empires, explaining that true empire involves control and resource extraction from culturally distinct peripheral groups.
The article critiques the narrative of tech executives like Sam Altman and Elon Musk about AI leading to shorter workweeks and UBI, arguing that automation destroys the customer base needed for AI services, and draws historical parallels to indentured labor and the creation of the working consumer.