Four Observations on AI and Capitalism — isomorphous.design
March 11, 2026
These four pieces form a single argument, read in sequence. Each observation builds on the last, moving from diagnosis to possibility.
We imagine technological change but not economic change. The technology is new. The economics are Victorian. This is a failure of imagination we’ve chosen not to notice.
The production work compressed. What remains is thinking. Sensemaking labour has always existed, but it was buried in deliverable production time. Now it’s exposed — for better and worse.
AI promises abundance but business models manufacture scarcity. The marginal cost approaches zero. The price does not. The gap is where capital accumulates.
This series of 4 short provocations should be recommended reading. So I’m recommending you read them. Each contains what could be several essays in their own right.
