AI Tokenmaxxing and Hypomania
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Been thinking about the whole ‘tokenmaxxing’ thing going on within companies. Couldn’t shake the feeling that it has all the symptoms of a mass hypomania. Now that ideas are churned, validated, and even built at the speed of thought, it feels there’s a huge surplus of energy that keeps competing in a rapidly changing tech landscape and fuelling this towards a full blown mania. It’s deeply alarming to even think about the downstream effects of the whole collective cementing a new baseline, forcing a cascade effect on society into a severe dissociation.

I'd love to understand HN folks thoughts here. Do you folks notice this pattern inside your orgs?

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ironmagma
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The M2 money supply has increased by roughly 48% since 2020. There are probably social consequences to this (as it would be strange if there weren't). Perhaps we are feeling the need to try every possible idea to see if that is the thing that wins the money (which is new, and does not obey the old rules).
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