The Singularity Log

The Old Limitations No Longer Apply

A four-part special from The Singularity Log about the price of making software, the rent built on that price, and what we can create when an idea no longer needs a business model. All four essays are available now.

1. The Price of Admission — A failed TV command, a Raspberry Pi, and the price of admission: how AI lets the idea come before the programming apprenticeship.
2. The Rentier's Last Stand — What happens to subscription moats and the kill zone when people can afford to build their own software?
3. What Happens When We Can Make Our Own? — Personal accessibility, furry sports games, handmade pieces, and useful projects that never needed a market.
4. What's Left to Build? — Cheaper experiments, uneven abundance, and a world of personal and community tools that do not need a business model.