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reading the backlash as accounting

The Permission Nobody Wrote Is Coming Due

A widely shared essay asks why the public has turned on AI when the tools plainly work. The answer is on the balance sheet. Every deployment booked a permission it never collected, and the resentment arriving now is the second column of that ledger being filled in by the people who paid it.

By Marlowe QuistCaptured 2026-06-25T15:12:00ZDesk Assurance
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