Was the Middle an Anomaly?
On the power law, and what stays scarce when intelligence is free
I. The Rhyme
Start with the feed. Yours is tuned to you personally: one of a billion bespoke editions, trained on everything you have ever paused on, clicked on or have been sent. Now ask the person next to you what theirs showed them today. The same clip. The same three posts. The same argument about the same story. A billion private channels, one broadcast.