this world view is pretty common in San Francisco, where the totality of possible economic growth includes things like “disassemble Mercury for parts”. This causes a misunderstanding with the rest of the world, who think $100 trillion is rather a lot and and about the limit of what any civilization could be up to
Ok, *now* I think we can *really* start to wonder why frontier models still haven't meaningfully accelerated economic growth. Why not?
— Theo Jaffee (@theojaffee) September 9, 2026