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Connections

Each line is a relationship Brain Rot Report drew in a specific piece, in that piece's words.

• OpenAI

  Both reveal that software-first companies must eventually own their physical substrate to win

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• Canada

  The climate crisis is simultaneously an AI robustness crisis

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• The Brick

  Both products respond to the same frictionlessness anxiety but from opposite philosophical positions on where human agency should live

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Coverage

• Friction Is a Feature: Against Frictionless Everything Jul 30, 2026
• Smoke, Confusion, and the Limits of Machine Sight Jul 17, 2026
• The Chip That Ate the Cloud Jun 24, 2026
• The Solar Data Center and War's Supply Shock Mar 24, 2026