Fantastic essay, a lot of food for thought. I take that tokenization is very distinct from a semiotic framework and for sure, AI-first companies will be better positioned to reap the benefits from AI and may become "superstar firms" on their own. Just how deep this will transform the economy overall however remains to be seen though. A historical analogy could be that the industrial revolution also "tokenized" labour (e.g. the production of textiles) and this eventually created a whole new economic system and also modern democracies, so the impact of this transformation was huge!
Fantastic essay, a lot of food for thought. I take that tokenization is very distinct from a semiotic framework and for sure, AI-first companies will be better positioned to reap the benefits from AI and may become "superstar firms" on their own. Just how deep this will transform the economy overall however remains to be seen though. A historical analogy could be that the industrial revolution also "tokenized" labour (e.g. the production of textiles) and this eventually created a whole new economic system and also modern democracies, so the impact of this transformation was huge!
Yes, there is something about how technology "chunks" the world that can have significant impact I think. The underestimated science of mereology!