Edition No. 68 · Sat 29 Aug 2026 · Story 11 of 27

Autonomy and Innovation

Stratechery

Ben Thompson argues autonomy is worth more to whoever is allowed to fail, making agents more useful for attacking infrastructure than defending it.

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