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Executive Summary: The Structural Trap The Premise: We are entering a “Jobless Recovery” fueled by a forcing function we’ve seen thrice before: an economic contraction that permanently replaces routine labor with the technology of the previous boom. The Pattern: * The 88% Rule: Since the mid-1980s, nearly all routine
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The Pattern is the Point Welcome to Fire in the Cave. If you’re here, you likely feel that the “official” version of reality—the headlines, the job market reports, the corporate AI hype—doesn’t quite match the ground-level reality you’re experiencing. I’m David Howe. For
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