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Zitron Squeeze · June 24 · 9 min

Cargo Culture

A lot of tech stories right now ask you to trust the scale before you understand the product. Billions in GPUs, endless token burn, weird hardware demos, and growth metrics that sound huge until you ask what actually got better. Cargo-cult AI spending AI token loops Financial opacity and cost shifting SaaS slowdown and monetization rot VC drift and zombie companies Product theater and founder mode The hype loop in tech media Source: Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At — Cargo Culture This podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm

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A lot of tech stories right now ask you to trust the scale before you understand the product. Billions in GPUs, endless token burn, weird hardware demos, and growth metrics that sound huge until you ask what actually got better.

  • Cargo-cult AI spending
  • AI token loops
  • Financial opacity and cost shifting
  • SaaS slowdown and monetization rot
  • VC drift and zombie companies
  • Product theater and founder mode
  • The hype loop in tech media

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