Monologue: What If I'm Right?
Better Offline29 Aug 2025

Monologue: What If I'm Right?

In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed considers what would happen if he’s right about the AI bubble bursting - and the consequences of three years of myth-peddling journalism and markets addicted to growth at all costs.

FT: Microsoft talks set to push OpenAI’s restructure into next year
https://www.ft.com/content/b81d5fb6-26e9-417a-a0cc-6b6689b70c98

Sherwood: Nvidia, the asset manager, had a massive Q2 thanks to CoreWeave’s rally
https://sherwood.news/markets/nvidia-the-asset-manager-had-a-massive-q2-thanks-to-coreweaves-rally/

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