Part 1 of 3: The old world is dead, and nobody has mourned it yet.
What if the promise of ever-cheaper digital technology were coming to an end? Component shortages, dependence on scarce resources, the soaring energy consumption of data centres… the signals are piling up and reveal a profound transformation of the digital economy.
This phenomenon is not just about rising costs. It marks a turning point: technology is becoming a strategic resource, constrained and contested. A shift that is already forcing us to rethink our technological and industrial models.
Welcome to the age of techflation.
Find the full transcript of this episode, along with all the sources and plenty more, at: Techflation, the silent collapse of the digital economy (Part 1/3)
