We all look at independence as a strength. "Oh look at Sarah and how independent she is, she doesn’t need anyone to help her financially...

My Trust Index is 7.4 this morning. I check it the way my mother used to check the weather - first thing, before coffee, before I've even spoken to anyone. It was 7.3 yesterday, so something bumped it overnight. Maybe the wellness module logged my eight hours of sleep. Maybe it's because I watched the approved documentary on renewable infrastructure last night instead of switching to one of the greylisted channels. I don't know exactly how the algorithm works. Nobody does. Th

Let me say what's actually happening right now, stripped of the marketing. The models at the top are getting genuinely more capable. The models available to ordinary people at $20 a month are being quietly degraded - shorter context, rate limits, slower responses, feature rollbacks. The best capability is being moved behind $200 and $2000 tiers. The cognitive gap between what an enterprise user can access and what a freelancer in Manchester can access is widening every quarte