<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Politics on IDEA LABS</title><link>https://blog.nischalskanda.tech/tags/politics/</link><description>Recent content in Politics on IDEA LABS</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:19:21 +0530</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.nischalskanda.tech/tags/politics/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Loop Nobody Designed But Everyone Is Paying For</title><link>https://blog.nischalskanda.tech/posts/loop-nobody-designed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://blog.nischalskanda.tech/posts/loop-nobody-designed/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="the-product-layer-is-camouflage">The product layer is camouflage&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>People like talking about AI as if it is a product category.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Smarter search.
A better assistant.
Faster autocomplete.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>That is the layer you are supposed to see.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>But if you follow the economics of frontier AI and the politics of military spending, another picture appears.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>The consumer story is shaky. The enterprise story is still mostly experimental. The infrastructure bill is enormous. And when commercial demand cannot justify that pace of investment, the most attractive buyer left is not the average user or even the average company.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>