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The Great Divergence: When Policy Failure Meets Agentic Autonomy
Today's episode explores a world fracturing into parallel realities, from the abandonment of the Fed's 2% inflation target to the rise of autonomous AI agents. We analyze how geopolitical chokepoints in the Strait of Hormuz and the death of political duopolies are driving a systemic shift toward a high-volatility, K-shaped global order.
Explore the full visual digest at pers-int.com
0:00 - Introduction
1:23 - Macro Divergence: Inflation, Interest, and Inequality
9:11 - The Agentic Loop: From Chatbots to Autonomy
14:13 - Chokepoints and Conflicts: The New Geopolitics
19:40 - Fragmented Fronts: The Death of the Duopoly
23:03 - The Degenerate Economy: Prediction Markets and Crypto Law
25:42 - Conclusion
Referenced sources:
Elon's Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly, FDA for AI Panic, Trading the AI Boom (All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg)
Global Rates - And now my fears, they come to me in threes (At Any Rate)
Global Commodities An Inventory Detour (At Any Rate)
Global FX Yentervention and other FX policy stories (At Any Rate)
Daybreak Weekend US CPI, Cannes Festival, Bessent Visits Japan (Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia Edition)
Starmer Facing Wipeout, US Bombs Iran Targets, Europe's Power Shock (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Single Best Idea with Tom Keene Kevin Gordon & John Stoltzfus (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV May 8th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Reacting to the April US Jobs Report (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Political Fix Election special snap analysis (FT News Briefing)
Oil And AI Are Breaking The Middle Class Weekly Roundup (Forward Guidance)
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School (Hard Fork)
Markets Happy Hour Podcast - May 7, 2026 - When Hormuz Hath No Fury (Markets Happy Hour Podcast with Aoifinn Devitt)
Winning the Degenerate Economy with StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon (Masters in Business)
OpenAI Trial Soap Opera, ChatGPT's Stock Picks, and Remembering Ted Turner (Pivot)
Why Oil Still Runs the World - ft. Daniel Yergin (Prof G Markets)
The Week the AI Story Shifted (The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis)
Will AI help the Fed conquer inflation With Austan Goolsbee (The Economics Show)
Macro Investing In A Post-Hormuz World (The Macro Trading Floor)
Is GPT-5.5 Better Than Opus Now (ft. Our New AI Co-Host) - EP99.38 (This Day in AI Podcast)
Top of the Morning US macro FAQs to forecasts - AI adoption, Consumption, & Rates (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
Uneasy Money Who Owns Stolen Crypto The $71M Fight Testing DeFi Limits (Unchained)
Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer on Why He Believes the Clarity Act Will Pass (Unchained)
This episode is independent commentary and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the sources listed above.
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By Personalised IntelligenceToday's episode explores a world fracturing into parallel realities, from the abandonment of the Fed's 2% inflation target to the rise of autonomous AI agents. We analyze how geopolitical chokepoints in the Strait of Hormuz and the death of political duopolies are driving a systemic shift toward a high-volatility, K-shaped global order.
Explore the full visual digest at pers-int.com
0:00 - Introduction
1:23 - Macro Divergence: Inflation, Interest, and Inequality
9:11 - The Agentic Loop: From Chatbots to Autonomy
14:13 - Chokepoints and Conflicts: The New Geopolitics
19:40 - Fragmented Fronts: The Death of the Duopoly
23:03 - The Degenerate Economy: Prediction Markets and Crypto Law
25:42 - Conclusion
Referenced sources:
Elon's Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly, FDA for AI Panic, Trading the AI Boom (All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg)
Global Rates - And now my fears, they come to me in threes (At Any Rate)
Global Commodities An Inventory Detour (At Any Rate)
Global FX Yentervention and other FX policy stories (At Any Rate)
Daybreak Weekend US CPI, Cannes Festival, Bessent Visits Japan (Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia Edition)
Starmer Facing Wipeout, US Bombs Iran Targets, Europe's Power Shock (Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition)
Single Best Idea with Tom Keene Kevin Gordon & John Stoltzfus (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Bloomberg Surveillance TV May 8th, 2026 (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Reacting to the April US Jobs Report (Bloomberg Surveillance)
Political Fix Election special snap analysis (FT News Briefing)
Oil And AI Are Breaking The Middle Class Weekly Roundup (Forward Guidance)
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School (Hard Fork)
Markets Happy Hour Podcast - May 7, 2026 - When Hormuz Hath No Fury (Markets Happy Hour Podcast with Aoifinn Devitt)
Winning the Degenerate Economy with StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon (Masters in Business)
OpenAI Trial Soap Opera, ChatGPT's Stock Picks, and Remembering Ted Turner (Pivot)
Why Oil Still Runs the World - ft. Daniel Yergin (Prof G Markets)
The Week the AI Story Shifted (The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis)
Will AI help the Fed conquer inflation With Austan Goolsbee (The Economics Show)
Macro Investing In A Post-Hormuz World (The Macro Trading Floor)
Is GPT-5.5 Better Than Opus Now (ft. Our New AI Co-Host) - EP99.38 (This Day in AI Podcast)
Top of the Morning US macro FAQs to forecasts - AI adoption, Consumption, & Rates (UBS On-Air: Market Moves)
Uneasy Money Who Owns Stolen Crypto The $71M Fight Testing DeFi Limits (Unchained)
Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer on Why He Believes the Clarity Act Will Pass (Unchained)
This episode is independent commentary and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the sources listed above.