<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:22:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@taskmaster4450/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Changing Population Within US Altering Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes we can garner an understanding by looking at the 'states within the state'. The United States has a varied economy. This is not only true across the multitude of industries but also shows up]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/changing-population-within-us-altering-economy-mniyl95na5d39cd6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/changing-population-within-us-altering-economy-mniyl95na5d39cd6</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[taskmaster4450]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdqJorCLnfauvZdwTKWtZntNNGWRpS7zcCcnD3NcXYsXqsQFtaPRjwWnHCfbcf1pdaocw5aznqo4GEjRxxmCEybKtsdPTmJbP58?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post Labor Economics - Universal High Income]]></title><description><![CDATA[Things are starting to get very interesting. We are seeing a massive shift in how productivity is derived. It is a transition that will only continue over the next 10 years. 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The old rules no longer apply.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/the-new-reality-of-money-mmuqh38531428d24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/the-new-reality-of-money-mmuqh38531428d24</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[taskmaster4450]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:54:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbeeHc7GQuREkEC9Cij6JM9qm6wURMBQ2yeV3RcjRDhtuw9TMUsiraF8xcQjFsbf77HURuKqrhQB5XTAtFWN98pDcNk2qFNvoU5u9hPjaNizKi6SJZPehgwX2rQCv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lesson of Hollywood's Demise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Something that was believed to be a nonsensical argument a few years ago is now mainstream. Hollywood is dying. To anyone paying attention, this is not news. Many metrics are supporting this fact. 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Some are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/scaling-in-the-ai-age-339</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/scaling-in-the-ai-age-339</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[taskmaster4450]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:44:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood Cooked: Marvel Writer Confirms]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are approaching 3 years since both the writers and actors unions struck. Many proclaimed the deal the unions were able to extract as a win. At that time, I claimed that Hollywood was done. Here we sit,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/hollywood-cooked-marvel-writer-confirms-5w8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@taskmaster4450/hollywood-cooked-marvel-writer-confirms-5w8</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[taskmaster4450]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLQiVwwebBgRYJAnVfEKC3AaKBnMeCtCFVG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What The SpaceX-xAI Deal Signals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The merger was valued at $1.25 trillion. There was some debt included in the deal which pulls the total down into the $1.1 trillion range. 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