Equation 24 · When Generation Becomes Free, Attention Becomes the Scarce Good
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First: through 2030, institutional demand should shift measurably from artifact-quality signals toward identity-and-liability signals — verified identity, named accountability, staked bonds, insurable warranties. This is disconfirmed if hiring, procurement and publication processes continue to weight artifact inspection as heavily as they did in the early 2020s, or if an automated verifier with independently audited accuracy makes artifact inspection cheap again, which would push down and remove the pressure.
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