Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
Divergent Economics — Vijay Kumar
A fortnightly analysis of AI, trust, labour, and operating economics, grounded in business experience and first-party numbers.
- For
- Readers evaluating AI inside transaction-heavy businesses
- Worth noticing
- The archive includes six dated entries spanning AI adoption, trust economics, labour, measurement, and operating constraints.
Field notes
The publication organizes its archive around six recurring accounts, including trust economics, emerging markets, unit economics, AI and labour, measurement, and method. Its examples stay close to operating detail: one entry examines an 18-megabyte Excel model behind rent and renovation reporting for a large US residential property portfolio, while another studies 1,563 firms across 83 countries. The homepage also separates sourced industry figures from the author's own stated operating data.
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