Citrini — The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis

A short note on Citrini Research’s viral blog post “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis,” which briefly rattled markets and triggered a sell-off in software, tech, and payments stocks (Dow fell ~1.7%, S&P 500 ~1%). It’s a well-written doomer scenario on the post-AI job market — white-collar displacement → collapsing middle-class consumption → deflationary spiral by 2028 — and while the prose is solid and the logic sounds compelling, it rests on several flawed economic assumptions that only hold up if you’re not deep in labor economics, productivity dynamics, or macro feedback loops. Sources: tweet, blog post