FIELD NOTES.
The weekday brief moves fast. These don't. Long-form, evergreen reporting on how to read the automation economy — for workers, operators, and the people writing the checks.
- FIELD NOTE No. 001 · READING THE TAPE · 6 MIN READ
HOW TO READ AN AUTOMATION ANNOUNCEMENT
Every press release about robots, AI copilots, or 'efficiency transitions' follows the same template. Here is the one you can use to translate any of them back into dollars, headcount, and shift schedules.
READ FIELD NOTE → - FIELD NOTE No. 002 · WORKERS LEFT LOOKING · 7 MIN READ
CAREER MOVES WHEN THE MACHINE SHOWS UP
Practical, unsentimental advice for anyone watching automation arrive on their floor, in their office, or on their route. No retraining-voucher fairy tales.
READ FIELD NOTE → - FIELD NOTE No. 003 · POLICY & PRACTICE · 8 MIN READ
WHAT A FAIR AUTOMATION TRANSITION ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
We have decades of data on plant closures, offshoring, and trade shocks. The transitions that worked share five specific features. Most automation rollouts have none of them.
READ FIELD NOTE → - FIELD NOTE No. 004 · WHO GETS PAID · 6 MIN READ
THE FIVE NUMBERS EVERY AUTOMATION INVESTOR SHOULD TRACK
If you are putting capital behind humanoids, robotaxis, warehouse automation, or enterprise AI, these are the unit economics that separate a real platform from a press cycle.
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