// tech briefs
Punk Science: Tech Briefs.
A series of papers researched and generated with the help of AI that aim to enlighten and inform on questions about interesting new technology. Each brief is built verification-first — every factual sentence traced to a fetched, quoted source, and contradictions preserved rather than averaged.
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Brief 03
Will AI Create More Jobs Than It Destroys?
Four independent datasets and the industry’s own research agree: no measurable net job destruction from AI, and no measurable net creation either. What has moved is who gets hired.
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Brief 02
Game Engines for Indies: Cost & Capability in 2026
Unity, Godot, Unreal — plus GameMaker, Bevy and Defold — on what they cost and what they can do, for a studio shipping to Steam, console, or mobile.
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Brief 01
Nostr as a Foundation for Social Media
A grounded, citation-grade read on whether the Nostr protocol actually works as social media — a sound identity layer, but unproven as a network.