The "Messy Middle" - by Molly Kinder
Why the years between today and post-AGI abundance will be the hardest political and economic problem of our generation, and why we can’t skip past them
The "Messy Middle" Why the years between today and post-AGI abundance will be the hardest political and economic problem of our generation, and why we can’t skip past them Molly Kinder May 07, 2026 801 61 181 Share Adapted from a memo I sent to Dwarkesh Patel. In the last few weeks, I have talked with two people whose lives are leading indicators of where the American economy could be heading. One was a senior USAID official, nearly fifty, suddenly unemployed after her agency was demolished, looking at a sixty percent pay cut to start over as a teacher. The other was a sixty-something semicond
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