Elon described the near future as a “supersonic tsunami”: a wave moving so fast and so large that by the time you hear it coming, it has already broken over you. The phrase stuck with me. So let me lay it out in detail, with the actual numbers, because I don’t think most people have any real sense of what the next 60 months hold. Buckle up. Start with the price of intelligence, because it is collapsing faster than anything in the history of technology. According to the Stanford AI Index, the cost of tokens dropped 280x collapse in 24 months. For frontier models, the price has been dropping about 10x every single year, from $20 to about $0.40 per million tokens. Not 10% cheaper. Ten times cheaper, annually.
Wednesday, July 01, 2026
Re-educating graduates for the competitive job market - Amber Wang, University World News
As another record number of university graduates enter China’s job market this month, authorities are increasingly encouraging both students and unemployed graduates to be “re-educated” through vocational and skills-based training. Across China, cities and provinces are offering “technician class” programmes aimed at improving employment outcomes among young people. With strong backing from local governments, initiatives typically combine vocational education with internships and job placement opportunities in strategic industries. Local authorities in Beijing, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Anhui, together with vocational institutions, have recently launched a range of full-time training programmes as well as shorter subsidised skills courses.
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