Inference capital is rented cognition. My suggestion is that exporting it is taking over from finance capital as the leading edge of imperial control - the highest stage of the algorithm, if you'll forgive me for borrowing from Lenin.
How the word moved
I floated it in April 2026 in the cognitive imperialism essay and restated it in Cognitive Sovereignty in May.
In my words
"the transition from the export of finance capital to the export of inference capital."
from Cognitive Sovereignty, 7 May 2026
Related
- Inherited from Hobson and Lenin - I extend their stages of imperialism by one.
- Related Cognitive Imperialism - inference capital is its engine.