A viral 7,000-word Substack essay by Citrini Research founder James van Geelen sparked a sharp selloff on Wall Street by outlining a hypothetical 2028 “Global Intelligence Crisis.” The scenario imagines AI wiping out white-collar jobs, crushing software revenues, straining credit and housing markets, and triggering a deflationary economic cascade.
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Indian stock market closed in the red, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty falling up to 0.2% as Iran-US tensions simmered and rupee declined. Broader