When autonomous agents can't store all history, selective forgetting prevents long-horizon drift. Research commentary on memory architecture — why 'what to drop' is harder than 'what to keep'.
A JPE 2026 paper using 50 countries over 20 years finds AI capital cuts labor's income share by 4.2 points since 2010, shifting returns to capital—especially in the US and China.
Top journal QJE finds aggregate employment stable while middle-skill roles shrink fastest. A temple analogy: AI bookkeeping replaces the registrar monk demand rises for the abbot and the novice.