Leverage arbitrage

Tushar Dadlani talking about the growing gap between how fast some actors can change the world and how fast others can respond to those changes.

…we’re experiencing massive “leverage arbitrage” where actors with higher-order leverage can extract value from systems faster than actors with lower-order leverage can maintain those systems. Google’s compensation revolution didn’t just raise tech salaries—it systematically destroyed entrepreneurial ecosystems globally by making employment more attractive than company-building. Social media platforms don’t just connect people—they reshape democratic discourse faster than democratic institutions can adapt. AI systems aren’t just tools—they’re deployed faster than we can develop frameworks for understanding their social implications.

And this arbitrage is making us perpetual junior programmers.