"Some venture-capital narratives about future AI returns have taken the structure of apocalyptic prophecy, promising a transformative event that resolves present economic contradictions."
Manidis explicitly compares modern venture-capital exit narratives to millenarianism, religious deliverance and the Rapture. In his analysis, anticipated breakthroughs such as AGI can become explanations for why present valuations will eventually be justified, making this a particularly close parallel to the chapter's Eschaton metaphor.
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