The internet is only half built. We digitalized communication. We never digitalized value. The movement of money, ownership, and complex work is still buried in paper, middlemen, and 60-day closing processes. That is the problem Matthew Le Merle (@mlemerle) laid out when he joined me on the podcast. He is a venture investor who has watched major infrastructure shifts unfold for decades. 👉 His read: we are about halfway into the autonomous digital economy, where blockchain, AI, and agents converge into a single system. The second half moves faster than the first. Real example: Buying a $250,000 home costs Americans an average of $20,000 in pure friction. 10% of the asset. Gone. Every time you buy or sell. Tokenize the proof of ownership, and that 60-day close becomes five days. That $20,000 cost drops toward $2,000. That is not a pitch deck. That is math. ...and agents? Cloudflare just confirmed machines now drive over half of all internet traffic. The agents are not coming. They are here. The leaders who win are not the ones who understand the code. They are the ones who put it to work while everyone else is still debating whether it is real. "You don't necessarily need to change anything this year. But I wouldn't wait five years." Stop waiting to understand the plumbing. Start experimenting. Full essay: ryanhanley.com/essays/how-th… Fear is a strategy for losers. Experiment now or watch someone else eat your margins.