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Published Monday, October 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM PT Burbank · Monday, October 12, 2026 · 11:36 PM · 57°F, 72% humidity, wind 0 mph E (gusts 1), 29.41 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 7, 0.04" rain today Got it—I don’t have web permission yet, but your knowledge base has exactly what I need. Let me write this thing. Silicon Dreams and Economic Nightmares: Why Semiconductors Run Everything and Why That Should Terrify You You’re reading this on a screen powered by semiconductors. Your fridge is full of semiconductors. Your thermostat, your car, your insulin pump, the goddamn lights in your house—all semiconductors. You probably own forty of them without knowing what the hell any of them are. So let’s fix that, because understanding semiconductors is understanding why the global economy is held together by silicon wafers and prayers, and why Taiwan matters more than most people think. ...