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The issue makes an argument about records. It would be poor form to publish that without one. Every statistic in Issue No. 01 is listed here with the body that produced it, so you can go to the original rather than take our word for it.
Anilox volume and wear thresholds
- Volume-loss and resurfacing thresholds Manufacturer and refurbisher published guidance · Pamarco, ARC International, Aalberts Surface Technologies, Harper Corporation of America, Apex International. Thresholds in the issue are attributed to the supplier that published them, by name, because they do not agree with one another.
Workforce and the retirement cliff
- Manufacturing roles projected unfilled through 2033 Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, 2024 · of 3.8 million roles needed through 2033, roughly half may go unfilled.
- Printing workforce age distribution Graphic Communications Workforce Coalition survey · 36 percent of the industry workforce aged 51 to 60 as far back as 2016.
- Regional employment projections Oregon Employment Department, citing federal projections.
- Roles created against roles displaced by 2030 World Economic Forum with Indeed's Hiring Lab · 170 million created against 92 million displaced, a net gain of 78 million; assessment of more than 2,800 skills.
Automation, judgment and the human in the loop
- Consultant performance with and without AI assistance Dell'Acqua, McFowland, Mollick, Lifshitz-Assaf, Kellogg, Rajendran, Krayer, Candelon and Lakhani · Harvard Business School, Wharton, MIT Sloan and Boston Consulting Group · 758 consultants · fieldwork 2023, published 2026. Cited in the issue as 2023/2026.
- The irony of automation Bainbridge, L. (1983), "Ironies of Automation," Automatica · automating the easy parts makes the operator's remaining judgment more critical, not less.
- Machine-alone versus machine-plus-clinician performance Journal of Clinical Medicine · comparison across brain scans and multiple organizations, including false-alarm rates.
- Contract review, machine versus practitioner Stanford CodeX with TermScout.
Data, records and cost
- Cost of a data breach IBM and Ponemon Institute · 604 organizations · 2024.
- Digital employee experience and lost time Gartner, with Nexthink.
- Consumer protection and data practices United States Federal Trade Commission.
- Productivity and operational improvement estimates McKinsey & Company.
One of the four numbers carrying the argument runs against our own case. It is in the issue on purpose, and it is sourced here like all the others.
Corrections
- 29 September 2026 · folio 23, The Foundation
- Two descriptions of the founder's early software work were changed. The system he rebuilt as a teenager was described as an open-world MMO RPG; it is zone-based, so the word was removed. The same pages said he had taken over that system, which implies a handover that did not happen; it now reads that he rebuilt it. The claim being made is unchanged: he rebuilt it, self-taught, before he could drive.
- 29 September 2026 · folio 09, The Receipts
- The source credit on the consultant study read "2023, published 2026" and now reads "2023/2026", with the full citation on this page. Fieldwork year and publication year are both unchanged.
- 29 September 2026 · folio 13, Coexistence
- One word set in British spelling, "favourites", corrected to "favorites". No change of meaning.
The printed first run of Issue No. 01 carries the earlier wording on folios 09 and 23. The digital edition on this site is the corrected one.
If a figure is wrong, tell me and the correction is published on this page with the date it was made. We do not quietly edit anything. Correction beats agreement, and silence beats neither.
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