The Insiders Are Bearish. The Suits Are Buying.
Perception Weekly. Week of February 16-22, 2026
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The Market Crashed 45%. The Infrastructure Didn't Notice.
Perception Weekly - February 16, 2026
Crime Coverage Spiked 271%. Here's Why.
Crime & Legal coverage jumped 271% this week, from 28 mentions to 104 across 28 outlets. That's nearly a 4x surge in a single week. It was the biggest momentum shift across every topic we track. In the 2025 EOY report we did in collaboration with Epoch VC,
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Standing on a Shrinking Island
It happened on the factory floor first. The work was physical, repetitive, measurable. Of course it would be automated. Then it happened to the back office. Computers could follow procedures better than humans and they never needed coffee breaks. Nobody was surprised and the knowledge workers watched all this from