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The Rise Of AI Slop Propaganda
We used to call it “fake news.” Now it’s AI slop.A digital slurry of half-truths, deepfakes and dopamine. Videos engineered
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The Age Of The Artificial Celebrity
We’ve entered the “believe nothing” phase. You’ve seen the clips.Martin Luther King Jr. delivering a speech he never gave.Robin
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Your Face Is The Next Platform
The face is becoming a platform. Not a product category… a battleground for presence, privacy and persuasion.We moved computing from
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What Can Stop The Brain Rot?
Let’s not bury the lede… it’s reading books. We don’t talk enough about what books do to the brain.Not what
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Dynamic Pricing Is Dynamically Breaking Us
Remember when prices were… the price? A ticket cost $40. A carton of milk was $2.49. A hardcover book was
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Ambient Disassociation – The Social Media Collapse?
Maybe this is it? Maybe these are the last days of social media. Not because people are logging off in protest. Not
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When Value Becomes A Trillion
Elon Musk might be on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. But the headline isn’t the number.The real story
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The Real Test Of AI Is The Human One
Every new invention looks obvious in hindsight. Electricity… the printing press… the internet.But at the time? Few really knew what
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AI Can Make Smart People Smarter (And Everyone Else Sloppier)
Every new technology sparks similar fears… It’s making us dumber… It’s making us lazier… It’s making us weaker… Television will
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Culture Rot In The Age Of Screens
We used to worry that smartphones were melting our attention spans. Turns out the bigger story may be how they’re
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When Dating Turns Into A Star Rating
Should we rate the people we date like we do with Uber drivers? Because we are.Like restaurants.Like gadgets we buy
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AI Slop Is Eating The Internet (And You’re Eating It Too)
There was a time when “content” felt like a generous word. A beautiful essay shared to the world… a well-edited
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TikTalk – Welcome To The Algorithm’s Accent
We used to create content to be understood. Now, more often than not, we create for more clicks.It starts small…
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The Rise Of Agentic AI
For a while now, we’ve treated AI like a tool. A clever one… a fast one… often an annoying one.But
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The Four Trillion Dollar Question
When a company becomes worth $4 trillion, we should all pause. Not because it’s a nice round number.Because that number
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The AI Intimacy Illusion
There’s a story making the rounds. A man in Idaho says that ChatGPT sparked a spiritual awakening. He’s named it
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Polished, Clear And Soulless – The New AI Writers
There’s something eerie about the way we write now. It’s clear… it’s tidy… it’s too clear… it’s too tidy.And yet…
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The Art Of Showing Up In The Age Of Infinite Content
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a podcast. One episode… every week… rain or shine.No viral stunts… no growth hacks…
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Why Teens Are Turning To AI for Therapy… And Why That Should Scare Us
We’re told kids these days don’t want to talk. That they scroll instead of share, text instead of talk and
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Caring Machines… Absent Humans
When it comes to AI, we’re entering strange new dimensions of ethics and emotion… the kind where legislation starts to
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