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Articles, podcasts, talks, and interviews
2026
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ENTROPY (2027) - FIRST AI AGENTIC JAPANESE ANIME
THIS ENTIRE PROJECT WAS AI (Voice, Music, Animation) and orchestrated by humans (scripts, music choice, and post-production). First full length trailer reminiscent of Newgrounds days when people just…
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Using Claude's Routines + Claude Code to Agentically update your sites
@thoughtfulappco presents a new video on how to use claude code and claude's routines (trigger based prompts) to use claude code to make it so you never have to update your blog or content sites just…
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Creating Ads Using HeyGen + Eleven Labs
Unlock the secrets of AI-generated content creation! In this video, we explore how to effectively use AI tools to enhance your creative projects. Key takeaways: * Understanding HeyGen and its…
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Humans Only (IV): Literal Brainrot
Episode IV explores how social media and short-form content reshape our brains, social bonds, and mental health — drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and cultural history to confront brain rot and make the case for genuine connection.
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Context: The Next Services Soft Skill
Why context — reading the room, understanding intent, situating problems in their environment — is becoming the defining soft skill in services work.
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WOULD YOU PAY TO GET HIRED? FOR A JOB?
What is the most you'd pay for a job? A look at pay-to-play hiring services and reverse headhunting, the white-collar gap between junior and senior workers, and how the acceleration of LLMs may be shifting the market for younger workers.
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Thoughtful App Co. | Apps for Humans
Thoughtful App Co. has officially launched in alpha/beta. Create an account and try Tempo for guidance, motivation and activity tracking, and Tenure for job search, self-discovery and client reviews. Braingate is on the way.
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The Death of FEDCLM: 5 Reasons Why
Five reasons why federal contract lifecycle management (FEDCLM) as a category is fading — and what should replace it.
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KARMAMOGGING BIG TECH: the history of attention exploitation!
A karma mog of the big tech industry since the 1800s, explaining the history of attention exploitation, online advertising, and digital wellbeing.
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STOP following celebrities who don't know you exist, call your {actual person} instead
Time spent ogling a model or watching what an influencer said is an hour you could spend reaching out to an old friend. Don't let weak ties and parasocial relationships dredge over your reality. Find real connection today.
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Loneliness is like smoking 15 cigerettes a day
Social media and its alienating effects can be dangerous. Studies have found those who are lonely have a 50% increase in mortality rate versus those in community — equivalent to the increased mortality of smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
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Language is evolutionary technology and social media inverts that in a negative way
Over aeons we've gradually invented the technology of language. Robin Dunbar states it was a gradual movement to expand our capacity to groom each other and build community. Social media subverts that social dynamic but never meets our true need.
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The Attention Economy
A deep dive on the events of the past that brought us the current viral form of ingesting information — short-form video — taking a ride through the history of the attention economy, how we got here, and where we might be going.
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Erikk Shupp on the Corruptions of the Attention Economy
Explore the impact of subscription dominance and user value extraction. Takeaways: subscription services dominate markets, users allow extraction of value, and dominant market makers enshittify the product to extract increased revenue.
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The Currency Of the New World
The attention economy, as coined by Michael Goldhaber and discussed by Herbert Simon and Tim Wu, has become a dominant force in the digital age. This episode delves into its historical context and theoretical underpinnings.
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The Explosive Growth of the Digital Ad Market
The conversation explores the rapid growth of the digital ad market, with projections indicating significant expansion by 2034 — trillions of dollars for ads in cyberspace.
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TikTok's Algorithm Shift and the Future of Digital Ads
Delve into the evolution of TikTok's algorithm, highlighting the emergence of AI-first attention engineering and the enhanced engagement monitoring in the platform's algorithm.
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The Dark Arts of Dark Pattern UX and Human-First App Design
A deep look at the evil arts in user experience: dark patterns in app design, variable rewards and threat signaling, attention depletion and social comparison, and how user autonomy is violated through deceptive design.
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