Show Notes
Karen Hao's Empire of AI argues that AI isn't a neutral tool but a sprawling empire. We break down the ghost work, the feudalism, and the resistance already happening.
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Terry Eagleton thinks we've been asking the meaning of life question all wrong. Here's the fix, and why love is the model.
Michelle Brody's armor metaphor hit us harder than expected. We talk perfectionism, people-pleasing, and why the walls that protect us also keep out the people we love.
Peter Singer asks why we'd save a drowning kid in a pond but not the one dying of malaria far away. We talk about the suit, the stats, and the sliding scale of giving. It's unsettling in the best way.
One man turned a huge chunk of Africa into his private rubber plantation, and the world looked away for decades. Then a shipping clerk noticed something in the manifests and refused to shut up.
We dig into Bezos's collected letters and speeches and find a surprisingly philosophical playbook for staying curious, taking big risks, and refusing to let success make you soft.