Archive - People vs Algorithms

First Principle Mythologizing

Plus... the new look of Miami real estate, Hollywood in charts, death of introspection.

20 hrs ago • Troy Young

First Principles Meet the Real World

Silicon Valley's "first principle thinkers" claim AI will push the cost of intelligence to zero and cook the entire laptop class.

Mar 20 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer, and Blake Saunders

1:23:27

Chinese Nostradamus and Other Weekly Media Curiosities

Plus, dictate your way to greatness.

Mar 13 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

Systems Are King

The old media mantra was "content is king,” but in the Information Space systems are in charge.

Mar 13 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Blake Saunders

1:09:10

How To Make $600 Million

Also... how to eat a burger, 90s nostalgia, the "Taste Guy", teens don't hate AI.

Mar 6 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

Hating the Player and the Game

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is doing Sam Altman things by sneaking in to win a Pentagon deal after Anthropic’s Dario Amodei stood his ground.

Mar 6 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer, and Blake Saunders

59:09

February 2026

The Triumph of Narrative

Moving minds and markets.

Feb 27 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

The AI Reckoning

The gap between AI maximalists and The Rest of Us has grown into a chasm.

Feb 27 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Blake Saunders

1:07:21

Best/Worst of Times

This week, Brian, Troy, and AB dig into the paradox that by every economic metric things look fine, but something feels off.

Feb 20 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Blake Saunders

1:04:33

If Everything Is So Good, Why Does Everything Feel So Bad?

Maybe the data is capturing the wrong things.

Feb 20 • Brian Morrissey and Troy Young

Work Is Not Optional

More reasons for American gloom.

Feb 13 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Alex Schleifer

Something big is (probably) happening

Feb 13 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Alex Schleifer

1:00:50

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