Archive - People vs Algorithms

The Great Emancipator

AI might be the only thing capable of saving our humanity from the smartphone.

13 hrs ago • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

AI is less popular than ICE and getting booed at college graduations.

13 hrs ago • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer, and Blake Saunders

1:10:01

The Most Powerful Song In the World

One track summons a sonic army.

May 8 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

Monkey Business

Tech companies continue to cut people and message that they're building AI-native organizations.

May 8 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer, and Blake Saunders

1:02:33

Is someone messing with time? Or is it just me?

May 1 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

The Clipping Economy

Paid clippers, algorithmic floods, and Netflix going vertical

May 1 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Alex Schleifer

1:05:52

April 2026

How to live with them.

Apr 24 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

Spooning the Gravy

Troy’s vibe coding project has moved into high gear, as institutional and personal memory becomes the point of leverage with media’s ultimate goal…

Apr 24 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, Alex Schleifer, and Blake Saunders

1:15:35

This Human in the Loop

The beating heart of a media brand.

Apr 17 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

Humans in the Loop

Troy unveils his vibe-coded media system that produces a daily briefing based on his entire media diet, underpinned with a memory layer that acts as a…

Apr 17 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Alex Schleifer

1:06:27

The Inspiration Economy

All that remains.

Apr 10 • Troy Young and Brian Morrissey

The Great Media Reorientation

Traffic is out, audience focus is in.

Apr 10 • Troy Young, Brian Morrissey, and Blake Saunders

1:13:48

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