We explore how new tools like Snipd and AI chat bots promise frictionless access to knowledge, but may be trading comprehension for convenience. Along the way: the slow death of the open web, the rise of moral disgust with AI-generated culture, and the parallel media worlds being built by tech and alternative voices. At the center of it all is a question: are we getting smarter, or just better at pretending we are?
Chapters:
00:00 Open
00:35 Intro
05:12 Welcome
08:30 Quick Hits: Google Traffic
15:43 Processing Information
37:27 Moral Disgust With AI
46:44 Parallel Media Worlds
54:42 Outro
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