People vs Algorithms

Uncovering patterns of change in media, culture, and technology, each week media veterans Brian Morr

Episodes

Total: 122

Troy, Alex and Brian discuss differentiation or uniqueness and what it means as the algorithmic age

In this episode we discuss the virtues and misuses of optimism. We dig into how optimism gets applie

How we make decisions

2023/1/26

This week we’re talking about decisions: how to make them, when they go wrong, and the tough decisio

We're still in January so we thought we might as well slip in a late predictions episode. Everyone c

Brian's fresh off CES, where he saw no robots at all but definitely got a coffee behind a guy just w

Death of the Link

2023/1/6

This week, we consider whether we’re on the cusp of the end of the link era. The web was built on li

The 2023 Expectation Reset

2022/12/23

The end of calendar years tend to be times for resets. We like to use them as an excuse for a fresh

We’re closing out the year with a series of conversations that look at the trends that will define t

People vs AI

2022/12/9

Thanks to AI, 2023 will likely be the year when we fall in love again with the magic that can b

This week, Troy, Alex and Brian discuss the fate of the open web through the lens of building sustai

In this week's episode, Troy, Brian and Alex examine why we seem to be more susceptible to cults tha

Between the collapse of FTX and the endless chaos and drama at Elon Musk's Twitter, this wasn’t a gr

Transitional Times

2022/11/5

We live in a period of transitions. These periods are only clear in retrospect, of course. But much

Catastrophism and media

2022/10/27

This week we discuss what's making everyone feel so pessimistic. Plus Lex, Ye, the Coffee Lady, TikT

Is AI coming for your job?

2022/10/21

This week, we are talking about the future of work, but not the way it is usually discussed these da

Big topic this week. Troy and Brian discuss AR/VR, AI art, and the many other ways humans are being

Ephemeral media

2022/10/10

This week we tackle everything from the fate of Twitter under Elon Musk; how you build brands in a m

We are in a strange time for the media business. There is a consensus that having a loyal audience h

RIP Long Tail

2022/9/24

When media becomes more niche, institutional brands suffer. What used to be thought of as the long t

Is media better now?

2022/9/20

Today, Brian and Troy discuss whether media is better or not today? It's definitely different and th