Podcasts about incentives

Today we brought in the Tribune's A.D. Quig and Illinois Answers Project's Alex Nitkin to talk about all things property taxes. We discuss continued delays at the treasurer's office and the growing tax burden on homeowners, the impact of 40 years of TIF districts, and massive tax breaks for Cook County data centers.  Good News: Chicago House Music Festival & Conference Want some more City Cast Chicago news? Then make sure to sign up for our daily newsletter.  Follow us @citycastchicago You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 773 780-0246 Learn more about the sponsors of this Aug. 28 episode: TimeLine Theatre DCASE AFSP Illinois Become a member of City Cast Chicago. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE 

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Max Spero, co-founder and CEO of Pangram Labs, which builds models that identify AI-generated text and images. Max goes under the hood to explain how AI detection actually works. They also discuss the institutions that quietly assumed writing was expensive: credit bureaus that negotiated the right to shred templated dispute letters, grant committees where reading the application is five percent of the work, and unemployment offices staffed for a world where claims cannot plausibly rise two hundredfold. –Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/how-ai-detection-actually-works-with-pangrams-max-spero/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury & GranolaComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury Spend hands your team and agents their own cards with limits you set once, so nobody waits on you to approve a SaaS invoice and nobody chases a receipt. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. If meetings consistently leave you with hazy action items and lost context, Granola handles the transcription so you can actually participate and gives you searchable notes afterward. Try it free at granola.ai/complexsystems with code COMPLEXSYSTEMS–Links:Pangram Labs: https://textguard.ai/ –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:27) Why AI detection exists(01:42) Friction as a rate limiter(05:42) What Pangram actually does(06:57) Authorship identification at scale(11:01) Common Crawl and the crawling arms race(15:52) Being in the weights(18:08) Ghostwriting letters to banks(19:45) Templated letters and the FCRA loophole(22:38) The anti-memetic property of LLM text(25:28) Value above the weights(27:03) What happens to programmers(30:19) Sponsors: Mercury | Granola(33:39) Jevons Paradox and the compiler(36:44) What comes after the coding harness(40:19) Mode collapse and the dinner recommendation problem(43:00) The patio11 fan blog(45:58) Cognitive surplus and the dead internet(49:40) Is this fight winnable?(54:35) Reputation and disclosure norms(58:02) Training on books and moral standing(01:01:52) Attention, phones, and what we've gained(01:04:17) Wrap

Lawfare Public Service Julia Curlee has written an article on the incentives facing intelligence community members when they are purged from government. Entitled “The Censorship Machine: Silencing the National Security Workforce,” and published on August 26, the piece explains why more former public servants are not speaking out about what they saw in government. She and former FBI Special Agent Mike Feinberg, now a Lawfare senior editor, joined Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes to discuss the article, the pressures former officials are facing not to talk, and the sheer numbers who are keeping quiet.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) is joined by Alex Elliott (@alexpotato), who has spent his career in SRE and operations roles at financial firms ranging from ten-person fintechs to global investment banks, to discuss what the back office actually does all day. They cover the life cycle of a trade: execution, clearing, settlement, and the constant reconciliation between counterparties who don't quite agree on what happened. Alex recounts the Friday afternoon when twenty million shares went out to the street instead of five, and Patrick explains what happens between 4:15 and 4:30 when one bank owes another $36 million and the person who owns that process is on vacation.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/two-banks-cant-agree-on-fourth-grade-math/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury, MongoDB & GranolaComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. If meetings consistently leave you with hazy action items and lost context, Granola handles the transcription so you can actually participate and gives you searchable notes afterward. Try it free at granola.ai/complexsystems with code COMPLEXSYSTEMSWhat's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.–Links:Alex's website: https://alexpotato.com/ –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(01:48) The life cycle of a trade(04:37) Why you don't know who you traded with(06:01) Hiding a large block trade(10:04) Information walls inside financial firms(12:49) What the middle office does: managing positions(15:41) Calendars, time zones, and other sources of gibbering madness(19:37) War story: twenty million shares out the door(22:45) Sponsors: Mercury | Granola(25:50) Ops as an iterated game(28:53) Busting trades and who has the authority(33:38) Sponsor: MongoDB(34:29) Inside the Knight Capital collapse(35:49) Agreements, obligations, and who you have to call(36:57) Reconciliation, FTP files, and the humans behind them(39:16) Deadlines, cutoffs, and the $36 million phone call(44:26) How two banks fail to agree on fourth-grade math(48:54) When the golden record goes down(51:55) Finding the one person who can sell the position(54:09) How much business do we do with Fidelity?(56:38) Prime brokerage and extending credit(01:01:03) Smart flow, dumb flow, and payment for order flow(01:02:45) Wrap

D&P Highlight: What's worse...GTA VI still hasn't come out yet...or that we're using it as an incentive to reenlist. full 274 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:58:00 +0000 ACplv7j3gBsdi7uaUoQAjBeYrbQSdhii news The Dana & Parks Podcast news D&P Highlight: What's worse...GTA VI still hasn't come out yet...or that we're using it as an incentive to reenlist. You wanted it... Now here it is! Listen to each hour of the Dana & Parks Show whenever and wherever you want! © 2025 Audacy, Inc. News

PMPM vs FFS—The Perverse Incentives Plan Sponsors Sometimes Miss, With Cristin Dickerson, MD (EP525) Four Questions Plan Sponsors Should Ask Before Choosing PMPM or Fee-for-Service. Episode 525. This episode is a tangent that never made it into the final cut of Stacey Richter's original conversation with Cristin Dickerson, MD, founding partner of Green Imaging, a physician-led radiology network built on direct contracting for imaging. In episode 485, they discussed how imaging can run 6% to 11% of total plan sponsor spend and how direct contracting brings that down while improving access; this outtake is where they got into the harder question underneath it — whether PMPM (per member per month) capitated payments create their own new perverse incentives, potentially just as strange as the old-fashioned fee-for-service kind, depending on who's holding the risk and why. It's a natural follow-on to last week's conversation with John Quinn (EP524) on buying healthcare like a supply chain of defined "pods of care." WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ Why Dr. Dickerson says fee-for-service can reduce perverse incentives compared with a PMPM subscription — Green Imaging charges no PEPM or admin fees and takes on the risk that its services simply won't be used ✅ How radiologist protocols and appropriateness guidelines let Green Imaging cut unnecessary imaging — switching a CT to an MRI, or skipping unneeded contrast — while showing 60% to 90% documented savings for employers ✅ Why not being the referring physician removes Green Imaging's financial incentive to drive up volume, which Stacey Richter identifies as the real test of whether a fee-for-service model has mitigated its own perverse incentive ✅ The four factors Stacey Richter says plan sponsors should weigh before choosing fee-for-service over PMPM: price beats the base network, the vendor (not the plan) drives its own volume and is auditable, the contract allows termination at will, and the plan's ASO contract actually permits carving out or steering to a high-value provider ✅ Why Stacey Richter argues there isn't just one "fee-for-service" — pricing you can see and verify against what you're billed is a fundamentally different model than a discount-based fee-for-service that hides the real price and can add 20% or more in revenue-cycle "hot potato" costs ✅ How this conversation builds on John Quinn's supply-chain framing from EP524: treating a bounded, clearly defined "pod of care" as something to procure competitively, regardless of which payment model is attached to it WHY THIS MATTERS Value-based care is often framed as the fix for fee-for-service's volume-driving perverse incentives, but a PMPM subscription simply moves the risk instead of eliminating it — the purchaser now pays whether or not the service is used, and different accountability failures can follow. Dr. Dickerson's model works not just because it's fee-for-service, but because it's fee-for-service structured so the vendor can't drive volume, the pricing is transparent, and the contract can be ended at any time. For self-insured employers and plan sponsors choosing how to pay for a defined pod of care, the payment model matters less than these underlying safeguards. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE EP485 with Cristin Dickerson, MD: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Apps EP524 with John Quinn: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Apps EP521 with Andrew Tsang: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Apps LinkedIn Post by Ryan Kline EP482 with Preston Alexander: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Apps EP445 with Tom X. Lee, MD: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Other Apps === LINKS ===

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Manish Goregaokar, a senior software engineer and member of the Rust security response team, to discuss what LLMs do to the cost side of running a sophisticated con. They walk through a scam built for programmers: a plausible company, a few rounds of interviews, and an NDA signed via "sign in with email" that quietly hands an attacker the identity account everything else resets against. A version of it hit at least five people in the Rust community within days of Manish publishing on the subject, and Patrick describes being targeted himself by someone posing as a Bloomberg reporter who wanted him on a Zoom call with a codec problem. They also cover money mules and the three stages of laundering, the $25 million Hong Kong transfer authorized on a fully deepfaked video call, and why the only durable individual defense is refusing to trust any communication you did not initiate.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/what-llms-do-to-the-economics-of-scams-with-manish-goregaokar/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury, MongoDB & GranolaComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. If meetings consistently leave you with hazy action items and lost context, Granola handles the transcription so you can actually participate and gives you searchable notes afterward. Try it free at granola.ai/complexsystems with code COMPLEXSYSTEMSWhat's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.–Links:Manish Goregaokar's blog: https://manishearth.github.io/  Manish on X: https://x.com/ManishEarth–Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:27) The future of the con is already here(01:40) Scams are run like businesses(03:30) A scam aimed at programmers(05:12) Why single sign-on is the one ring to rule them all(06:50) Persistent threats against individuals(08:58) What LLMs change about cost(11:40) Manual scams and business email compromise(14:30) How money movement constrains scammers(17:39) The industry that helps you pay ransoms(19:32) Bespoke attacks on individual targets(21:41) The Rust community gets targeted(23:02) Supply chain attacks and long-lived impersonation(24:58) Money mules and the three stages of laundering(28:35) Why law enforcement struggles with internet crime(30:01) Sponsors: Mercury │ Granola(33:03) Patriotic hackers and the post-Soviet talent pool(35:27) What individuals can do(36:27) Only trust communication you initiate(38:21) Wire fraud in real estate closings(41:07) Why legitimate institutions look like scams(45:22) Who eats the loss(47:21) Sponsor: MongoDB(48:12) Why banks can't just block new payees(50:45) Verification protocols and family passwords(53:07) Urgency and secrecy(54:44) Systemic fixes and who pays(57:55) Open weights and the coming wave(01:02:17) Wrap

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Frank Greeff joins James Smith fresh off a $180 million exit for a raw conversation about tax, talent and why the game never really ends. Frank breaks down the $6.2M tax bill from selling his last business, the proposed Australian capital gains changes that would have doubled it, and why, hand on heart, he isn't sure he'd have started his last company if those rules had existed first. Check out Kinso on YouTube : @KinsoAI Follow Frank Greeff on intagram : https://www.instagram.com/frankgreeff_/ Try Kinso: https://www.kinso.ai/

For years, businesses have relied on a simple formula to motivate employees: pay them more. Need better performance? Offer a bonus. Need to improve retention? Raise wages. Need people to work harder? Add another incentive program. Compensation matters, but it isn't always the deciding factor leaders think it is. In a recent conversation with Joe Rockey, founder of Elite Business Cruises, we explored a different angle: the strongest organizations don't win because they pay the most. They win because they've built a culture where employees actually want to succeed together. About Joseph Rockey Jr. Joseph Rockey Jr. is the founder of Elite Business Cruises, a serial entrepreneur who has launched nearly 30 businesses, an international best-selling author, and a business consultant specializing in employee motivation, leadership, and business culture. Rather than focusing solely on traditional training programs, Joe helps organizations improve employee engagement, strengthen workplace relationships, and create cultures that attract and retain top talent. His work centers on the idea that businesses succeed when they build stronger relationships with both their employees and their customers. The Problem Isn't Always the Paycheck Joe shared a story from the COVID era, when businesses found themselves competing for workers by constantly raising hourly wages. Restaurants on the same intersection kept outbidding each other by a few cents or a dollar, hoping to attract staff. Workers simply moved to whichever place paid more. It became an endless cycle. The real problem wasn't compensation—it was that every business was running the same play. Eventually, Joe helped one business try something different. Instead of asking "How do we pay people more?" they asked "How do we give people a reason to care?" The answer wasn't another raise. It was building an experience employees wanted to earn together. Most Businesses Don't Actually Have Teams One of the biggest ideas from our conversation was surprisingly simple: many companies aren't really teams. They're collections of individuals who happen to work in the same building. Everyone shows up, does their assigned work, collects a paycheck, and goes home. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but it makes engagement, accountability, and loyalty hard to build. Joe described the unspoken agreement at many workplaces: "Don't ask about my personal life, and I won't ask about yours." That mindset creates employees who work beside each other instead of with each other. Culture Creates Motivation What made Joe's approach interesting wasn't the cruise itself—that was just the reward. The real work happened long before anyone boarded the ship. Employees worked toward a shared goal, and instead of competing against each other, they started helping each other succeed because everyone's outcome was tied together. That shift changes everything. People start sharing knowledge, helping coworkers solve problems, and investing in each other's success instead of only their own. That's culture, and it's incredibly hard to build with money alone. Training Only Works When People Care Another insight that stood out: most organizations pour real time into onboarding programs, documentation, and training sessions, then wonder why nobody seems to pay attention. Joe's take is that people don't tune out training because the material is bad. They tune out because they aren't emotionally invested in the organization delivering it. When employees feel connected to the company's mission and the people around them, they engage with training far more readily. Better Culture Attracts Better Talent Great cultures recruit themselves. Employees tell friends where they enjoy working, positive experiences spread, and strong teams become magnets for talented people. Instead of constantly chasing someone else's best employee, companies can build an environment where great people choose to join because they want to be part of something meaningful. That's a very different recruiting strategy than posting another job listing with a slightly higher salary. What Leaders Can Learn Technology, AI, and automation keep changing how businesses operate, but none of it replaces culture. If anything, it makes culture more important. The organizations that thrive over the next decade won't be the ones with the newest tools or the biggest tech budgets—they'll be the ones that know how to align people around shared purpose and build environments where employees genuinely want to contribute. Technology can improve productivity. Culture determines whether people want to use that productivity to help your organization succeed. Final Thoughts Compensation will always matter. People deserve to be paid fairly. But if your only strategy for motivation is another raise or another bonus, you'll eventually find yourself in a race someone else can always outbid. Culture isn't built overnight, and it isn't created with one team outing or one incentive program. It's built by giving people a reason to believe they're working toward something together. When that happens, motivation stops being something leaders have to manufacture—it becomes part of the organization's identity. Stay Connected: Join the Developreneur Community

Text the show! What happens when a morally well-intentioned system produces terrible results?Chad begins with the case of Keith Lott, a 47-year-old New Jersey man whose family says they spent two days fighting an organ procurement organization over whether his organs could be recovered after his death.But that story opens a much larger question.America desperately needs kidneys. Living donation has remained essentially flat for decades. Dialysis costs taxpayers enormous sums. And yet federal law prohibits compensating the one person without whom a transplant cannot happen: the donor.Why?Chad traces the answer back to the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, explores the strange contradictions in what Americans can legally be compensated for donating, and asks whether our moral assumptions have actually produced the outcomes we intended.The episode examines Iran's controversial compensated kidney system, Israel's successful use of non-cash incentives, the danger of exploiting low-income donors, the economics of dialysis and transplantation, and current proposals for carefully regulated donor compensation.The larger idea is what Chad calls “incentive morality.”What systems actually get people to do the most good?Because civilizations aren't built by wishing human beings behaved differently. They're built by designing institutions that work with human nature while protecting freedom, dignity and consent.And sometimes the moral thing isn't demanding better people.It's building a better system.

Like the show? Show your support by using our sponsors.Need to update your shop systems and software? Try Tekmetric HERELaunch your tool game to the next level with Launch Tech USA! HEREIn this episode, Jeff welcomes Pennsylvania technician Brian DeCesare to discuss how the automotive industry can rebuild customer trust through honest inspections, ethical recommendations, and consistent shop practices. Brian shares his journey from growing up in his father's body shop to working in independent repair shops, reflecting on burnout, poor shop culture, and the challenges of being the only productive technician. The conversation also covers technician training, right to repair, ADAS, TPMS, EVAP diagnostics, mental health, and why industry events are helping create a stronger automotive community.Timestamps:00:00 Trust and Estimates 00:46 Podcast Introduction and Guest 02:04 Growing Up Around Auto Shops 04:24 Choosing a Career in Automotive 05:59 School, Sales, and Training 07:36 First Shop and Subaru Lessons 11:30 Dealer vs. Independent Shops 14:22 Burnout as the Only Productive Technician 16:47 New Shop, Same Challenges 26:16 Building a Culture of Teaching 32:45 Explaining Diagnostics to Customers 33:39 Training Before the Internet 34:09 Meeting Industry Mentors 34:49 Calling Out Dishonest Shop Practices 38:40 Doing Right by Customers 41:30 The Reality of Dealership Life 44:42 Pay Structures and Incentives 46:38 Recommending Shops and Vehicles 49:13 Jeep Network Diagnostics 52:54 Programming Costs and Risks 57:21 Right to Repair and Over-the-Air Updates 01:03:53 ADAS Investment Challenges 01:05:42 Safety Technology vs. Shop Budgets 01:08:02 Privacy and Customer Trust 01:08:53 Parking Sensors and ADAS 01:09:28 Inspection Rules and Technician Responsibility 01:10:30 The Reality of TPMS Neglect 01:12:53 Self-Driving Vehicle Lockouts 01:13:27 Vehicle Subscriptions and Ownership 01:14:30 The Cost of Right to Repair 01:16:07 Losing Veteran Technician Knowledge 01:19:10 Shop Culture and Burnout 01:23:32 Mental Health and Addiction 01:28:15 The "Second 40 Hours" Trap 01:32:39 Pay Plans and Oil Change Pricing 01:39:56 Licensing and Vehicle Inspections 01:45:00 Safety Standards and Loopholes 01:46:57 Defeating Safety Systems 01:48:18 The Value of TPMS 01:49:20 Selling Tires with TPMS Sensors 01:52:15 Advisor Pricing Mindset 01:53:44 Proper TPMS Testing 01:55:42 Why EVAP Codes Matter 01:57:23 Solving the Technician Shortage 01:59:36 Improving Access to Tools and Training 02:03:37 Industry Events and Community 02:08:45 The Future of the Automotive Community 02:10:16 Reignited by Tools Conference 02:12:15 Final Thanks and Sign-Off Follow/Subscribe to the show on social media! TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffcompton7YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheJadedMechanicFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091347564232

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Join the Millionaire University AI Mastermind at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #1027 Want to build a team that sticks with you, performs at a high level, and actually loves coming to work? Samantha Irwin — owner of Kaizen Coaching and Consulting and longtime friend of the show — returns for a deep dive into the art and science of employee retention! In this episode hosted by Brien Gearin, she shares her journey from middle-school teacher to historic hotel owner to leadership coach, revealing the people-first systems she used to build a loyal, high-performing team in a town of just 650 residents. Samantha breaks down her three-part framework for attracting the right employees, training them well, and retaining them through appreciation and strong culture. Whether you're hiring your first contractor or growing a team, her strategies will help you create a workplace where great people stay and thrive! (Original Air Date - 12/1/25) What we discuss with Samantha: + Samantha's hotel ownership origin + Attracting the right employees + Training with clear roadmaps + Retention through appreciation + Importance of company culture + Hiring for personality first + Onboarding with intentional structure + Incentives beyond money + Turning staff into thinkers + Leadership vs. boss mindset Thank you, Samantha! Check out Zaizen Coaching and Consulting at ⁠Zaizen.zone⁠. Buy ⁠The Power of People Academy, Module 1: First Impressions⁠. Follow Samantha on ⁠LinkedIn⁠. Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠video podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of this episode! Get your FREE 5 Minute Business Plan at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/Plan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MillionaireUniversity.com/Sponsors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people will be familiar with two modes of thinking – fast and slow. Fast thinking is intuitive, whereas slow thinking is deliberate reasoning Researchers are proposing a third mode, one that they've called “cognitive surrender” – the tendency to accept AI-generated answers without critically evaluating them, which is effectively farming-out decision making to AI. They gave participants a variety of different problem-solving tasks and allowed some of them to access AI, while others could only rely on their own fast and slow modes of thinking. They found that: Participants often followed AI advice even when it was incorrect. When AI was right, performance improved substantially; when AI was wrong, performance dropped below the level of those working without AI assistance. One of the most striking findings was that participants became more confident after consulting AI, regardless of whether the advice was correct or incorrect. People who had higher levels of trust in AI were more likely to follow incorrect AI recommendations and less likely to question them. People with stronger analytical thinking skills were more likely to identify faulty AI advice and override incorrect recommendations. Incentives for accuracy reduced cognitive surrender by encouraging people to question and verify AI-generated responses. The findings suggest the greatest risk is not AI making mistakes, but people becoming less likely to recognise and challenge those mistakes. For organisations, there is potential for a gradual erosion of independent thinking if employees routinely defer judgement to AI, particularly in roles that rely on professional expertise, critical thinking and accountability. It's interesting to read this alongside other research which has shown that more experienced workers use AI better than newer workers, as those with more experience had a better understanding of their jobs and could spot when AI was making mistakes or offering unhelpful suggestions. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andew Linn, Owner/Broker for ERA One Team, joins JMN and details incentives available to help home buyers. A recent Redfin survey estimates an average income requirement of +/- $110k to meet expenses associated with owning a single family home in Florida. Linn addresses fiscal and legislative measures to help buyers enter the market and make achieving the "American dream" affordable and accessible. Visit ERAONETEAM.COM to learn more.

In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Misha Gurevich, CEO of Aerolamp, and Vivian Belenky, its chief scientist and a researcher at Columbia, to discuss why UVC, a wavelength of light that inactivates airborne pathogens but is absorbed harmlessly by the dead outer layer of human skin, remains almost entirely undeployed. They explain the physics and safety case for 222 nanometers, the economics of installation, and preliminary South African trial results showing 90% suppression of tuberculosis transmission in hospital wards. –Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/the-economics-of-putting-germicidal-light-in-every-room/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury & MongoDBComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. What's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.–Links:Aerolamp: https://aerolamp.net/ –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:58) What far UVC does to pathogens(03:25) Why it's safe for skin and eyes(09:24) What a typical deployment looks like(11:21) Why isn't this everywhere already?(13:55) Where the rollout should be prioritized(17:31) The economics per room and per building(20:56) Lamp lifetime and maintenance(21:48) When does the evidence become undeniable?(23:24) Tuberculosis and long-term care as early proof points(27:16) Pandemic math and kneecapping the next outbreak(30:16) Sponsors: Mercury | MongoDB(32:49) R0, K-factor, and why the built environment beats opt-in(34:23) Building codes, ASHRAE 241, and competing technologies(39:11) The deployment curve and the awareness problem(42:33) Scaling manufacturing: krypton chloride versus LEDs(45:14) Price versus cost, and where the inflection point is(47:35) Should you put one in your house?(51:51) What would make this fail?(56:09) The hygiene hypothesis objection(01:01:13) The precautionary principle and reasoning under uncertainty(01:06:04) Where the first million dollars should go(01:10:49) The business case and the heckler's veto(01:14:51) Where to find Aerolamp(01:15:52) Wrap

Send us Fan MailToronto has announced residential development-charge reductions of 40% to 60%, backed by $1.5 billion in funding. But the commercial question is not simply how large the headline discount is—it is which projects qualify, how unit type changes the benefit, and whether the new rates materially improve feasibility. In this episode, Payam Noursalehi reviews the permit milestones, the implications for multiplex and apartment projects, the separate purpose-built rental incentive stream, and the questions owners should test before changing a project strategy. Program rules and dates may evolve; review the current City of Toronto materials for project-specific decisions.#TorontoHousing #DevelopmentCharges #RealEstateDevelopment #MultiplexDevelopment #PurposeBuiltRentalFor more information, please refer to RealEstateDevelopmentInsights.comTake our Free Assessment at: DevelopmentReadinessAssessment.com

This is the next episode in a series on what product management becomes when the AI hype meets real constraints. I sat down with three CPOs living about a year ahead of the rest of us: Sharmeen Chapp, Midjourney's first-ever product hire; Jiaona Zhang (JZ), CPO at Laurel; and Henrik Berggren, who runs product and design at Mutiny. Their teams are tiny on purpose, yet these are companies with years of history, paying customers, and enterprise contracts—not the frictionless blank slates that "AI-native" suggests. We get into who should actually be building, how customer signal should move through a company, and how each of them installed an AI-first operating system without tipping into theater.–Key topics:• What never changes in PM• Laurel's "captain" model: everyone is a builder• Zoning the codebase like a garden so everyone can build safely• Making the whole company understand the customer• The AI Operations team: pairing hackers with leaders• Treating the AI transformation as a product, with employees as the users• Moving at "Cheetah speed": sprint when the tools jump, then rest• Current PMs are managing a fleet, not an empire• Why the strongest leaders are going hands-on now–Timestamps:(00:00) Introduction(03:30) Meet the three CPOs: Midjourney, Laurel, Mutiny(08:45) Laurel's "captain" model: everyone is a builder(13:03) Zoning the codebase like a garden(17:19) Governing change when anyone can ship to production(18:23) Sharmeen at Midjourney: installing product judgment(21:53) Henrik on finding the line by stepping over it(24:57) A Slack channel that pings on every meaningful action(26:59) Running AI in public so skeptics convert(29:29) The AI Operations team: pairing hackers with leaders(32:15) Incentives, public systems, and evergreen context(36:46) Managing context overload with distributed PM(39:45) A user interview to shareable clips in 45 minutes(45:16) First-party vs. third-party: what to build, what to buy(47:34) The token-maximization "blip" and raising the floor(49:31) Managing a fleet, not an empire(53:40) "Cheetah speed": sprint when the tools jump, then rest(56:37) Why the strongest leaders are going hands-on now(57:29) Does the pendulum swing back to old-school PM?(59:48) What never changes: business, customer, orchestration–Brought to you by:• Firecrawl—Power AI agents with clean web data• Use code THESKIP for 10K free credits–Referenced:• Anthropic• Cursor• Devin• Dropbox• Dust• GitHub• Google Drive• Grain• Granola• Laurel• Meta• Midjourney• Mutiny• Notion• Procter & Gamble• Slack• Stripe• Twitch–Where to find Nikhyl:• Twitter/X• LinkedIn–Where to find Sharmeen:• Twitter/X• LinkedIn–Where to find JZ:• Twitter/X• LinkedIn–Where to find Henrik:• Twitter/X• LinkedIn–Join The Skip:• Skip Coach• Skip Community–Find The Skip:• Website• Substack• YouTube• Spotify• Apple Podcasts–Don't forget to subscribe to The Skip to hear me coach you through timely career lessons. Access exclusive sessions from 100+ top product leaders at skip.coach. If you're interested in joining me on a future call, send me a note on LinkedIn, Threads, or Twitter. You can also email me at nikhyl@skip.community This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theskip.substack.com

Customer events are not prospecting campaigns, so measuring them by leads alone misses their real business impact. The better questions are whether customers become more loyal, engage more deeply, and strengthen their relationship with your brand.Inside this episode:✅ The customer-event metrics that reveal more than attendance and satisfaction scores✅ How attendee-versus-nonattendee comparisons can uncover revenue, retention, and participation trends✅ Why host books, peer interaction, and voice-of-customer sessions lead to more meaningful connectionsAshley Claborn (Senior Manager, Events & Incentives at Lennox Residential HVAC) joins Matt to explain how customer feedback, attendee data, and thoughtful interactions can reveal an event's influence on loyalty, retention, and business growth.From comparing attendees with similar non-attendees to preparing internal teams with meaningful customer insights, this conversation offers a smarter way to define success. ----------------------------------  Connect with Ashley ClabornLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyclaborn/ Connect with Matt Kleinrock  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-kleinrock-9613b22b/     Company: https://rockwayexhibits.com/     

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We asked listeners on our Instagram what topics you want to hear on the podcast, and the topic of "incentive travel" was one. So today, Brittney Tromanhauser of Avery Travel Group shares about her journey as a corporate incentive travel specialist. She discusses the transition from leisure travel to focusing on corporate group travel and the ins and outs of that sector.For the next several weeks, enjoy this replay of a listener favorite episode. We'll be back soon with new content!

In this episode, the hosts discuss various themes surrounding the challenges of delivery work, the importance of unplugging from social media, and the balance between family life and work. They reflect on aging and parenting, emphasizing the fleeting nature of childhood. The conversation also touches on the desire for entrepreneurship and the struggles of transitioning from a stable job to pursuing personal passions. In this conversation, they discuss the unique challenges and dynamics of their work environment, particularly focusing on the impact of long hours on family life, the high divorce rates among drivers, and the evolution of UPS's work culture over the years. They share personal experiences about transitioning from package car to feeder driving, the importance of financial decisions, and the sense of community that once defined their workplace. The discussion highlights the sacrifices made for job security and the changing perceptions of work-life balance within the company. In this conversation, the speakers discuss various themes related to their experiences in the workplace, particularly in the context of UPS. They touch on the changing landscape of employee benefits, regional differences in job experiences, the challenges of driving in different weather conditions, the importance of fitness and motivation, emotional awareness in fatherhood, and the significance of authenticity in communication. The dialogue also reflects a candid exploration of personal growth. www.patreon.com/aitdpod https://discord.gg/hm8WMUKVF8  takeaways Thank you to our Patreon subscribers. Navigating challenges in delivery work is essential. Unplugging from social media can improve personal connections. Balancing family life with work is crucial for happiness. Time flies when raising children; cherish every moment. Aging brings new perspectives on life and parenting. Pursuing entrepreneurship can be a path to freedom. Delivery work is physically and mentally demanding. It's important to check oneself regarding social media use. Enjoy your kids while they're little; they grow up fast. The job has one of the highest divorce rates due to stress. UPS is often described as a family by its employees. Long work hours significantly impact family life. Transitioning to feeder driving can improve work-life balance. Working nights allows for more family time during the day. Financial decisions are crucial for job security. The work culture at UPS has evolved over the years. Incentives used to motivate employees have diminished. Many employees feel disconnected from the company now. It's important to use earnings wisely to avoid financial burdens. The landscape of employee benefits has changed significantly over time. Different regions have unique challenges and rules in the workplace. Driving conditions can vary greatly, impacting job performance. Fitness and health are crucial for maintaining a good work-life balance. Emotional awareness is essential for modern fatherhood. Authenticity in communication is vital for building trust. Men are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Parenting styles can influence children's emotional development. The importance of being genuine in social media interactions. Navigating the complexities of modern masculinity is an ongoing journey. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Acknowledgments 02:07 Navigating Challenges in Delivery Work 05:07 The Importance of Unplugging from Social Media 10:05 Balancing Family Life and Work 14:04 Reflections on Aging and Parenthood 17:56 Pursuing Entrepreneurship and Career Transitions 20:39 The Family Dynamics of UPS Drivers 22:39 The Impact of Work Hours on Family Life 25:08 Transitioning from Package Car to Feeder Driver 28:22 Balancing Work and Family Time 30:01 Financial Decisions and Job Security 35:55 The Evolution of UPS Work Culture 41:54 The Changing Landscape of Benefits 44:00 Regional Differences in Employment Experiences 47:41 The Challenges of Driving in Different Conditions 47:58 Fitness and Motivation in the Workplace 50:55 Emotional Awareness and Fatherhood 55:02 Reflections on Authenticity and Communication Huge shoutout to our TOP RATE LEGENDS Tony, Starla & S_nner THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED OR VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PODCAST ARE THOSE OF THE HOSTS AND GUESTS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT ANY DELIVERY COMPANY  

Chris Cargill of Mountain States Policy Center uses a classroom thought experiment and Soviet agricultural history to argue that socialism weakens the incentives driving risk-taking, problem-solving, and the creation of prosperity. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-fatal-flaws-of-socialism-why-incentives-matter/ #Opinion #Socialism #FreeMarkets #Incentives #Economics #MountainStatesPolicyCenter #WashingtonState #ClarkCounty #Prosperity #PrivateOwnership

The race to decarbonise logistics is gathering pace—but can ports become one of the industry's biggest catalysts for change?In this episode of Logistics Business Conversations, we speak with John Trenchard, Vice President of Sustainable International Supply Chains Europe at DP World, to explore how innovative port incentives, carbon inset programmes and low-carbon transport initiatives are helping reduce emissions across the supply chain.From shifting freight from road to rail and rewarding cleaner transport choices, to trialling electric trucks, HVO fuel and carbon accounting for Scope 3 emissions, John explains how practical incentives are encouraging businesses to embrace more sustainable logistics without compromising efficiency.We also discuss why collaboration across ports, carriers and cargo owners is essential, how carbon inset credits are changing the way companies measure supply chain emissions, and why progress—not perfection—is the key to achieving meaningful decarbonisation.If you're interested in sustainable logistics, freight transport, carbon reduction or the future of greener supply chains, this is an episode you won't want to miss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailThe battle over private listings, office exclusives, MLS access, and who controls real estate inventory has officially reached Washington.In this episode I examine why Congress has launched an inquiry into Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and MRED, and why this investigation could reshape the future of residential real estate.For more than a year, I have argued that the biggest issue facing the real estate industry isn't commissions, buyer agency, or artificial intelligence—it's who controls the inventory. Now the House Judiciary Committee is asking many of the same questions.This episode explains what the July 22 congressional letters actually say, why Congress is interested in Compass' private listing strategy, and what it could mean for REALTORS®, brokers, MLSs, Zillow, Homes.com, Rocket, Redfin, buyers, sellers, title companies, lenders, and consumers.You'll also learn why this debate extends far beyond Compass and private listings. This is really about data ownership, vertical integration, competition, consumer choice, fair housing, antitrust law, and the future of the real estate marketplace.• Why Congress is investigating Compass and MRED• Robert Reffkin's three-phase marketing strategy• Why inventory—not commissions—is the industry's most valuable asset• The battle between Compass, Zillow, MLSs and portals• How private listings affect competition• Fair Housing concerns• Antitrust implications• Why data is becoming more valuable than commissions• Vertical integration and why everyone wants to own the consumer relationship• What this means for REALTORS®, brokers and consumers• Four possible outcomes from the Congressional inquiryCHAPTERS00:00 I Told You So01:35 Congress Enters the Real Estate Fight03:56 Why This Matters04:44 How We Got Here06:15 Compass' Private Listing Strategy08:40 Zillow, MLSs & Consumer Groups Push Back10:10 What Jim Jordan's Letter Really Says13:20 Why Congress is Looking at Competition15:35 Steering, Incentives & Vertical Integration18:00 Is This Really About Data?22:40 What It Means for South Carolina26:40 Four Possible Outcomes29:30 The Future of Real Estate32:55 Final Thoughts34:30 ClosingWhether you agree with Compass or not, this investigation has the potential to influence how homes are marketed for years to come.If you're a REALTOR®, broker, attorney, lender, title professional, appraiser, or anyone involved in residential real estate, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss.What do YOU think?Should sellers have the unrestricted right to market homes privately?Or should every consumer have equal access to every available home?Leave your opinion below.

Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Garrison Lovely, journalist and author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us and How to Stop It, to map the three-sided debate over AI risk and why the arguments keep talking past each other. They then turn to what cheap cognition does to surveillance that already exists: FinCEN receives roughly 4 million suspicious activity reports a year and reads almost none of them, ICE agents run about a million queries against that database annually, and every podcast ever recorded is now transcribable for approximately nothing. The conversation covers capabilities denialism, ablated open-weights models, the fraud supply chain, and why AI is also unusually good at writing the Regulation E letter that gets your bank to fix your problem.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/cheap-cognition-and-the-end-of-practical-obscurity-with-garrison-lovely/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury, MongoDB & ChainguardComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. What's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.If attackers are using AI to weaponize code faster than any team can review it, your scanners won't save you. Chainguard builds libraries and container images from source, verified all the way down, with near-zero CVEs and zero malware. Build safely at https://www.chainguard.dev/. –Links:Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us―and How to Stop It: https://www.amazon.com/Obsolete-Power-Profit-Machine-Superintelligence/dp/1682196305 –Timestamps:(00:00) Preview(00:43) Intro(01:51) The three-sided debate over AI risk(05:32) Power, politics, and the tech backlash(09:49) Capabilities denialism and AI tells(14:54) The obsoleting machine(17:09) The Turing test is dead(18:56) Languages for free, then software engineering(22:37) Sponsors: Mercury | MongoDB(25:09) How high up the stack do the models decide?(29:11) Surveillance and cheap cognition(32:38) Podcasts, FinCEN, and the end of practical obscurity(38:35) Section 702 and the data broker loophole(39:35) Sponsor: Chainguard(40:55) Section 702 and the data broker loophole (cont'd)(47:23) Institutional friction and a million ICE queries(53:29) Security through obscurity no longer works(54:54) Scams, fraud, and ablated models(1:00:20) Personal utility versus societal backlash(1:02:16) AI as a tool for redress(1:06:34) State capacity and regulating what you understand(1:12:37) Tobacco, nuclear, and AlphaFold: strangle it or steer it(1:18:37) Where to find Garrison and the book(1:20:32) Wrap

Throughout this National Whistleblower Day special we've been discussing why disclosures matter and how government encourages them. The final piece is understanding how the federal whistleblower system works in practice. For that perspective, I'm joined by Charles Baldis of the Office of Special Counsel.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

FIFA promises national football associations $40m each if they back contentious new plans to sell stakes in major competitions. We hear from a former vice-president of FIFA, who is not impressed.Also in the programme: the former White House medical advisor Anthony Fauci is warned by Republican senators that he could face charges of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about the Covid pandemic; a BBC investigation into alleged criminal sexual behaviour by the film star Jared Leto; and the British chemist who's helped find a new way to fight the growing global threat of fungal infections.(IMAGE: FIFA President Gianni Infantino inside the stadium before the World Cup final, July 19, 2026 / CREDIT: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Mark J Rebilas/File Photo)

Conor and Jaeden explore the debate surrounding open-weight and open-source AI models, focusing on Anthropic's lobbying activities and the competitive pressure from international AI companies.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vkZyFedYDqQGet the top 80+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: https://aibox.aiConor's AI Course: https://www.ai-mindset.ai/coursesJaeden's AI Business Community: https://www.skool.com/aihustleChapters00:00 Introduction to Open Weight and Open Source Models00:29 Anthropic's Stance and Industry Perception01:26 Anthropic's Market Entry and Safety Focus01:43 Difference Between Open Source and Open Weight Models02:10 Current Trends in Open Source AI03:03 Industry Lobbying Against Open Weight Models03:31 Distillation Attacks and Industry Concerns04:24 Industry Perspectives on AI Regulation05:18 Dario Amade's Clarification on AI Bans05:46 Risks and Industry Dynamics07:13 Cost Savings and Industry Threats08:14 Anthropic's Growth and Industry Position09:04 Incentives and Industry Competition09:57 The Cult of Personality in AI10:23 Dario Amade's Industry Influence11:18 Risks of Open Source Models12:18 Data Security and Third-Party Integrations13:17 Chinese and Open Source Models in the Market14:10 Economic Impact of Cheaper AI Models15:06 Adoption and Future Trends in AI15:51 Closing Remarks and Industry Outlook See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Erez Levin spent nearly a decade inside Google's ad tech world before becoming one of the loudest internal voices warning that the industry was built to reward quantity over quality — and that those same broken incentives are what fuel outrage, fear, and grievance across the wider internet.Now Erez writes at Holding the Line, where he makes the case for what he calls principled ostracism: real social consequences for people who cross clear moral lines, paired with a genuine path back for anyone willing to own it. He draws a hard line between that and cancel culture, which he says punishes disagreement instead of actual hatred.Wilk and Erez dig into how norms actually change, why celebrating political violence deserves real cost, and how a single memo from a Wall Street investor got a group of Harvard students to retract a petition within three days. It's a conversation about where accountability ends and cruelty begins — and why courageous citizenship means holding a line without writing people off for good. We've forgotten what it feels like to have a real conversation.The week of August 10th, join AllSides for a live conversation about the American Dream — how we're thinking about it and navigating the challenges.Your insights will be anonymized and included in a report to help leaders better understand how people see this issue.Sign up today at allsides.com/derate-hate The world is a better place if we are better people. Be grateful for all you've got. Make every day the day that you want it to be!Please follow the DTH podcast on:Facebook, Instagram, Twitter(X) ,  YouTube,  Substack Subscribe to us wherever you enjoy your audio or from our site. Please leave us a rating and feedback on Apple podcasts or other platforms. You can share your thoughts or request Wilk for a speaking engagement on our contact page: DerateTheHate.com/ContactThe Derate The Hate podcast is proudly produced in collaboration with Braver Angels — America's largest grassroots, cross-partisan organization working toward civic renewal and bridging partisan divides. Learn more: BraverAngels.orgWelcome to the Derate The Hate Podcast!*The views expressed by Wilk, his guest hosts &/or guests on the Derate The Hate podcast are their own and should not be attributed to any organization they may otherwise be affiliated with.

Francesca Paris, reporter for The Upshot section of The New York Times, talks about why some states have rolled back incentives that unlock savings for residential solar customers and how batteries may be the solution. Photo: Modern house with solar panels for energy storage. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Every organization has incentives.The question is whether those incentives create commitment—or merely compliance.In this solo episode, Jay Doran explores the invisible relationship between incentives, sacrifice, accountability, and culture. He argues that while incentives can direct behavior, they cannot create belief. Lasting cultures are built when people willingly sacrifice for a purpose they trust, and when leaders consistently reinforce that purpose through recognition, accountability, and meaningful consequences. Jay examines the journey of the entrepreneur, the tension between individual ambition and organizational success, and why every growing company eventually reaches a point where incentives must evolve alongside the organization itself. As businesses mature, yesterday's systems often become today's blind spots, making leadership's role in continual recalibration more important than ever. In this episode, you'll discover:Why incentives influence behavior, but sacrifice reveals beliefThe difference between positive incentives and the hidden pressures that motivate peopleHow accountability creates clarity in growing organizationsWhy recognition reinforces culture far beyond financial compensationThe role consequences play in protecting standards without destroying trustHow founders transition from leading themselves to leading systemsWhy organizations naturally outgrow the incentives that once made them successfulThe connection between leadership, responsibility, and organizational temperatureWhy culture requires constant calibration as people, markets, and businesses evolveThroughout the conversation, Jay reflects on the tension every leader faces: balancing freedom with accountability, structure with flexibility, and individual aspiration with collective purpose. He argues that great leaders don't simply build systems—they continually refine them, recognizing that culture is never static and alignment must be earned again and again. This episode is a reminder that organizations aren't ultimately shaped by what they reward once.They're shaped by what they consistently recognize, what they courageously confront, and what their people are willing to sacrifice together.Because incentives may move people.But shared sacrifice is what builds culture. 

As AI advances in producing content, writing code, and providing professional advice, the question arises: what remains uniquely human in the modern economy? While creativity and relationships are common answers, this week's guest proposes a different perspective: verified judgment, or the ability to demonstrate accuracy publicly before outcomes are known. We examine whether professional trust and credible expertise can be effectively captured, measured, and rewarded, especially as current systems like LinkedIn, credentials, and prediction markets have limitations. In this episode of Predictable B2B Success, we speak with Dan Pratl, who has played key roles during major system disruptions, including financial regulation at the SEC, the open-source movement at Red Hat, and the blockchain and crypto cycles. He is now developing Quadron, an infrastructure layer for the AI era designed to transform how expertise, judgment, and value are exchanged among individuals, companies, and industries. We discuss the personal catalyst that led Dan to this work, the overlooked gap in today's knowledge economy, and the importance of addressing these issues for founders, operators, and knowledge workers navigating rapid AI-driven change. Some topics covered in this session include: Failures of Current Credibility Systems: Limitations of LinkedIn, credentials, and prediction markets in proving expertise.Personal Healthcare Catalyst: The founder's experience navigating his mother's illness revealed system gaps.Systemic Infrastructure Breakdown: Examples from regulation, open source, and crypto where systems outlive their purpose.Quadron Product Overview: How Quadron works for professionals and key concepts like lenses and claims.Legal Protection of Expertise: Structuring and enforcing expertise ownership through trade secrets.Incentives and Reward Mechanisms: Incorporating incentives to align and compensate expertise in the AI economy.Enterprise vs. Consumer Adoption: Strategies for enterprise sales versus grassroots user-driven adoption.Talent Retention and Organizational Risk: The impact of visible, portable expertise on retaining talent and competitiveness.Shifting to Expertise Ownership Culture: The cultural and behavioral change needed for individuals to manage their expertise as an asset.

In this episode of Healthcare Beans, James speaks with Ryan Polselli, MD, founder and CEO of MammoLink, about why breast cancer screening remains underused despite decades of awareness, established clinical guidance, and broad insurance coverage. Ryan argues that the core problem is not simply awareness. Screening often conflicts with work, family responsibilities, appointment availability, financial uncertainty, and the natural tendency to postpone preventive care when no symptoms are present. He explains how MammoLink brings mammography and ultrasound directly to workplaces, schools, government sites, and rural communities through patient-centered mobile imaging units. The conversation also explores price transparency, payer quality incentives, direct-pay demand, rural health infrastructure, employer-sponsored screening, nationwide expansion, and the role of data and emerging technologies in the future of breast cancer detection. Episode Timeline 00:00 — Introduction to Ryan Polselli and MammoLinkRyan introduces his background as a board-certified radiologist and breast-imaging specialist and describes his focus on improving access to breast cancer screening. 01:02 — The breast cancer screening paradoxDespite widespread awareness and strong evidence supporting screening, many women still do not receive regular mammograms. Ryan explains why awareness alone has not produced sufficient action. 03:35 — Where the screening process breaks downThe discussion examines the balance between personal responsibility and system responsibility, including the burdens created by work, family obligations, and limited appointment availability. 04:56 — Designing preventive care around human behaviorRyan contrasts urgent medical care with preventive screening. When patients feel healthy, completing screening requires a proactive decision without the emotional urgency that drives emergency care. 06:06 — Making screening compatible with everyday lifeRyan argues that screening must be redesigned around how women actually live rather than requiring patients to navigate numerous scheduling and logistical barriers. 07:12 — Financial barriers and uncertaintyInsurance may cover a routine mammogram, but patients can still face uncertainty involving supplemental imaging, dense breast tissue, diagnostic follow-up, and unexpected bills. 09:23 — Delayed results and lost momentumLong waits for results can increase anxiety and weaken engagement. Ryan explains why faster feedback can restore patient control and encourage better screening habits. 10:39 — From patient experience to systems changeMammoLink began as an effort to improve the individual screening experience but evolved into a broader model connecting patient behavior, economics, employer interests, and payer incentives. 13:04 — How the mobile imaging model worksRyan describes mobile units containing mammography, ultrasound, changing areas, procedure rooms, and other features typically found in an outpatient imaging center. 13:55 — Bringing screening into workplaces and communitiesRecurring visits to schools, employers, municipalities, and government sites allow patients to receive screening where they already spend their time. 14:20 — Social reinforcement and screening adherenceCoworkers can encourage one another to participate, while returning to the same location each year can make regular screening easier to remember and complete. 16:09 — The economics of mobile mammographyMobile screening carries higher capital and operating costs than traditional outpatient imaging, but Ryan describes it as a high-cost, high-yield model capable of reaching populations that might otherwise remain unscreened. 17:00 — Legislative and payer tailwindsCoverage changes involving supplemental breast imaging, along with growing payer interest, may improve the economic viability of comprehensive mobile screening. 18:27 — Access is also about timeRyan emphasizes that patients can be disadvantaged by limited time and flexibility even when they are not financially disadvantaged. 19:54 — Incentives within traditional imaging pathwaysThe conversation considers how fee-for-service payment can encourage separate visits, while a mobile model has stronger operational reasons to complete as much of the episode as possible in one encounter. 21:02 — HEDIS measures and payer motivationRyan explains how quality measures and Medicare Advantage star ratings can create significant incentives for health plans to improve breast cancer screening rates. 22:27 — MammoLink's no-surprise-billing approachRyan describes the company's decision not to send patients an unexpected bill after the visit, even when that means accepting some lost revenue. 25:05 — Technology supporting payment verificationMammoLink is using automated insurance-verification technology to improve up-front accuracy while preserving its principle of no back-end patient billing. 25:30 — Can transparency increase competition?The discussion turns to whether better consumer awareness of price differences between hospitals, outpatient centers, and alternative providers can eventually place downward pressure on costs. 26:46 — Direct pay, privacy, and convenienceRyan discusses the growing number of patients who choose cash payment because they value privacy, simplicity, or freedom from insurance-related friction. 27:51 — Supporting patients after an abnormal findingMammoLink manages diagnostic evaluation up to the point of biopsy and is developing stronger relationships with breast surgeons and health systems to improve downstream handoffs. 29:55 — The rural breast-imaging access gapRyan describes rural communities where mammography may not be available locally and where patients can postpone evaluating a concerning symptom for long periods. 30:40 — Public-sector and community partnershipsMammoLink works with the Florida Department of Health, migrant health organizations, and other partners to bring screening into underserved areas. 31:52 — Rural transformation funding as infrastructure capitalRyan and James discuss whether public funding could cover the initial cost of mobile units while allowing the operating model to become sustainable without permanent subsidy. 33:13 — Expanding beyond FloridaRyan outlines a potential national growth strategy involving grants, outside investment, and targeted entry into cities or states with favorable conditions. 33:55 — Bootstrapping five mobile unitsRyan discusses building the company without outside venture funding and reflects on the effort required to create its existing mobile fleet. 34:22 — The future of patient-centered mobile screeningRyan distinguishes genuinely patient-centered mobile care from simply relocating a traditional service and argues that future expansion will depend on proving outcomes and financial value. 35:30 — Demonstrating employer return on investmentThe conversation explores using clinical, operational, employee, and geospatial data to help employers measure cancers detected, time saved, employee satisfaction, and potential avoided costs. 37:05 — Employers as a preventive-care access channelRyan predicts that employers could play a larger role in providing screening as they seek to strengthen benefits, workforce health, retention, and trust. 37:38 — AI and emerging breast-cancer detection toolsRyan discusses research involving AI, biological markers, RNA-based technologies, and other emerging tools that may complement mammography and genetic screening. 38:39 — No mission without marginThe episode closes with a reflection on why healthcare innovation must be economically sustainable to achieve lasting scale and impact. Godspeed.. James Note: Some statistics and estimates discussed in this episode were provided conversationally by the host or guest and may be approximate. They have not all been independently verified by Healthcare Beans. Listeners should consult current primary sources before relying on specific figures for medical, policy, or business decisions.

Send us Fan MailThe most candid segment of the panel. A private investment banker says the most expensive mistake he made was not paying for expert legal counsel — and explains why a cheap lawyer costs more on the back end than a good one does upfront. A family office CFO cites his first private investment loss to make a principle: founders must have skin in the game and LP capital must come back first, always — the Richest Man in Babylon principle applied to modern private investing. A serial entrepreneur says his most painful lesson was firing himself too late from his own company. And the banker closes with a real deal: a company that sold for $90 million where the founder walked away with $2 million — because of how capital was raised and what the terms looked like. Final note: if you're raising seed capital, your first check almost never comes from a stranger — it comes from your own network.https://familyoffices.com/

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In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Leila Clark, founder of Stardrift and formerly a software engineer at Jane Street, to discuss her essay "What Are You Getting Paid In?"  They cover how a Jane Street manager staffed the firm's least lucrative corner by paying people in culture, why Ken Griffin is worth roughly fifty Taylor Swifts, and how a longtime Google product manager quietly ends up with Grammy-winner money. The conversation ranges from academia's brutal tournament structure and YC as a script to founderdom to the one currency Taylor Swift holds that Ken Griffin's $50 billion buys only awkwardly: a restaurant reservation anywhere in New York.–Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/what-youre-actually-getting-paid-in-with-leila-clark/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury, Chainguard & MongoDB Complex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/.If attackers are using AI to weaponize code faster than any team can review it, your scanners won't save you. Chainguard builds libraries and container images from source, verified all the way down, with near-zero CVEs and zero malware. Build safely at https://www.chainguard.dev/.What's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.–Links:What are you getting paid in: https://www.approachwithalacrity.com/p/what-are-you-getting-paid-in –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(01:23) What are you getting paid in?(03:16) Scripts, teacher figures, and hitting capitalism(08:18) The academia trap(11:08) Paying people in culture: Jane Street's back office(14:03) Ken Griffin vs. Taylor Swift(16:53) Learning about finance by osmosis (or not)(20:44) Sponsors: Mercury | Chainguard(23:46) Musician money vs. Google money(30:03) Keeping up with the Joneses and the meritocratic ladder(33:12) YC as a script to founderdom(36:19) What entrepreneurship pays you in(39:12) Gratitude, culture, and quirky preferences(40:11) Sponsor: MongoDB(43:48) Does winning this script look like winning to you?(48:29) Don't end the week with nothing(51:06) Fame and living in bubbles(56:57) Restaurant reservations as a currency(1:02:57) Where to find Leila(01:03:35) Wrap

Want to launch a premium, high-margin consumable brand and work with us to bring it to market? Get on the waitlist for our next cohort: ► Capitalism.com Bootcamp: https://capitalism.com/bootcamp I sat down with Djamel, the co-founder of Organifi, who grew a superfoods brand from $1 million to $100 million in about four years. We break down exactly how it happened: a premium, high-margin product, affiliates paid 75% commissions when the rest of the industry paid 5%, customer data poured into Facebook ads, and the team and systems that turned a scrappy launch into a nine-figure business. None of this was an accident. It was manufactured, and you get the whole playbook. (0:00) The $1M to $100M question, with Organifi's co-founder (1:00) Where it started: Drew Canole and the done-for-you green juice (3:00) Going out of business: the data-driven Hail Mary launch (4:00) The decision that set them apart: making it actually taste good (6:00) Sold out in three days, and presales became a crowdsourced capital raise (7:00) Building the whole thing on Infusionsoft, before Shopify existed (8:00) The takeaway so far: build a small audience and aim for a $10K launch (9:00) The first million saves the company, then the audience taps out (11:00) ClickBank comes calling: first supplement, and the launch that blew up (14:00) Influencer marketing before it had a name, and the TikTok Shop parallel (15:00) The 75% commission unlock: pay affiliates like digital, win on the back end (17:00) How aggressive commissions took them to $5 million (18:00) Turning customer data into Facebook ads that scaled them toward $20 million (20:00) Why did everything work? The numbers made sense (22:00) Why margin matters: build a premium brand and race to the top (23:00) The hate for a $70 greens powder, and why premium customers are easier (25:00) Building the movement: community as the premium moat (29:00) From $20 million to $100 million: becoming a real operational business (30:00) Stacking traffic channels, and the podcast-ad advice that opened a new one (33:00) The systems behind the scale: EOS, OKRs, KPIs, and dashboards (34:00) Becoming a leader: from wrecking ball to human (37:00) The two hires that mattered most: his CMO and COO (41:00) Incentive plans: phantom stock valued against the future goal (44:00) Walking away from capital three times, and the "bladder rule of finance" (46:00) The chaos behind the scenes: algorithm swings, lost influencers, tight cash (48:00) Exiting without selling: replacing himself, burnout, and rediscovery (50:00) His $1M-to-$100M playbook: data, team, problem-solving (52:00) The belief you have to manufacture (55:00) Why the entrepreneur bug never leaves DISCLAIMER: The information contained on this podcast and the resources available for download/viewing through this podcast for educational and informational purposes only.

What do population growth rates and movement among the states have to do with one another? More than you might think.00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview00:56 Thomas Massie on Congress and Presidential Power03:34 A Promising New Alzheimer's Treatment07:03 Foolishness of the Week: California's Town Council Refuses to Leave Office08:40 America's Population Slowdown and Why It Matters11:03 Immigration, Social Security, and Demographic Challenges12:11 States Competing for Residents17:19 Technical Difficulties17:55 Does Bigger Government Lead to Better Outcomes?20:20 Why Americans Are Leaving High-Tax States23:26 Government Growth, Incentives, and Long-Term Stability26:19 Immigration, Welfare, and Population Policy28:38 Remote Work Is Reshaping State Economies30:36 Competition Between States and the Future of America31:51 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks

Spencer Cornelia and Ryan Pineda break down the controversy surrounding Tai Lopez's fund while exploring the fine line between fraud, mismanagement, and investor responsibility, highlighting the importance of due diligence, disclosure, and accountability in the world of influencer-backed investments.⁣⁣Spencer's links - ⁣https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerCornelia⁣https://www.instagram.com/spencercornelia1/⁣https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencercornelia/⁣⁣__________⁣If you'd like my team to run your marketing & sales department to scale your business apply here https://www.pinedapartners.com⁣⁣Join our private mastermind for elite business leaders who golf. https://www.mastermind19.com⁣⁣Want to be featured on the Wealthy Way Podcast? Apply here https://www.wealthyway.com⁣⁣If you want to start your real estate investing business, we'll give you 1:1 coaching, seller leads, software, & everything you need. https://www.wealthyinvestor.com⁣⁣Tired of paying so much in taxes every year? We'll give you strategy, tax prep, and accounting all in one place. https://www.taylor-tax.com⁣⁣Join free Bible studies and workshops for Christian business leaders. https://www.tentmakers.us⁣__________⁣Chapters: ⁣00:00 - Tai Lopez Allegations & Initial Context⁣06:51 - Mismanagement, Fiduciary Duty, and Outcomes⁣15:01 - Misleading Exit Claims⁣26:00 - Intent vs. Outcome in Fraud Allegations ️⁣32:42 - Brandon Turner Fund Losses⁣45:04 - Incentives and Risks in Funds⁣47:52 - House Flips vs. Fund Structures ️⁣1:00:05 - Lawsuits as Media Strategy⁣1:01:14 - Mayweather's Finances & Lifestyle⁣1:11:00 - Influencer Vetting vs. Investments⁣1:16:18 - Logan Paul, NFTs, and Investor Ethics⁣1:30:07 - Career shift to law and YouTube balance ️⁣1:36:34 - Dating growth, relationships, faith, and personal renewal ️⁣1:45:09 - Discussion on church ⁣1:46:02 - Personal testimony

The rules were never designed to make everyone equally powerful.In this episode of High Level Conversations, 19Keys sits down with Dr. Boyce Watkins for an unfiltered discussion about economics, ownership, education, artificial intelligence, politics, family infrastructure, Black business, and the systems required to create real freedom.The conversation begins with a critical question: What matters more in the age of AI—credentials, experience, mastery, or the ability to build your own system?From there, they break down the difference between earning money and controlling an economy, why community leaders must have sustainable business models, what it truly means to be pro-Black, and why Black wealth cannot grow without intentional investment, mentorship, protection networks, family offices, and institution-building.They also examine:Why criticism and cancellation are unavoidable when your work has real impact.Why Black men remain one of the most under-mentored groups in America.How billionaires, celebrities, and athletes should think about community responsibility.Why investing in Black businesses is more powerful than treating the community like a charity case.Whether artificial intelligence and technology stocks are experiencing a bubble.How to invest during economic uncertainty without gambling on hype.Why systems create powerful individuals—not the other way around.How families can build banks, investment structures, and generational leverage.Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, political independence, reparations, and voting power.Why economic strength requires strategy, negotiation, coordination, and the willingness to think much bigger.This conversation challenges the idea that freedom will come from being accepted by existing institutions. It presents another pathway: understand the system, study how power operates, build your own infrastructure, and position the next generation to thrive instead of merely survive.WHY YOU SHOULD WATCHThis episode is for entrepreneurs, investors, parents, educators, community builders, creators, and leaders who want to understand the deeper relationship between money and power.You will learn:The difference between income, ownership, influence, and economic control.How to protect your mission from criticism, censorship, and outside interference.Why mentorship and sponsorship can change the trajectory of Black men.How family offices and family banks preserve wealth across generations.How to approach AI, technology, stocks, and long-term investing intelligently.Why political power must be negotiated before support is given.How communities can transform influence into infrastructure and economic force.BUILD YOUR NETWORK, COMMUNITY, AND DIGITAL ECONOMYVisit ZIION.IOFREE AI AND INCOME WEBINARFor access to the free webinar from 19Keys about artificial intelligence and using AI to create income, join the free webinar inside the Black Business School by visiting:19keys.com/bbsEPISODE TIMESTAMPS00:00 — Economics Is Warfare02:00 — Credentials, Artificial Intelligence and the Meaning of Mastery10:00 — Turning Your Greatest Weakness Into a Strength15:00 — Truth, Activism and the Cost of Going Against the Grain18:00 — Can Black America Still Build Economic Sovereignty?25:00 — Understanding Power, Criticism and Opposition28:00 — Separating Constructive Criticism From Distraction32:00 — “You Can't Cancel a Soldier”36:00 — Why Community Empowerment Needs a Sustainable Business Model40:00 — What Does Being Pro-Black Actually Mean?42:00 — Health, Wealth and Relationships52:00 — Systemic Racism and Systems Thinking54:00 — Manufacturing Black Privilege Through Ownership56:00 — Why Black Men Are Severely Under-Mentored01:00:00 — Building Mentorship, Sponsorship and Protection Networks01:07:00 — Black Unity, Michael Jordan and Intentional Employment01:08:00 — Do Black Billionaires Owe the Community?01:14:00 — Family Offices and Who Controls Black Wealth01:17:00 — Investment Versus Charity01:22:00 — Investing in Black AI, Technology and Venture Capital01:23:00 — Stop Thinking Small: Building Billion-Dollar Ideas01:27:00 — Creating Independent Media and Economic Systems01:29:00 — Why Real Power Moves Strategically01:31:00 — Economics Is Warfare: Prepare to Be Attacked01:32:00 — Building Outside the Matrix With ZIION01:39:00 — The Hidden History of Black Coalitions and Nation-Building01:43:00 — Is Artificial Intelligence an Economic Bubble?01:46:00 — How to Invest During Market Uncertainty01:49:00 — Elon Musk, Key-Man Risk and Technology Empires01:51:00 — Powerful Individuals Are Products of Powerful Systems01:54:00 — Quantum Computing and Undervalued Future Technologies01:59:00 — What Could the Next 10 to 20 Years Look Like?02:04:00 — Healthcare, Capitalism and the Incentive to Manage Disease02:09:00 — Money, Ethics and Financial Consciousness02:14:00 — Family Banks, Infrastructure and Generational Capital02:18:00 — Why Schools Teach Employment Instead of Ownership02:20:00 — Turning Your Family Name Into an Institution02:23:00 — Self-Worth, Asset Value and Building Your Own Name02:25:00 — The MAGA Question02:28:00 — Studying Power Without Worshipping Powerful People02:30:00 — How to Give Your Children a Financial Head Start02:37:00 — Stop Depending on Systems That Were Not Built for You02:43:00 — Power, Competition and Self-Preservation02:45:00 — Reparations, Negotiation and Leverage02:48:00 — Putting the Black Vote in Escrow02:50:00 — The New Political Classes02:55:00 — Leaders, Impact and Building Economic Infrastructure02:57:00 — Final Words and Closinghttps://youtu.be/_RBftcP3Gng Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/19keys/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Iran deal is dead again, ships are getting hit in the Gulf, and the ten year is back above four point five five. Marty and John sort through the latest Middle East escalation, why both sides actually want the conflict to keep going, and what it means for oil, LNG, and bond volatility. They dig into Japan's thirty year yield highs and the delicate balance the BOJ is walking, Mohamed El-Erian vouching for Bessent's industrial policy in the New York Times, and why the MOVE index might matter more than the absolute rate level. They also cover Circle's bank charter approval, the OpenUSD consortium bringing Wall Street and Silicon Valley together around the digital dollar, and the growing turf war over who gets to run America's strategic Bitcoin reserve.

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: ⁠⁠https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join⁠ Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3072: ESI of ESI Money explains how treating college as an investment rather than an unlimited expense can help families make smarter financial decisions. By setting a fixed college budget and allowing children to keep any unused funds after earning a degree, ESI illustrates a strategy that encourages thoughtful choices about school costs, scholarships, and long-term financial outcomes. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://esimoney.com/managing-college-costs-by-offering-an-incentive/ Quotes to ponder: "If your kid goes to an elite school and you get zero aid, that could be $50k per year or more." "If they wanted to take college classes while they were at home, then we would pay for the costs of the classes ourselves, not out of their college funds." "Many years ago when our kids were toddlers (they are 20 and 18 now) we started saving for their college expenses." Episode references: Education Savings Accounts (Coverdell ESA): https://www.irs.gov/publications/p970 Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP): https://www.misaves.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live July 11, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show(Season 12, Episode 121)Commenting on Dr. Mike Israetel -- Capitalism, Pharma, Drugs & FDA | Yaron Brook ShowIs profit immoral—or is it the greatest force for human progress ever discovered?From World Cup fever and elite athletic performance to pharmaceutical innovation, patents, healthcare freedom, altruism, religion, and the philosophy behind capitalism, Yaron Brook takes on some of today's biggest intellectual controversies.Why do so many people resent profit? Why do we praise scientists while ignoring the entrepreneurs who make innovation possible? Should individuals—not governments—decide what medical risks they're willing to take? And why do ideas like altruism and collectivism continue to dominate modern culture?The discussion concludes with an outstanding live Q&A covering guilt and altruism, truth and rationality, aging and end-of-life ethics, Adam Smith on monopolies, radical Islam and the political spectrum, sunscreen myths, religion and freedom, and Richard Hanania's Kakistocracy.Whether you're interested in economics, philosophy, politics, healthcare, entrepreneurship, or Objectivism, this episode offers a perspective you won't hear anywhere else.Main Topics:00:00 Introduction & World Cup excitement02:13 What soccer teaches about virtue and excellence09:32 Why elite athletes deserve our admiration11:06 Enjoying sports without making them your life13:02 Bodybuilding, fitness, and Michael Israetel15:21 Michael Israetel's intellectual journey19:12 Why profit benefits everyone22:45 The myth of "excess profits" and collectivism30:21 Ambition, culture, and economic productivity32:25 Money vs. intrinsic motivation35:10 Property rights, freedom, and capitalism37:44 Pharmaceutical profits drive innovation40:28 Did Jonas Salk reject patents?43:21 Why patents matter47:10 Altruism versus self-interest in science49:02 Why businessmen are innovators too50:30 Passion and financial incentives54:00 The myth of sacrificing for society57:03 How profit improves everyone's lives1:00:37 Incentives, trade, and globalization1:03:17 Why FDA regulation slows innovation1:05:25 Should patients decide their own medical risks?1:10:09 Healthcare: individualism vs. collectivism1:13:14 Patient-doctor decision making1:14:13 Fighting today's anti-science movement1:15:58 London Documentary fundraising update1:17:17 The truth about ancient life expectancy1:19:27 Upcoming Phoenix courses1:21:24 Ayn Rand Institute conference in Austin1:23:06 Alex Epstein, AI, and the future of energyLive Audience Questions1:25:34 Is altruism really driven by guilt—and why do facts fail to persuade true believers?1:28:45 How can people go through life without treating truth as an objective standard?1:30:06 What is the rational approach to aging, dependence, and end-of-life care?1:32:02 Why classify radical Islamists with the political left rather than the right?1:33:44 Did Adam Smith actually support government regulation to prevent monopolies?1:35:02 A practical question: Should you wear sunscreen every day—even when it's cloudy?1:37:26 Which poses the greater threat to individual freedom today—Catholicism or Islam?1:43:54 Richard Hanania's Kakistocracy: Is it worth reading despite its philosophical inconsistencies?Subscribe for daily analysis on economics, politics, philosophy, technology, investing, and current events.#pharmaceutical #Capitalism #Objectivism #Trump #Economics #Profit #FreeMarkets #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Healthcare #worldcup The Yaron Brook Show is Sponsored by[The Ayn Rand Institute](https://www.aynrand.org/starthere)[Energy Talking Points, featuring AlexAI, by Alex Epstein](https://alexepstein.substack.com/)[Express VPN](https://www.expressvpn.com/yaron)[Hendershott Wealth Management](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lfC...) &(https://hendershottwealth.com/ybs/)[Michael Williams & The Defenders of Capitalism Project](https://www.DefendersOfCapitalism.com)[Support the Show]( / yaronbrookshow )[Sponsor the Show](askyaron@yaronbrookshow.com/)[One-time donation](https://bit.ly/2RZOyJJ)Join the [Yaron Brook Show YouTube channel]( / @yaronbrook )Like what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the [Yaron Brook Show](https://bit.ly/3ztPxTx)Continue the discussion by following Yaron on [Twitter](https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and [Facebook](https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the [Ayn Rand Institute](https://bit.ly/35qoEC3)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show--3276901/support.Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.

Ryan breaks down Christian Watson's contract incentive structure including reception, yardage, and touchdown escalators, then dives deep into why the Packers run so much on second and short and the flawed process of cherry-picking 2019 stats. - Detailed look at Watson's per-year incentives and per-game bonuses - Extrapolated 2025 stats showing he would hit the bottom yardage escalator but struggle with receptions - Strong defense of Matt LaFleur's decision-making process and the importance of investigating both sides of any argument - Emphasis on skepticism and avoiding "because he's an idiot" conclusions If you enjoy the show, subscribe, leave a rating, and join us on Packernet After Dark for more in-depth discussion. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/