The Illusion of Choice in a Digital World

This week on Tasteland we're joined by writer, producer, and podcaster, Mike Rugnetta. Mike is the host of Never Post, a podcast that asks questions about why the world of the internet – and the world, because of the internet – is the way it is.

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Timestamps

00:00 Sunday summer derangement

03:25 Changing the way the world changes

08:50 The age of the platform has ended

14:16 The rise of the agentic web

17:06 Hentai explains everything

22:50 Bob Geldof's flaming pitchfork

27:48 Attention is a zero-sum game

33:00 You cannot recreate attention

39:18 AI vs. the library

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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.