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*About the episode:* ๐๐ง
Still reeling from the tariff whiplash and market madness? Us too. The radically moderate crew jumps back into the fray, dissecting the fallout, Shopify's bold (and maybe job-killing) AI mandate, and the wild reality of de-extinction โ seriously, dire wolves are back?! We also get real about the profound life shift of new fatherhood, debate killer (or maybe crazy?) golf simulator business ideas, and question if robot waiters are the future. It's your weekly dose of navigating finance, tech disruption, and life's big pivots, served chill.
*Timestamps:*
๐๏ธ 00:00 - Banter, Mic Checks, and Welcoming Papa Eric Back ("Severed Man"?)
๐ป 02:30 - What's Everyone Drinking? ZBiotics Sponsor Read ("Don't raw dog your alcohol")
๐ 05:15 - Market Mayhem: Tariffs, Trump Tweets, and a 12.5% Nasdaq Surge
๐ฌ 06:20 - Trump's Rug Pull Tweet: "I have removed all of the tariffs"
๐ 07:04 - Bitcoin Resilience & ETH Options Launch
๐ค 08:25 - Was It All Just a "Negotiation Tactic"?
๐ 10:00 - Business Uncertainty: "Are we f*****, are we unf*****?"
๐จ๐ณ 11:15 - China's Perspective: Saving Face and Response Tactics
๐ข 11:46 - The Real-World Cost: Container Price Explodes
๐ฅถ 13:21 - Business Strategy: Freezing vs. Planning in Volatility๐ 14:30 - Market Update: China White Paper, Apple in India, Personal Trades & "Log Off"
โณ 16:23 - Steal This Business Idea: Golf Simulator Hole-in-One Challenge
๐ค 21:37 - Analyzing the Golf Sim Idea: Pricing, Risk, Bar Integration & Food Truck Model?
๐ 27:10 - Scaling the Idea: Franchise vs. Corporate Ownership ("Too Small?")
โณ 30:15 - The "19th Hole" Concept & Hole-in-One Insurance Niche
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32:45 - Final Verdict on Golf Sim: Viable, Scalable, "State Fair Game"
๐ 36:20 - Nick's Bad Ideas Notebook & Rant on Review Sites ("Blackmail")
๐บ 38:45 - Bringing Back the Dire Wolf: Real Science or Misleading?
๐ค 41:20 - Ethical Questions: Playing God? Unintended Consequences?
๐ 44:05 - Next Up: Woolly Mammoths? Business Idea: Pet "Mini Mammoth"
๐ 45:40 - The "Playing God" Debate: Where is the Line? (Transhumanism vs. Fundamentalism)
๐ฆ 50:30 - Which Extinct Species to Bring Back? (Velociraptor, Dodo, Sasquatch?)
๐ค 55:10 - Shopify's AI "Hunger Games": Usage Now Mandatory
๐ข 01:00:20 - Applying AI Internally: Customer Service Agents & Justifying Human Hires
๐ 01:08:00 - AI Job Disruption: Testing Hires & Labor Displacement ("Are 40 CS jobs gone?")
โ 01:13:40 - The Future of Labor: Where Does Displaced Talent Go? ("To do what?")
๐จโโ๏ธ 01:23:30 - Lawyers & Doctors Disrupted? Rise of the Trades? Robotics?
๐จโ๐ผ 01:28:10 - Dad Talk: Eric's First Week - Profound Changes & Shifting Priorities ("Do I even care anymore?")
๐ค 01:35:45 - Analyzing the Dad Shift: Reprioritization, Motivation & The Fisherman Analogy ("It goes by so fast")
โค๏ธ 01:42:50 - Deeper Dad Dive: New Fears, Second Child Dynamics, Nature vs. Nurture & The Child's "Soul"
๐ 01:50:30 - Wrapping Up: Audience Evolution, Dad Pod?, Next Week (China Trip!) & Sign Off
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