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What the End of Spirit Airlines Means for the Future of Flying
31:56
New York Times Podcasts New York Times Podcasts

What the End of Spirit Airlines Means for the Future of Flying

Spirit Airlines' sudden shutdown marks the end of the ultra-low-cost carrier era that revolutionized U.S. air travel by unbundling fares and democratizing flight access, ultimately collapsing under the weight of legacy airline competition, rising labor costs, and a blocked merger that sealed its fate.

about 2 months ago · 9 points
"Planning My Escape From Cuba" - Nick Shirley Returns | PBD #793
1:27:13
PBD Podcast PBD Podcast

"Planning My Escape From Cuba" - Nick Shirley Returns | PBD #793

Journalist Nick Shirley documents his harrowing 24-hour trip to Cuba, where he faced immediate government surveillance, equipment seizures, and a military manhunt while exposing the extreme poverty, resource shortages, and psychological despair caused by decades of communist rule.

about 2 months ago · 9 points
Essentials: Compulsive Behaviors & Deep Brain Stimulation | Dr. Casey Halpern
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Huberman Lab Huberman Lab

Essentials: Compulsive Behaviors & Deep Brain Stimulation | Dr. Casey Halpern

Neurosurgeon Dr. Casey Halpern explains how deep brain stimulation (DBS) treats compulsive behaviors by targeting specific neural circuits, particularly the nucleus accumbens and ventral striatum, revealing the shared neuroscience behind OCD, addiction, and eating disorders while pioneering precise 'craving cell' mapping techniques to improve outcomes for treatment-resistant patients.

about 2 months ago · 9 points
Skills at Scale — Nick Nisi and Zack Proser, WorkOS
AI Engineer AI Engineer

Skills at Scale — Nick Nisi and Zack Proser, WorkOS

Nick Nisi and Zack Proser from WorkOS demonstrate how 'skills'—portable, markdown-based context units—solve the 'cold start' problem of AI coding agents by encoding constraints and deterministic scripts that can be shared across teams and projects, eliminating repetitive context reloading.

about 2 months ago · 10 points
Jordan Peterson: "Walk Away and Focus on Yourself"
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Jordan Peterson Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson: "Walk Away and Focus on Yourself"

Jordan Peterson explains his methodology for validating psychological truths across multiple independent levels of analysis (neuroscience, narrative, cross-cultural), arguing that actionable knowledge about how to behave is more primary than scientific material knowledge, and that avoiding one's destiny leads to symbolic death while confronting crisis enables transformation.

about 2 months ago · 10 points
Henry Farrell on AI as a Social Technology
1:19:17
Conversations with Tyler (Tyler Cowen) Conversations with Tyler (Tyler Cowen)

Henry Farrell on AI as a Social Technology

Political economist Henry Farrell argues that AI systems like large language models function as 'social technologies'—complex institutional mechanisms for processing collective cultural information akin to markets and bureaucracies—rather than as individual agentic intelligences, warning that misunderstanding this distinction creates risks of ideational bubbles when AI narratives collide with reality.

about 2 months ago · 6 points
"Descript Isn't a Slop Machine": Laura Burkhauser on the AI Tools Creators Love and Hate
1:23:53
Cognitive Revolution Cognitive Revolution

"Descript Isn't a Slop Machine": Laura Burkhauser on the AI Tools Creators Love and Hate

Descript CEO Laura Burkhauser distinguishes 'slop'—mass-produced algorithmic arbitrage for profit—from necessary 'bad art' created while learning new mediums. She reveals a clear hierarchy in creator acceptance of AI tools: universal love for deterministic features like Studio Sound, frustration with agentic assistants like Underlord, and visceral opposition to generative video models, while outlining Descript's strategy to serve creators without becoming a content mill.

about 2 months ago · 10 points