Every solution we create becomes tomorrow's problem. When Google solved search, they created monopoly concerns.

When telecoms solved communication, they created customer experience nightmares.

When AI solves thinking, it creates cognitive dependency.

This isn't a bug it's human nature.

Today, we're venturing into what appears to be innovation is actually an endless cycle of problem-shifting. As you'll hear, Andrew and Kieran possess a rare ability to see through corporate theater to the unchanging human behaviors underneath the same "strange apes" we've always been, just with better tools to create chaos.

From AI tarpits designed to trap greedy bots to food manufacturers engineering around ozempic, this conversation reveals why we still find satisfaction in doing things ourselves, why companies refuse to admit what they actually are, and how peer-to-peer networks are enabling communication without permission.

🎯 On the Docket:

00:00:00 - Ideas, attention, and systems in modern business

00:02:22 - Google's 20-year monopoly: Innovation killer or accelerator?

00:04:57 - AI scraping bundled with search: Google's "blackmail" strategy

00:05:04 - AI tarpits: Websites fight back with infinite bot loops

00:09:58 - Digital drugs for AI: Psychedelic models for creativity

00:15:17 - Peer-to-peer mesh networks bypass telecom infrastructure

00:20:47 - How governments secretly shut down mobile networks

00:23:22 - Open source economics: Altruism or corporate weapon?

00:32:39 - Telcos as reluctant utilities refusing their identity

00:40:25 - Death of telephone revenue, rise of bandwidth commoditization

00:50:01 - Why telcos suck at customer experience

00:54:18 - The 10-touchpoint trap: Why 8/10 scores create failure

00:58:16 - Is AI harming our brains and cognitive abilities?

01:05:07 - The satisfaction paradox of making things yourself

01:12:27 - Human nature unchanged: Still "strange apes" after millennia

⚡ Key Points:

Why monopolies create a paradox of both accelerating and suppressing innovation simultaneously

Google's bundling of AI scraping with search indexing is essentially "blackmail" against content creators

AI tarpits represent humanity's fundamental urge to "fuck with shit" when systems try to exploit them

Open source serves as both genuine collaboration tool and strategic weapon against competitors

Telcos spend billions trying to avoid admitting they're utilities, leading to terrible customer experiences

The cumulative effect of multiple "good enough" touchpoints creates overall poor customer journeys

AI may be creating cognitive dependency similar to how office work created physical fitness industries

Satisfaction comes from the journey of creation, not just the destination or outcome

Every technological breakthrough creates new problems requiring new solutions in endless cycles

🔗 Where to find A Few Good People:

AFGP:https://www.afewgoodpeople.co.uk/

Andrew Radley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-radley-6ab365/

Kieron McCann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieronmccann/