If you grew up rewinding cassette tapes and now talk to machines for answers, this episode is for you. In this episode, Jeff Burgess traces the arc of technology from the Sony Walkman to smartphones to today’s AI boom — and reflects on how innovation has reshaped not just our tools, but our attention, habits, and expectations.

Jeff contrasts an era when technology enhanced life without replacing human effort with a world where convenience is constant and focus is fractured. Drawing from his own career, he explains why the skills that once built reputation and opportunity — curiosity, persistence, and problem-solving — can’t be automated, even as technology accelerates around us.

A thoughtful, generational episode about progress, restraint, and why Human Intelligence — passion, judgment, and effort — still matters more than anything artificial ever will.

To learn more about Jeff’s journey, pick up a copy of 𝙄𝙩 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙚: 𝙈𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 today! Now also available in audiobook format.

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Wondrous Stories.... Words and music by Jon Anderson.

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