Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap: **The Suction Cup That Outsmarted Big Auto**

[curious] So picture this — a guy in a Ford F-150 Lightning, somewhere on a stretch of highway in the American Midwest, cruise control on. But it's not Ford's system driving. It's not Tesla's either. It's a little open-source box he bought online, mounted to his windshield with a suction cup. [amused] A suction cup. Very premium....

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [enthusiastic] Happy Monday, everyone. Be the water, not the rock.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: The AI Prophet Who Nearly Lost It All

[serious] Somewhere in San Francisco this past week, a twenty-six-year-old sat down to write the hardest letter of his career. Leopold Aschenbrenner — the former OpenAI researcher who basically became the loudest prophet of the AI boom — had to tell his investors something no fund manager ever wants to say. [curious] His exact words, published by Business Insider? Quote: 'We let you down this mont...

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [energetic] We're Mind the Gap. Back tomorrow morning. Go be beginners.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: The Camera That Cried Stolen Car

[curious] So picture this — a police cruiser in Roseville, California. An officer gets a ping on her dashboard. Flock surveillance camera says: stolen vehicle, right ahead. [serious] She lights up, pulls the car over… and it's a retired kindergarten teacher on her way to water aerobics. Plate doesn't match. Not even close....

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [warm] Go be a beginner at something today.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: Reality Sent The Invoice

[curious] Picture this. You're sitting at your kitchen table in July, scrolling job boards for the eighth straight month. Your phone buzzes. It's your old boss. The one who let you go because — and this is a direct quote from the company memo — 'AI will handle it now.' [amused] And the message says — 'Hey, so... any chance you'd consider coming back?'...

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [excited] Mind the Gap. Go name things right.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: The Six-Legged Unicorn Problem

[warm] Picture this. It's bedtime somewhere in suburban Ohio. Grandma hands her five-year-old granddaughter a brand-new storybook — custom-made, the kid's actual face on the cover, riding a unicorn through a candy forest. [amused] Sounds adorable, right? Except the unicorn has six legs, the candy forest has words that aren't words, and the child's fingers... let's just say the AI was generous with...

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [playful] Go name things correctly. We'll see you tomorrow.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: Sam Altman's Treadmill

[amused] So Sam Altman is sitting in front of a room full of people last week and someone asks him — basically — hey, when do we get our four-hour workweeks? And Altman just... smiles. [curious] Oh, I love this. Because the answer was NOT what anyone wanted to hear....

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [enthusiastic] Step off the treadmill, friends. Even just for a moment.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: **The Secret In The Kitchen Drawer**

[reflective] Picture this — a kitchen somewhere in Canada, maybe the early seventies. A man opens a desk drawer, unf...

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [reflective] Picture this — a kitchen somewhere in Canada, maybe the early seventies. A man opens a desk drawer, unf

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: The Robot That Speaks A Dying Language

[warm] Picture this — a twelve-year-old kid in Michigan, sitting cross-legged on a classroom floor, typing commands into a small robot. But he's not programming it to dance or solve a maze. [curious] He's teaching it to speak a language that fewer than a thousand people on Earth still know fluently....

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [warm] And I'm Maya. Go carry something forward today.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: The Molecule That Made Oncologists Cheer

[excited] Picture this — a ballroom in Chicago, June 2026. Ten thousand oncologists are on their feet. Not polite applause. Not a standing ovation for a keynote speaker. They're cheering for a molecule. [warm] A molecule called daraxonrasib. It nearly doubled survival time for pancreatic cancer — one of the deadliest diagnoses on the planet — to thirteen point two months. And the room just... erup...

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [warm] And I'm Maya. Go find your uncarved block. We'll see you tomorrow.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.

Mind the Gap: The Projector Broke at The Odyssey

[excited] Picture this — a packed IMAX theater in the Toronto area. Hundreds of fans who fought for weeks to score tickets to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in glorious seventy-millimeter film. The lights go down. The crowd holds its breath. And then— [amused] The projector breaks....

In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.

Takeaway: [warm] See you Monday.

New episodes drop every weekday morning.