We explore how new tools like Snipd and AI chat bots promise frictionless access to knowledge, but may be trading comprehension for convenience. Along the way: the slow death of the open web, the rise of moral disgust with AI-generated culture, and the parallel media worlds being built by tech and alternative voices. At the center of it all is a question: are we getting smarter, or just better at pretending we are?

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Chapters:

* 00:00 Open

* 00:35 Intro

* 05:12 Welcome

* 08:30 Quick Hits: Google Traffic

* 15:43 Processing Information

* 37:27 Moral Disgust With AI

* 46:44 Parallel Media Worlds

* 54:42 Outro

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