Paul found himself in a CEO position again, and he's finding trouble keeping people accountable and setting deadlines for others. Rich provides useful and universal career advice to Paul, on how to demand accountability.

Rich thinks kids these days have it too easy. He complains about his bursitis for thirty minutes (just kidding). But he and Paul talk about constraints and the media, and how to raise kids. Advice is given. You know what this is.

Ziade and Ford ADVISORS right? Well you know the oldest kind of advice? Proverbs. Paul picks out some interesting ones to see what happens. Thoughts ensue.

Rich and Paul talk through the tech layoffs, explaining why they happen, why they suck, and what you can do about them (very little) and what you can do for the people involved in them (far more).

A conversation about the robots taking our job—and how various forces have been taking our jobs for a while, and personal experiences with jobs and robots.

Rich has an idea about how to completely revolutionize the remote workplace. Typical hijinks ensue.

Paul and Rich talk about modern shopping experiences—and how big box retail is increasingly like a warehouse for online orders, while more and more commerce becomes focused around community and live events.

Rich advises Paul (who is pretending to be a guy who works in video editing) on whether to quit his job or not. Together, they look into THE VOID. The VOID looks back. Paul digresses on corporatist epistemology. In the end everything is okay.

Rich and Paul come back to the office after the holidays just full of predictions for tech, politics, and the economy.

The last episode of 2022! Paul and Rich talk about the World Cup, in a general way, but then they start to talk about how soccer functions as a platform in the world—how to see it as a kind of technology.