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Wealth and Means - Episode 2 — Machines, Markets & the Mirror of Progress


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Episode 2 — Machines, Markets & the Mirror of Progress

This week on Wealth & Means, we explore what happens when technology, trade, and time collide.


From China’s rare-earth squeeze to AI’s moral dilemma, this episode is a full-stack tour through the forces defining the 2020s.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

• Why the global economy’s next big fight is over the periodic table.
• How baseball became a content algorithm.
• The single most valuable lesson in finance — the time value of money.
• Why AI might be the biggest job killer and the greatest co-pilot.
• How a Russian-born inventor’s cathode-ray dream still powers your screens.

🎤 Featuring:

  • Wealth — witty, insightful, and always one espresso ahead.

  • Means — measured, thoughtful, with professor-energy and a compassionate lens.

    🗣️ Segments:

    • What You Didn’t See in the News

    • Wake Up Ready

    • Knowledge Bomb

    • Humor Me

    • The Greater Debate (AI and the Future of Work)

    • Invent Again (Vladimir Zworykin and the Cathode-Ray Revolution)

      ☕ Because information is power — but timing is everything.

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