Attention — Oct 9, 2026

What caught my attention on Oct 9 (24 items).

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AI Is Breaking Google

Better Offline (Podcast:00:02) - Published 2024-05-28 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 00:02

We’re Watching Facebook Die

Better Offline (Podcast:00:20) - Published 2024-05-23 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 00:20

How Mark Zuckerberg Deliberately Made Facebook Worse

Better Offline (Podcast:00:46) - Published 2024-05-21 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 00:46

OpenAI’s Video Generating AI Is Dead On Arrival

Better Offline (Podcast:01:08) - Published 2024-05-14 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 01:08

Enron Musk Ft. Ed Niedermeyer

Better Offline (Podcast:01:31) - Published 2024-05-07 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 01:31

The Cult of Failing Upwards

Better Offline (Podcast:01:48) - Published 2024-04-30 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 01:48

Better Offline (Podcast:02:02) - Published 2024-04-25 10:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 02:02

How Managers Are Breaking The Internet

Better Offline (Podcast:02:20) - Published 2024-04-23 17:01 - Discovered 2026-10-09 02:20

Monologue: Australia’s Dodgiest AI IPO Is A Pale Horse

Better Offline (Podcast:04:03) - Published 2026-10-08 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 04:03

How A Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Went Viral ft. Louise Matsakis and Tianyu Fang

Better Offline (Podcast:04:19) - Published 2024-04-16 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 04:19

The AI Bubble Is Bursting

Better Offline (Podcast:04:40) - Published 2024-04-11 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 04:40

Are We At Peak AI?

Better Offline (Podcast:04:53) - Published 2024-04-09 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 04:53

Wikipedia Is All The Web Has Left ft. Molly White

Better Offline (Podcast:05:08) - Published 2024-04-02 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 05:08

Rich Idiots Are Killing The Media To Please The Tech Industry

Better Offline (Podcast:05:30) - Published 2024-03-26 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 05:30

How Growth Is Killing Tech’s Innovation, ft. Robert Evans

Better Offline (Podcast:05:53) - Published 2024-03-19 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 05:53

Musk’s Uncharitable Charity ft. David Fahrenthold

Better Offline (Podcast:06:11) - Published 2024-03-12 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 06:11

The Metaverse: How Mark Zuckerberg Lied To The World

Better Offline (Podcast:08:53) - Published 2024-03-05 17:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 08:53

How The Winklevoss Twins Lost A Billion Dollars

Better Offline (Podcast:09:50) - Published 2024-02-29 14:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 09:50

The Rot Economy ft Robert Evans

Better Offline (Podcast:10:11) - Published 2024-02-24 08:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 10:11

An Autopsy of Apple’s Vision Pro

Better Offline (Podcast:10:35) - Published 2024-02-20 17:30 - Discovered 2026-10-09 10:35

Introducing: Better Offline

Better Offline (Podcast:10:36) - Published 2024-02-13 21:25 - Discovered 2026-10-09 10:36

A Stark Warning From a Former AI Doomer

Deep Questions with Cal Newport (Podcast:11:12) - Published 2026-10-07 23:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 11:12

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Cal interviews Emile Torres who provides a stark warning about AI.

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

(0:00) A stark warning from a former AI doomer

(2:01) Interview with Emile Torres

(1:13:57) Cal recaps the interview with Emile

Links:

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Combating the Whirlwind with a Single Sheet of Paper

Deep Questions with Cal Newport (Podcast:11:39) - Published 2026-10-04 23:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 11:39

One of the more debilitating experiences in our current digital world is the sense of being trapped in relentless, reactive, busyness. This “whirlwind” can separate you from both ambition and presence, leaving you feeling flat and fried. In this episode, Cal discusses a simple trick he deploys when he finds himself in this state. It requires only a single sheet of paper.

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An Insider’s Guide to AI Doom

Deep Questions with Cal Newport (Podcast:11:51) - Published 2026-09-30 23:00 - Discovered 2026-10-09 11:51

The conversation around AI harms has become incredibly heated in recent weeks. But it’s also incredibly confusing. In this short explainer episode, Cal walks through the three major categories of beliefs around AI in the current moment and helps explain who belongs where and how they all relate to each other. If you’re trying to keep up with AI news you have need to learn this framework.

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