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What if the thing killing creativity right now isn't talent or effort, but the simple fact that nobody has space to be bored anymore? Joe Begley and I start this one ranking the worst beers in America, what was supposed to be a loose, ridiculous beer review, turned into a real conversation about why social media has erased reflection, why \"smelling VC money\" on a coffee shop is a real and growing instinct in this generation, and why Steve Jobs' Apple literally couldn't be built today. Joe breaks down how a heart rate monitor accidentally became his therapist on stage, and I get into something I don't usually talk about publicly, about what it was like in the final stretch of caring for my dad and the small intimate moments nobody prepares you for craft versus scale, panic versus presence, and why the next generation might reject anything that smells like growth-at-all-costs.
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04:00 Chasing Obsessions
09:00 Social Media Focus Trap
11:04 Viral Video Theory
13:18 Keystone Origin Story
17:01 Self-Pour Sadness
19:34 Chinese Writing And Tones
25:53 Korea Beer Terra Tasting
29:43 Venture Capital Smell Test
32:01 Strip Mall America
33:45 Fake ID Glory Days
36:30 Steve Jobs Couldn't Exist Today
40:20 Comedy as Conspiracy
43:43 Three Minute Bit Gamble
47:49 Dad's Health Scare
52:44 Skunked Beer Science
55:31 Worst Beer Ever
59:09 Xbox Is the Drug
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