Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Show Notes

Ezra Klein with Kyla Scanlon: “How The Attention Economy is Devouring Gen Z.”

David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory.

Maurizio Lazzarato, “Immaterial labor.”

Affective labor.

Veo 3 demo | “Off-road rally.”

Kyla Scanlon, “Zero-sum Thinking and the Labor Market.”

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance.

All About Eve (1950): Classic Scene — “Fasten Your Seatbelts” — Bette Davis — Marilyn Monroe.

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Mark Kingsley, Universal Principles of Branding:
100 Key Concepts for Defining, Building, and Delivering Brands.

Mark Kingsley, Brands in the Age of AI.

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Tom Guarriello, PhD, The Meaning of Branded Objects:
Why Some Things Matter More Than Others.

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SVA Masters in Branding program.

Music courtesy of Mikel Rouse.

Dr. Tom Guarriello.

Mark Kingsley.

Melinda Welch.