Rosencast

What happens when the future destroys the past? The automobile replaced the horse economy. Streaming wiped out video rental stores.  The internet transformed newspapers.  And now artificial intelligence may be reshaping the world all over again. In this episode of Rosenberg, we explore the idea of Creative Destruction—the strange process by which old industries disappear, new ones emerge, and soci...

In 1938, a Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann created a compound called LSD-25. Nobody thought much about it. The company shelved it, and it sat there for years. Then something strange happened. Hofmann couldn't stop thinking about it. What followed would become one of the most unusual stories of the twentieth century—a story involving accidental discovery, secret government experiments, the count...

Today we think of the printing press as one of humanity's greatest inventions. But when it first appeared, many people feared it. Some worried about misinformation. Others feared job loss. Some believed it threatened society itself. In this episode, Rosenberg explores how the fears surrounding the printing press sound surprisingly similar to today's anxieties about artificial intelligence. Topics...

Most people think the attention economy began with social media. It didn't. In this first episode of Rosenberg, we explore how newspapers transformed from political tools into commercial businesses competing for attention. Along the way, we look at how media shapes our understanding of the world, why shared stories matter, and what the rise of newspapers can teach us about today's digital platform...