The Economy of Algorithms

Hey, it’s Marek, Almost every evening, my wife and I spend 45 minutes browsing Netflix, cross-referencing reviews, until one of us falls asleep and we end up watching YouTube videos about tourists arguing with border agents. We cancelled Disney+ because of too much choice. Let that sink in. This episode explores a $2 billion paradox: while AI has made creation virtually free - infinite content, in...

Hey, it’s Marek, Fresh back from Europe, I recorded this episode while processing a surreal experience: Russian drones made of plywood and polystyrene triggered NATO fighter jets over Poland. The airport I was flying to was closed during the event. The drones? They were decoys - $5,000 pieces of plywood triggering million-dollar defence responses. Here’s the pattern that should keep you up at nigh...

Hey, it's Marek, Recording from Warsaw this week, where I just received the first printed copies of my book’s Polish edition (the translation will launch on 17/10/2025). There’s something magical about holding a physical book in your native language, and the process of translating it was quite interesting (humans + AI), but that’s a story for another day. This episode explores what happens when or...

Hey, it’s Marek. I’m recording this from Prague, just before a public lecture on AI, in which I am going to make a claim that the Astronomical Clock was the OG digital minion. On the way to Czechia, ChatGPT offered me a sightseeing itinerary. 90% accurate, which sounds great until you imagine chaining it with a ticket-booking agent (also 90% accurate) and a reservation system (also 90% accurate)....

Hey, it’s Marek. So, last Friday’s article ( you can read it here , if you prefer text over audio) resonated with a lot of readers, it seems. This time its LinkedIn version generated a big discussion among readers. I needed this term in my life, “the Mullet Model”- perfect. A reader. I also received lots of positive feedback about the audio recordings in general (remember? last week was the very f...

I just spent eight minutes reading my newsletter aloud. Not for a podcast. Not for a presentation. Just to see what happens when you hear "The 80% Mistake" instead of reading it. Last week's post struck a nerve. More than a hundred shares, close to ten thousand reads… For me, these are amazing. Ten thousand people reading my words? Wow. Which made me curious: does the medium change the message? So...