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Pivot

X's Foreign Trolls, Google's AI Wins, and MTG's Resignation

Published November 25, 2025
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About This Episode

Hosts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss foreign-operated troll accounts on X, broader Russian and other foreign influence operations on U.S. politics, and the GOP's shifting stance on Russia, including Marco Rubio's role in a controversial Ukraine peace plan. They analyze Google's new Gemini 3 model and Alphabet's AI strategy versus OpenAI, evaluate market jitters around the AI boom and crypto, and cover Marjorie Taylor Greene's announced resignation, Eli Lilly's GLP-1-fueled valuation, elite wealth and political power, and the importance of competent public servants and everyday gratitude practices.

Topics Covered

Artificial intelligence ChatGPT U.S. politics and elections Media trust and propaganda War and empire Crypto Wealth inequality GLP-1 agonists Obesity and weight loss Mental health

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Quick Takeaways

  • Many high-engagement MAGA accounts on X appear to be operated from countries like Russia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan, illustrating how foreign actors and opportunists monetize and manipulate U.S. political discourse.
  • Google's Gemini 3 is being praised as a leading large language model, and Alphabet is integrating AI overviews and ads directly into search, leveraging its massive user base and ad-driven business model.
  • Despite strong AI-related earnings from companies like Nvidia, markets feel fragile, with volatility in big tech and crypto fueling debate over whether the AI boom is entering bubble territory.
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from Congress in January, which the hosts frame against her record of conspiracism, bigotry, and stock-trading gains while in office.
  • Eli Lilly became the first healthcare company to hit a $1 trillion market cap, reflecting enormous demand for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs that both hosts see as one of the most important recent medical technologies.
  • Scott argues that foreign and domestic policy are increasingly being shaped by underqualified political appointees and enablers, eroding America's historic advantage in competent governance.
  • The hosts criticize deference to billionaires and call for more grassroots political engagement, pointing to Zoran Mamdani's victory as evidence that well-funded elites can be beaten.
  • Both hosts encourage individuals to actively experiment with AI tools to understand their capabilities and to cultivate nightly gratitude as a simple, reliable mental health practice.

Podcast Notes

Intro, personal updates, and light banter

Kara's post-workout energy and kefir habit

Kara describes having just run, worked out, and is now drinking kefir[1:29]
• She notes kefir is high in protein and fermented, which she believes is good for health
Scott admits he doesn't know what kefir is and lightly mocks kefir drinkers[1:37]
• He jokes that anyone who drinks kefir probably includes their pronouns at the end of their email

Scott's weekend with his sons and socializing with his doctor

Scott shares that his weekend was nice, with his boys home and lots of Premier League soccer[2:13]
He mentions socializing with his doctor for the first time because the doctor started an interesting business[2:15]
• Scott says he usually likes his doctors and thinks Kara would like this one, who runs a high-end medical business

Discussion of PRP (platelet-rich plasma) shots and injuries

Scott describes getting PRP shots in both shoulders from a doctor who is the orthopedic doctor for the New York Rangers[3:02]
• He identifies the doctor as "Dr. Lindor" and calls him handsome and impressive
Kara briefly explains PRP as taking blood, spinning it, and reinjecting the "golden" part to promote healing[3:17]
• Scott says PRP shots hurt, cause inflammation the next day, and that after three or four rounds he experienced 70-80% pain reduction
Kara contrasts PRP with steroid shots, saying steroids don't last and can only be used a limited number of times[3:59]

Kara's brunch with longtime friends and value of old relationships

Kara recounts going on a date with her wife and then hosting a brunch with a sixth-grade friend, Trevi Williams, and Trevi's husband, Chris Keeney[4:27]
• She notes that Chris was her eighth-grade boyfriend and that both Trevi and Chris lost spouses and later found each other in second marriages
Kara highlights how much she values having friends from childhood and long-term relationships[4:47]
• She mentions Trevi's daughter is an associate professor at Berkeley and her other daughters are well-known tattoo artists in Los Angeles

Tattoos, parenting rules, and personal body art

Scott's rules for his sons about tattoos, military, and motorcycles

Scott says he told his boys: no motorcycles, no military (which he might now reconsider), and no tattoos, in exchange for a car at 16[5:42]
• He notes his sons are indifferent because they don't care about cars

Kara's tattoos and their personal meaning

Kara reveals she has seven tattoos, mostly hidden and done for herself rather than others[6:11]
• Her first tattoo is a ginkgo leaf on her ankle, but people mistake it for a shamrock, which annoys her because she does not want a shamrock tattoo
She describes small heart tattoos with her four kids' initials and symbols of entropy and syntropy representing chaos and building[6:55]
• Kara says she loves her tattoos, looks at them often, and is itching to get another one

Scott's dislike of tattoos and Kara's joke about a Scott tattoo

Scott says he generally dislikes tattoos, especially on women, because he thinks women's skin is beautiful without ink[7:16]
Kara jokes about getting a tattoo to symbolize Scott, possibly on her butt so she never has to see it[7:41]
• She invites listeners to write in with ideas for a Scott-themed tattoo and frames it playfully as a contest

Foreign troll accounts on X and Russian information operations

X's "About This Account" feature and discovery of foreign-based MAGA accounts

Kara highlights reporting that many America First and MAGA accounts on X appear to be based in Russia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, and similar countries[8:10]
• She explains X rolled out an "About This Account" tool that shows an account's location, creation date, and username change history
Kara calls the feature an "important first step" for securing the integrity of the platform, but warns that Elon Musk has talked about updating data based on "best available information," which she sees as an opening for manipulation[8:37]
• She notes users have reported inaccuracies in their own listed locations, suggesting data quality issues affect more than just MAGA accounts

Scott on how foreign intelligence and cheap information warfare exploit social media

Scott argues that intelligence agencies like the GRU, Mossad, CIA, NSA, and the CCP could not have imagined better tools than modern social platforms for tracking people and shaping narratives[10:09]
• He says adversaries that cannot beat the U.S. kinetically or economically instead weaponize unregulated platforms where two-thirds of people get information
He contrasts spending billions on aircraft carriers with spending around a hundred million dollars to build troll farms that influence U.S. opinion on aid to Ukraine[10:46]
Scott emphasizes that comments under posts may be more influential than the posts themselves, because people are wired to care about social feedback[11:09]
• He describes seeing posts advocating more weapons for Ukraine, then being flooded with comments calling the poster a warmonger and accusing them of trying to start World War III, often from low-follower accounts with generic bios

Troll farms, monetization, and bots versus genuine activism

Scott notes classic images of troll farms with rows of screens, and says Russia, China, and Hamas would be "stupid" not to invest heavily in influencing U.S. narratives via such operations[10:55]
He suggests a key twist is that many large MAGA accounts operated from places like Nigeria are motivated more by ad and engagement money than ideological propaganda, though their content still has political influence[12:17]
• Kara agrees that money is a big driver but stresses the resulting influence still jacks people up emotionally and politically

Advice about social media comments and maintaining independent views

Scott reflects that earlier in his career he chased likes and allowed online feedback to shape what he said, which he thinks leads to extremism[12:37]
• He argues people should express views they genuinely believe rather than optimizing for praise or avoiding offense in comments
He notes that humans are wired to fear shame and expulsion from the tribe, making online shaming particularly powerful[14:09]
• Scott says people with economic security and unconditional love in their lives should especially resist tailoring their views to trolls and bots
Kara mentions she used to respond to comments but now mostly just blocks and rarely engages[14:04]

Russia, GOP politics, and Marco Rubio's Ukraine peace-plan controversy

History of documented foreign influence campaigns on U.S. social media

Kara cites that in 2016, Russia's Internet Research Agency posed as Americans and used micro-targeted Facebook ads to promote divisive political issues[16:50]
• She adds that in 2017, Russian operatives used Facebook accounts to organize more than 60 protests in America, both before and after the 2016 election
She notes that in 2019, over 7,000 Iranian accounts were banned on Twitter, most commenting on U.S. politics[17:12]
Kara says that in 2023 the federal government stopped warning big tech about foreign influence campaigns due to GOP backlash[17:48]
• She also mentions 2024 U.S. intelligence warnings that Russia, China, and Iran are using AI to influence the election, primarily trying to undermine Kamala Harris

Kara and Scott on GOP alignment with Russian narratives

Scott argues foreign actors mainly promote divisiveness first, but that they appear more aligned with the GOP because Republican rhetoric increasingly mirrors Russian talking points[18:25]
He contrasts historical Democratic "give peace a chance" attitudes with today's situation where GOP figures sound like Russia's strongest allies abroad, aside from countries like India and China that want cheap oil[18:30]
Kara says the GOP is parroting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's talking points and calls the shift "insane" compared with past Republican hardline stances on Russia[18:08]

Marco Rubio and the controversial Ukraine peace plan

Kara explains that a 28-point Ukraine peace plan circulating in Geneva has been described by some as a Russian wish list that Ukrainians see as capitulation[19:23]
• She notes that a bipartisan group of senators claim Marco Rubio privately described it as a Russian wish list, even as he publicly insists it was an early document with input from both sides
Scott characterizes Rubio as someone who has long put presidential ambition over leadership, citing his abandonment of immigration reform when it conflicted with far-right preferences[21:02]
• He says Rubio will say and do anything he believes will help him become president, including contorting himself on Ukraine policy and parroting foreign-influenced narratives

Trump and Zoran Mamdani's Oval Office meeting

Description of the "love fest" meeting

Kara recounts that she previously predicted Trump and Mamdani would get along, and their Oval Office meeting was widely described as a love fest[22:32]
• Trump called Mamdani "very rational," praised his campaign, and said he would cheer him on as mayor while promising federal help for New York
Kara notes Trump brushed off Mamdani having called him a fascist, saying he was fine with it[23:32]
She describes images of Trump and Mamdani posing in front of the FDR statue and looking out over Mar-a-Lago, evoking a vaguely paternal, romantic visual narrative[23:47]

Strategic benefits for Trump and Mamdani

Scott calls the meeting an "incredibly shrewd" move for both, saying it made each look more statesmanlike and was a clear win-win[24:17]
• He says Trump likes being popular, values attractive and strong winners, and sees Mamdani as a handsome, successful mayor-elect
He argues Mamdani was smart to appear respectful in the Oval Office, dress well, and signal he can work constructively with the federal government to help New Yorkers[25:00]
Kara points out that Trump met with Mamdani before Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries did, suggesting Democrats missed an opportunity to share in Mamdani's momentum[25:47]
• She notes Democrats could have publicly congratulated Mamdani and expressed a desire to work with him while acknowledging policy differences, similar to Trump's messaging

Norms of congratulating political adversaries

Scott invokes youth sports norms where, regardless of rough play, teams shake hands and congratulate each other at the end, arguing politics should mirror this practice[27:25]
• He says leaders should congratulate winners and pledge to work with them to make America better, even if they would not have voted for them

Google Gemini 3, AI overviews, and Alphabet's strategy

Gemini 3 performance and Alphabet surpassing Microsoft

Kara reports that Google launched Gemini 3, whose model outperforms competitors on over a dozen benchmark intelligence tests[31:32]
• Alphabet's market value has exceeded Microsoft's for the first time in seven years, which she praises as validating Scott's prior stock pick of Alphabet
She notes ChatGPT has 800 million weekly users, while Gemini has around 650 million monthly users, indicating OpenAI's current usage lead[31:47]

Innovator's dilemma and the "Empire Strikes Back"

Scott says his predictions deck labeled Alphabet's AI resurgence as "The Empire Strikes Back," since it owns the most AI-related IP historically[32:32]
• He frames Google's initial lag as an innovator's dilemma: they feared cannibalizing their search business, leaving room for OpenAI
Scott emphasizes Alphabet's advantage: 2 billion people log into its platforms daily, giving it a "fire hose" of distribution it can point at AI products[33:02]

AI overviews, ads, and business models

Scott says Gemini itself is strong, but he is especially impressed with AI summaries at the top of Google searches, which have improved from initially poor quality[33:25]
• He notes Google has turned on ads in AI overviews, meaning roughly 75 million daily users will now see sponsored results embedded in those summaries
He interprets this as Alphabet choosing an ad-based AI model over subscription, leveraging its status as arguably the strongest advertiser in the world[33:53]
Scott argues that while users might prefer ad-free experiences like Claude or ChatGPT in the short term, Google's ad model will be enormously lucrative given its reach[34:07]

Competition from Chinese AI like DeepSeek and open weights

Scott believes the bigger long-term threat to both OpenAI and Google may come from Chinese open-weight models like DeepSeek, which can erode market share globally[36:02]

Practical use of AI tools and adoption challenges

Scott's workflow with multiple LLMs

Scott shares that he keeps a second screen dedicated to AI tools and uploads almost everything digital into one of two LLMs[36:43]
• He tries to learn what each model is good or bad at and treats it like working with the world's smartest intern who's read the internet
He advises people to feed AI more information, specify a voice, ask what additional questions it needs, request graphs, and challenge suspicious outputs[37:32]

Enterprise adoption and Kara's privacy concern

Scott notes many enterprises have signed big site licenses for AI but struggle with low usage and adoption among employees[37:02]
He suggests individuals upload digital reports, including things like medical reports, to AI tools to see what they can infer[37:12]
• Kara pushes back, saying she does not want AI companies to have her personal medical information and is more concerned about privacy than he is

AI boom, markets, and bubble fears

Nvidia earnings, crypto volatility, and fragile sentiment

Kara notes that despite Nvidia's strong earnings, its stock gave back gains and is slightly down over five days, and the broader indexes are down around 1.5% for the month[38:25]
• She adds that crypto is having its worst month since 2022, and that meta's data center accounting has drawn critical scrutiny in the Wall Street Journal

Scott on historical patterns of manias and corrections

Scott says economic history shows that once everyone agrees things have gone crazy, markets often go even more insane before crashing[39:32]
He notes that although bitcoin has had its worst month since 2022, it's roughly back to its April level and still up since the current president was elected[40:02]
• He points out that tech stocks like Alphabet hit all-time highs recently, and that from 1997 to 1999 the NASDAQ doubled even as people warned valuations were absurd
Scott estimates we are at a "1998" moment, with valuations high but possibly still having room to run before any major correction[40:38]

Scott's portfolio moves and advice on diversification

Scott discloses he has been paring down his big tech stocks, believing current prices are good even if he misses further upside[40:56]
He advocates diversification, moving more into cash, and generally not overreacting to short-term drawdowns when a sector is still massively up for the year[41:08]
• Kara mentions Warren Buffett has amassed a cash pile around the hundreds of billions, seeing this as one of his last big moves before deploying capital

Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation and her record

Announcement and political context

Kara reports that Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from Congress in January after Trump called her a traitor over a disagreement on the Epstein files[42:32]
• Greene said she refuses to be a "battered wife" hoping things get better and claims she loves her family and district too much to endure a primary against her backed by Trump
Kara notes that Trump characterized her resignation as great news for the country[43:20]
She references reporting that multiple Republicans may depart in January, potentially costing Speaker Mike Johnson control of the House before special elections can be held[43:20]

Scott's detailed critique of Greene's record

Scott warns listeners not to forget Greene's history and lists her promotion of false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and her support for efforts to overturn certification[44:32]
• He notes she compared Democrats to Nazis, suggested the U.S. was in a form of civil war, and described opponents as enemies of the country
He recounts her past endorsement of QAnon narratives, claims that mass shootings were false flags, and speculation about space lasers linked to California wildfires and the Rothschilds[45:01]
• He emphasizes that connecting disasters to the Rothschilds invokes a common antisemitic trope
Scott says she attacked COVID-19 public health measures, comparing restrictions and vaccine policies to Nazi persecution[45:02]
He cites her confrontations with colleagues, including yelling in hallways, posting inflammatory anti-LGBTQ signs, and using demeaning language about political opponents[45:23]
He notes she has minimized the violence of January 6, calling insurrectionists political prisoners and reframing the events[45:15]
Scott mentions her statements about Muslim members of Congress, including suggesting loyalty tests, and an incident where she confronted Parkland survivor David Hogg on camera[46:01]
He points out she is leaving Congress with an estimated $23 million, up from about $700,000, including trades like Palantir stock just before it received contracts from a committee she sits on[46:01]
• He notes she has no legislative accomplishments and describes her legacy as one of bigotry, anti-science positions, and divisiveness
Scott concludes with "good fucking riddance" and urges listeners not to laude her simply because she is now vocal about the Epstein files[46:01]

Kara's agreement and frustration with uncritical coverage

Kara says she shared Scott's frustration that recent interviews with Greene on the Epstein issue did not challenge her on positions about trans people, Muslims, and other topics[47:07]
• She says that if she interviewed Greene, she would agree where they overlap but then walk through Greene's other views to remind people of her broader record

Eli Lilly, GLP-1 drugs, and a proposed national moonshot

Eli Lilly's trillion-dollar valuation and GLP-1 pipeline

Kara reports Eli Lilly has become the first healthcare company to reach a $1 trillion market cap, driven by demand for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound[53:36]
She notes Lilly plans to seek FDA approval for a GLP-1 pill by the end of the year, and Wall Street expects the pill alone could generate up to $40 billion annually at peak[54:01]
• Kara says other companies are also racing to market GLP-1 pills by mid-2026 and believes costs will come down considerably over time

Scott on GLP-1 as technology of the year

Scott says he picks a technology of the year annually; he chose AI in 2023 and 2024, but for 2025 he chose GLP-1 drugs[54:06]
He argues GLP-1s are the most important technology since GPS and asks people to compare the daily impact of AI versus GLP-1 if they're using both[55:08]
He describes meeting Scott Jennings, who looks dramatically different after weight loss, as visual evidence of GLP-1 impact[54:27]

Public health, costs, and a bold federal purchasing proposal

Scott notes that about 70% of Americans are overweight or obese and links this to a huge portion of U.S. healthcare spending and related economic problems[56:44]
He proposes that the U.S. government should run a moonshot program: put out a bid to buy 1.2 billion doses of GLP-1 for 200 million obese or overweight Americans (six months each) at the lowest price[56:20]
• He envisions distributing GLP-1 widely, including in rural communities, to quickly reduce national weight by 20-30 pounds per household and thereby cut healthcare costs and improve mental health
Kara mentions that in reporting for a CNN documentary, doctors consistently cited GLP-1s as the top transformative health technology, along with AI-assisted cancer research and CRISPR[56:31]

Kara's wins and fails: Meta, Doge, and backlash to elites

Fail: Meta and harmful effects on young users (and the end of Doge)

Kara cites newly released court filings claiming Meta knew its platforms were harming young users but refused to make basic protective fixes[1:00:15]
She also calls the failure of "Doge" a huge failure, saying it cost money, created havoc, enriched Elon Musk, and was bad for the American people, though she does not specify the exact project details in this segment[1:00:31]

Win: Tina Brown on Mamdani and pushback against billionaire dominance

Kara quotes Tina Brown, who says people feel bullied by the super rich, who dominate debates over academia, national direction, and tech revolutions[1:01:01]
• Brown argues Mamdani showed how to "get your fight back" by beating massive spending against him, proving money doesn't buy everything
Kara agrees with Brown's framing and says elites "need to shut the fuck up" or at least that the public should stop reflexively listening to them as if they are experts on everything[1:01:39]

Discussion of billionaires, empathy, and inequality

Scott on over-valuing billionaire speakers and advice

Scott recalls advising NYU Stern to raise criteria for student speakers beyond "they have three commas" (billionaire status), arguing wealth doesn't confer life wisdom[1:03:40]
• He says schools should prioritize domain experts and academics over billionaires whose main qualification is making a lot of money
He criticizes generic billionaire advice like "follow your passion," noting such people often made fortunes in unglamorous industries before preaching passion[1:04:38]

Empathy gap between super rich and the rest

Scott argues that if the middle class understood how the super rich actually live and how much power they have, there would be a revolution[1:04:57]
He says the danger isn't that the rich are inherently bad, but that they lose empathy because their lives are so detached: private airports, health care, schools, and safer neighborhoods[1:05:01]
• He cites statistics: average U.S. high school spending per student is about $15,000, poorer areas spend $8-10K, while elite private schools spend around $75K per student per year
He asserts that rich people who grew up with money cannot truly understand the shame and insecurity of not having money in a capitalist society, even if they can be sympathetic[1:06:01]
• He questions whether they will fight for universal healthcare, infrastructure, or support for those who can't afford basics, given their insulation from public systems

Scott's wins and fails: competency in government and Vince Gilligan

Fail: Degradation of competence in U.S. government

Scott laments that Americans have taken for granted the historically high caliber of people who go into government service, from staffers to diplomats and security officials[1:07:38]
• He says these people are often the smartest, hardest-working individuals willing to earn relatively modest salaries for impactful work
He contrasts that tradition with current appointments, citing examples: a Secretary of Health and Human Services allegedly linking autism to vaccines on government websites and a Secretary of Education who called AI "A1"[1:09:01]
Scott argues that competency has been replaced by loyalty to one leader, and that enablers who go along with irresponsible policies will be judged harshly by history[1:09:51]

Win: Vince Gilligan and the evolution of prestige TV

Scott praises Vince Gilligan and calls Breaking Bad his favorite show ever, crediting it with rewriting the playbook for scripted drama[1:11:00]
• He highlights themes such as paternal desire to provide, moral descent, and insights into the meth market in New Mexico as reasons for the show's power
He mentions Gilligan's new show, "Pluribus," which he has started watching and finds promising[1:10:44]
Kara notes the main character in the new show is a lesbian and comments on how many TV protagonists are now queer, joking about how being gay went from uncool to very cool[1:11:30]

Closing segment: other shows, Thanksgiving, and gratitude practice

Cross-promotion of "On with Kara Swisher" and Jennifer Welch interview

Kara plugs her interview with Jennifer Welch of the podcast "I've Had It," highlighting Welch's criticism of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries[1:12:17]
• She plays a clip where Welch says she won't be a sycophant for Democratic leaders, wants them to succeed, but mocks their "strongly worded letters" and cringey posts
Kara describes Welch as sharp, funny, and serious beneath her humorous nicknames for politicians, and mentions plans for a future dinner with her and other "badass ladies"[1:13:30]

Thanksgiving wishes and gratitude as mental health practice

Kara and Scott wish listeners a happy Thanksgiving and say they are thankful for their audience and team[1:14:05]
Scott closes by saying one of the most productive things for mental health is to regularly practice gratitude, especially around Thanksgiving[1:14:38]
• He suggests using the holiday as a springboard to be thankful every night for something in one's life, predicting it will make people feel better about everything

Lessons Learned

Actionable insights and wisdom you can apply to your business, career, and personal life.

1

Do not let social media comments and engagement metrics dictate your beliefs or public positions; express views you genuinely hold rather than optimizing for likes or avoiding bot-driven backlash.

Reflection Questions:

  • • When was the last time I softened or exaggerated a public opinion because I anticipated negative comments or craved approval?
  • • How might my thinking change if I deliberately stopped checking comments or like counts for a week after posting something important to me?
  • • What is one topic I care about where I can reaffirm my actual position in writing, independent of how I expect people online to react?
2

Foreign and domestic actors will exploit unregulated platforms to shape narratives at low cost, so individuals need to cultivate skepticism about viral accounts, comments, and "grassroots" sentiment online.

Reflection Questions:

  • • What signals (account age, follower patterns, language use, location data) can I start paying attention to before trusting or amplifying a political account online?
  • • How could I build a habit of cross-checking at least one contentious claim I see on social media with a credible, independent source before reacting?
  • • Where in my current media diet am I most vulnerable to manipulation by anonymous or foreign-operated accounts, and what specific guardrails can I add?
3

Actively experimenting with AI tools in your daily workflow is the fastest way to understand their strengths, weaknesses, and how they can augment your thinking, rather than waiting for formal training or perfect products.

Reflection Questions:

  • • What recurring task in my work (summarizing documents, drafting emails, analyzing data) could I hand to an AI "intern" this week just to see what happens?
  • • How could I structure a short daily routine-like a 10-minute AI session on a second screen-to systematically explore prompts, features, and use cases?
  • • Which kinds of sensitive information will I consciously keep out of AI tools for now, and what non-sensitive material can I safely use to learn their capabilities?
4

Extreme wealth often creates an empathy gap and a distorted sense of authority, so you should diversify whose voices you trust and avoid assuming billionaires have superior wisdom outside their specific domain.

Reflection Questions:

  • • Whose opinions about politics, careers, or life have I been over-weighting simply because they are famous or rich rather than because they have relevant expertise?
  • • How might my views shift if I deliberately sought out perspectives from people closer to my own circumstances (or from affected communities) on an issue I usually learn about from elites?
  • • What is one concrete step I can take this month to support or elevate credible but less-wealthy voices in conversations I care about?
5

Simple, consistent gratitude practices-like listing what you are thankful for each night-can measurably improve your mental health and resilience, especially amid political and economic anxiety.

Reflection Questions:

  • • In the past week, what moments or relationships have quietly made my life better that I have not consciously appreciated?
  • • How could I build a brief nightly ritual (journal entry, shared reflection with a partner, or silent list) to name three things I'm grateful for?
  • • When I feel particularly stressed or cynical about the news, what specific gratitude practice could I use in that moment to rebalance my perspective?

Episode Summary - Notes by Hayden

X's Foreign Trolls, Google's AI Wins, and MTG's Resignation
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