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Slow Down
Life is better when you take time to experience it
Apr 10 • Mike Tieden
Back to Reality
Why life can't be replicated by code
Apr 3 • Mike Tieden

March 2026

High Fives and Plastic Chairs
Why you should watch baseball in person
Mar 27 • Mike Tieden
The Frictionless Lie
Why the generation born with a glass rectangle is trying to chew its way out.
Mar 20 • Mike Tieden
The Return of the Local
Why the best social networks still have sticky tables and front doors
Mar 13 • Mike Tieden
AI isn’t Coming for your Job
But someone who knows how to utilize AI is.
Mar 6 • Mike Tieden

February 2026

The 65-Inch Lobotomy
Why Instagram on Your TV is the Final Frontier of Brain Rot
Feb 27 • Mike Tieden
The Quest for the Cart
Inside the Gamified Economy
Feb 20 • Mike Tieden
The Casino in Your Pocket
The Hidden Cost of the Online Betting Surge
Feb 13 • Mike Tieden
Data Centers are Draining Our Water
The AI revolution is being fueled by the one resource we can’t afford to waste
Feb 3 • Mike Tieden

January 2026

The Great AI Reality Check
2026 is the year the AI hype cycle finally runs out of other people's money
Jan 27 • Mike Tieden
Renting a Brain: Apple’s High-Stakes Bet on Google Gemini
Siri is finally getting a brain, but the fact that it belongs to Google proves that Cupertino has lost the first round of the AI wars.
Jan 20 • Mike Tieden
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