2025 Tech Resolutions with Patrick from Hard Refresh

But I want to know and be able to explain my personal taste, not just accept one that’s been spoonfed to me because of a pay-for-play scheme at Spotify, for instance. I don’t want my behavior modified by a social media empire; I want to make all my own mistakes.

There’s already a nascent movement pushing back against algorithmic curation of what we ... See more

A big part of why the world is in this unholy mess (pick one...) is because we have created a global business ecosystem that’s almost entirely dependent on hacking human neurochemistry and encouraging and amplifying whatever content will capture the most eyeballs for the longest amount of time, whether that’s music or news or social posts or video,... See more