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šŸ›Ž If You're New Subscribe ā–ŗ Ā Ā Ā /Ā @betterofflinepodĀ Ā  Cal Newport on Mythos and Anthropomorphization | Better Offline In this week’s Better Offline, Ed is joined by computer science professor and writer Cal Newport to talk about the Claude Mythos marketing scam, the lies around AI job loss, and why LLMs shouldn’t talk like they’re people. Please support me by subscribing to my premium newsletter - here’s $10 off your first year of annual https://edzitronswheresyouredatghosti... Podcast & Videos: Ā Ā Ā /Ā @calnewportmediaĀ Ā  Newsletter: https://calnewport.com New Yorker archive: https://www.newyorker.com/contributor... YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/bette... and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. Buy our new ā€œFUCK DATA CENTERSā€ shirts today! Original Air Date: April 22, 2026 ā¤ļø iHeartRadio Ā» https://bitly.cx/d5tmV šŸ“¢ APPLE PODCASTS Ā» https://bitly.cx/qmMi8 🟢 SPOTIFY Ā» https://bitly.cx/d0IG šŸŽ„ PREVIOUS VIDEO Ā»    • Monologue:Ā OnĀ DangerousĀ RhetoricĀ |Ā BetterĀ ...Ā Ā  ✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH: Newsletter: wheresyoured.at Reddit: Ā Ā /Ā betterofflineĀ Ā  Discord chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: Ā Ā /Ā edzitronĀ Ā  instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.... https://www.threads.net/@edzitron Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse. New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio. #BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast

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