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0:00 Teaser
0:56 Alex’s influential “Google PM Bible”
6:01 What is a tech aggregator?
13:36 AI is much more than chatbots
18:02 The dangers of centralized AI
24:44 What you want vs what you want to want
31:42 How an LLM’s memory locks you in
38:39 AGI vs ASI
44:47 Alex’s solution to the lock-in problem
52:16 Alex’s ode to “resonance”

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Alex Komoroske (Common Tools, https://www.thinkinginpublic.net/). Recorded November 18, 2025.

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Discussed in Overtime:

0:00 A view of life in Alex’s ideal world
8:48 Alex’s mission to decentralize data
17:00 Making your LLM data portable
22:47 The perils of MCP

Overtime video:

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