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Ctrl Alt Society

Halifax Studios

Ctrl Alt Society is the weekly reset button for your understanding of the digital age. Each week, we cut through the noise to decode the most important stories at the intersection of tech, business, and culture. For founders, creators, and anyone curious about our tech-driven future, this is your essential weekly briefing.

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130 episodes

  1. The Laziness Tax: How AI Agents Are Liquidating the Inertia Economy 17:29
  2. Why One Man in Czechia Holds Up the Internet 16:27
  3. Ukraine is gradually turning to Russia's Vietnam. 19:28
  4. The Zero-Churn Democracy: Why every US state should be a swing state 19:50
  5. Deprecating the Superpower: Why the Supply Chain is the New Frontline. 17:59
  6. The Broken Engine: Why AI is a Failing Restaurant Model. 21:23
  7. Perishability as a Feature: Why Netflix’s Perishable Content Wins 14:59
  8. [VIDEO] Drinking the Milk: Why Netflix’s Perishable Content Wins. 1:27
  9. [VIDEO] The $10,000 Moat: How Wealth Killed American Soccer Talent 1:22
  10. The $10,000 Moat: How Wealth Killed American Soccer Talent 20:58
  11. The Inelastic Husband:Winning the Bread, Baking the Bread 19:37
  12. Holy COW!: The Cultural Crash of American Beef. 19:46
  13. Deconstructing 'African Privilege' 16:09
  14. The Collapse of Code: AI and the Death of the Digital Craftsman 18:50
  15. FIFA Mega-Event Mirage:Why the 2026 World Cup is a Local Asset Bubble. 22:06
  16. The Hollow GOAT: Why Messi is a Net Negative for US Soccer. 19:09
  17. The "Easy Apply" Lie: Inside the Ghost Job Bubble. 12:36
  18. WTF Happened in 1971?: The Day the American Dream Decoupled. 16:04
  19. Your Future Boss Might Be Software: Algorithmic management in companies like Uber, Amazon, and warehouses 18:29
  20. Why engagement metrics no longer guarantee influence 19:17
  21. The Herbivore Economy: How Porn Replaced the 'Japanese Dream' 21:53
  22. The Incarceration Loop: Why Private Prisons Love Petty Crimes 22:34
  23. OpenAI’s "God-Mode": Is Sam Altman the Ultimate System Admin? 16:11
  24. Why Young People Are Quitting Alcohol 19:42
  25. The Sora Shutdown: Why OpenAI Killed the Future of Cinema. 18:12
  26. The Anxiety of Being Left on Read: Why Silence Feels Different in the Digital Age 10:24
  27. Why Billionaires Leaving California Might Save California 20:15
  28. The AI Productivity Trap; How Automation Intensifies Workload in the Office 14:26
  29. Can the Winter Olympics survive a warming world? 19:21
  30. Is the social network you use defining you? 15:07
  31. Airport lounge wars 18:16
  32. Artificial Intelligence vs Super Bowl LX 18:37
  33. Linkedin as a 'Dating' site 15:26
  34. The end of the search bar 17:21
  35. Culture without creators 14:09
  36. Grok’s Paywall Pivot and the Rising Tide of Regulation 13:13
  37. The 2026 Predictions of Tech and Culture 11:58
  38. The AI Middle Class 9:57
  39. The App Store of Emotions 10:29
  40. Push Notification Nation 10:26
  41. The TikTokification of Everything 11:54
  42. Streaming the Past 13:56
  43. The Screenshot Economy: Digital Proof and Social Currency 11:24
  44. The New Tech Etiquette: Digital Workplace Norms 11:50
  45. Introducing ChatGPT Atlas Browser 14:45
  46. Unbundling the Smartphone: Attention Shifts to Ambient Devices 17:03
  47. Screens as Modern Third Places 14:48
  48. The Return-pocalypse: Returns, Recommerce, and Emissions 10:20
  49. The Great Streaming Rebundle: A Ctrl Alt Society Special 13:52
  50. iPhone 17 and the decline of innovation at Apple 17:43