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joe posner retweeted
Kudos to @joeposner for using his (many!) talents to create this video + game re: AI's impacts on early career jobs and what to do about it.
I have to say it means the world to me when experts I was inspired by marvel at the resulting work.
Thank you @Mollykinder @keds_economist @kylascan for all your work, and for watching the latest DREAM ON (which also features Kathryn!):
We travelled to Atlanta to do a deep dive on the job training governments, ai companies, and the public all hope will save us from AI
youtube.com/watch?v=FkDk_CLp…
80% of Americans fear mass AI Job disruption – and government, ai companies, AND the public have high hopes job training can help.
There’s decades of failures; we flew to Atlanta, data center construction capital of the USA, to profile the kind of job training that DOES work:
Sector-Based Job Training. They have randomized control trial evidence they are amazing. And of course, there's a catch. Our full episode is here: youtube.com/watch?v=FkDk_CLp…
And given the story is about AI's increasingly scary capabilities, I've been trying them. So this (deeply researched & field reported) story also comes with a little NES-style video game too, which we also built graphics for the video inside: fireswork.co/career-ladder/
if you've ever wanted to eat a podcast, i have GREAT news for you
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door shaming remains a scourge youtube.com/watch?v=yY96hTb8…
joe posner retweeted
Once a premier business high school with 3,000 students, Murry Bergtraum has shrunk to about 90 kids. Why have city leaders let the struggling NYC school stay open? chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026/0…
joe posner retweeted
Just great news all around.
My new show with @CaseyNewton is called Machine Gods, and we’re partnering with NPR!
It’s a twice-a-week, video-first podcast about AI, and it will be available next month on YouTube and other podcast apps (and on radio soon!)
It’s a really critical time for public engagement with AI, and we’re thrilled to bring our AI coverage (and jokes!) to NPR’s massive audience, while building an independent media company in San Francisco. We’re also thrilled that @RachelCohnnn, our incredible Hard Fork producer, is coming with us to make the new show.
More to say soon!
npr.org/2026/09/16/g-s1-1434…
How do you stop gun violence before it happens?We actually do know how to do that.
I started filming an effort by the City of Orlando with exceptional results – Crime is dropping nationally, but Orlando is right at the head of the pack.
Then something shocking happened…
Shortly after I left, everybody involved was fired. Why?
I kept reporting. Watch the latest episode of Dream On here: youtube.com/watch?v=PgcfcRFr…
looking for a multi-talented collaborator eager to do motion design & more for our innovative non-fiction projects!
24k viewers so far for "how to use AI to make shitty vox video ripoffs"
vs
2k viewers so far for an original, field-reported, high-quality original doc made by a vox video co-founder about humans fighting poverty.
depressing? embarassing? fascinating? yes.
but luckily, it doesn't take many people to flip this around. please watch and show youtube people actually want enlightening work. it might even even inspire you. the latest dream on available here: youtube.com/watch?v=n25DDkT9…
if you define the 2015 "pivot to video" era by the worst actors, it was a dumb time.
but i refuse to see only that, because @voxdotcom was an incredible counter-example that a focus on video could really well too. i'm so insanely proud of my many former colleagues.
Will they find a way to be a modern record label, providing a valuable process and imprint on well-made work and sharing the spoils? Or will they demand total ownership like Motown?
anyways here's the article that inspired todays outburst. thanks @alexweprin, i get why you excluded the good things from that era!!
hollywoodreporter.com/busine…
