70. You Output What You Input

We switched off the bright light because it wasn't the mood, and let the cameras suffer for it. That starts a talk about living with things of quality, which isn't the same as expensive. One of us spent nearly four hours picking through a man's house after he died. The other thinks AI is making physical things matter more. The man had built his own stereo receiver from a Heathkit, a box of parts he soldered himself, while one of us used to ask a HomePod mini for jazz and never learn who was playing. Knowing how your things work is worth something, down to a record player's belt. One of us has had a flip phone for two years and set up his studio so nothing pulls at his attention. Back on quality, we get to enshittification, where a company that started out caring what it makes ends up cutting corners, like McDonald's in The Founder once Michael Keaton's character takes over. We try to vote with our money and our time, and still order from Amazon. One of us posts Instagram stories for a friend's shop and scrolls with his morning coffee. He takes in most media the way we do street photography, waiting for something interesting, like Judge Judy on a giant screen above an empty courtyard. It ends with the one on the flip phone agreeing, as long as you stay out of the algorithm's bubble. Mentioned in this episode: Heathkit, the HomePod mini, the Porsche 911, John Lee Hancock's The Founder, Michael Keaton, Patagonia, Liquid Death, Amazon. -Ai Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, please consider giving us a rating and/or a review. We appreciate and try to read all of them. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you in the next episode. Ask Us a Question: https://studiosessionspod.com/#ask Website: https://studiosessionspod.com