Episode

Korean 'Dopamine Sites' Let You Shop Without Shopping

Podcast: Future Commerce
Published: Jun 24, 2026
Duration seconds: 3366
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Summary

Phillip and Brian run the docket: why "proof of work" is the new luxury signal, what the AI export-control fight shares with a brand guarding its trade secrets, and how AI is flooding the patent office while quietly favoring incumbents. But perhaps the most profound part of the conversation lies in two trends taking internet culture by storm. "Tasteslop" and Korea's "dopamine sites" appear as distinct ideas, but they’re actually two faces of the same impulse: consumption stripped down to pure signal.