# The Prosperous Society, Part 4: Per commercium virtus

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Published: 2026-05-19T21:05:37+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mobile-dev-memo/episodes/The-Prosperous-Society--Part-4-Per-commercium-virtus-e3jk60f
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The Prosperous Society is a podcast series by Mobile Dev Memo that articulates an AI Bull Thesis for the digital economy. It argues that the pervasive application of AI to the digital economy will be broadly economically expansionary, leading to increased individual prosperity, expanded consumer choice, and greater human agency. In Episode 4 , the conclusion to the series, I outline the AI-enabled flywheel to the Prosperous Society and make the case that it results in a more differentiated, more personalized, and economically expansive new digital economy: AI increases productive possibility, and Advertising increases matching precision, and Matching precision increases specificity, and Specificity increases expressive individuality, so Society becomes more differentiated, not less. But I also consider the existence of an acceptable boundary for this personalization. At what point do siloed, wholly unique digital experiences become corrosive to social cohesion? And how should that boundary inform the investments that are currently being made into AI infrastructure, such that they are put to the best possible use? Thanks to the sponsors of this week’s episode of the Mobile Dev Memo podcast: ⁠ ⁠INCRMNTAL⁠⁠⁠ . True attribution measures incrementality, always on. Xsolla⁠ . With the Xsolla Web Shop, you can create a direct storefront, cut fees down to as low as 5%, and keep players engaged with bundles, rewards, and analytics. ⁠Branch ⁠ . Branch is an AI-powered MMP, connecting every paid, owned, and organic touchpoint so growth teams can see exactly where to put their dollars to bring users in the door and keep them coming back Interested in sponsoring the Mobile Dev Memo podcast? Contact Mobile Dev Memo advertising . The Mobile Dev Memo podcast is available on: Spotify Yo…

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