Episode
055: Process vs. Product
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- Satellite Haiku
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- Apr 18, 2026
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- 5445
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Summary
We talk about mountains, trains, snow, the Donner Party, medical “diseases of opulence,” 80s teen movies, categories of 80s parents, finding jobs during a downturn, AI and the future of jobs, the market for craftsmanship and artisanal goods, hipsters, the process and the product, the Luddites, local vs. global capitalism, AI writing, AI sycophancy, AI psychosis, AI artists, brain hemisphere differences, Internal Family Systems, neurosymbolic AI as an precursor/alternative to LLMs, first world problems. Mentioned in this episode Portlandia: Wilson Artisanal Lightbulbs @Husk testing AI on TikTok and Sam Altman’s response Artists using AI in creative ways: geddyruxpin , Moss Carpet , Bennett Miller Iain McGilchrist’s work on brain hemisphere differences, and his books: The Master and His Emisary and The Matter with Things . Pixar’s Inside Out This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com