{"podcast":{"title":"Aggressively Human: For experts choosing expansion over extraction.","slug":"aggressively-human-for-experts-choosing-expansion-over-extraction-7113678","podcast_index_feed_id":7113678,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3116855.rss","website_url":"https://aggressivelyhuman.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3116855/292ee94694bd1b821f3bdf2d63f03e86.jpg","author":"Meg Casebolt & Jessica Lackey","episode_count":89,"summary":"Building expert businesses around expansion, not extraction.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T22:20:37.545205+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aggressively-human-for-experts-choosing-expansion-over-extraction-7113678"},"episode":{"title":"When AI FOMO is real: Speed vs. Discernment","slug":"when-ai-fomo-is-real-speed-vs-discernment","published_at":"2026-05-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aggressively-human-for-experts-choosing-expansion-over-extraction-7113678/when-ai-fomo-is-real-speed-vs-discernment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aggressively-human-for-experts-choosing-expansion-over-extraction-7113678","url":"https://aggressivelyhuman.substack.com/p/72-speed-discernment","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196568897/478934de162e5262a73da22fa6ee2b2d.mp3","summary":"The AI adoption conversation in early 2026 is loud, fast, and full of warnings that you’ll be left behind if you don’t move now. But for most of us, the real question isn’t how fast you can adopt every new tool—it’s whether the tool or use case is right for your business. In this episode, Jessica shares her own journey from existential AI FOMO in January (OpenClaw! ClaudeCode! Opus! Oh my!) to a more grounded relationship with which tools actually serve her business. Meg brings her framework on early adopter cycles, the system stress that follows loud hype, and why the people yelling the loudest about a technology are usually trying to prove something—to themselves or to you. We talk about what friction is actually telling you, the work AI is currently best poised to eliminate, and how to stay informed enough to make good decisions without getting sucked into the daily noise. * Jessica’s emotional arc from existential AI FOMO in January 2026 to a calmer, more grounded approach—and what actually changed * Why early adopters yelling about a technology often signals the window of advantage is already closing * The “friction as signal” reframe: how slowing down through manual processes reveals whether you should be doing something at all * What AI will realistically eliminate—repetitive, clerical, execution tasks—versus what stays irreplaceable (strategy, point of view, and looking someone in the eye) * The “glue jobs” problem: roles that hold organizations together without driving revenue directly, and the risk of automating them away before you understand what they do * How to tell the difference between adopting a tool because you genuinely need it versus keeping up * Why understanding how a system breaks is more valuable than just using it to generate output—and how bu…","meta_description":"The AI adoption conversation in early 2026 is loud, fast, and full of warnings that you’ll be left behind if you don’t move now. But for most of us, the r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aggressively-human-for-experts-choosing-expansion-over-extraction-7113678/episodes/when-ai-fomo-is-real-speed-vs-discernment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/aggressively-human-for-experts-choosing-expansion-over-extraction-7113678/when-ai-fomo-is-real-speed-vs-discernment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}