{"podcast":{"title":"ReadMultiplex.com Podcast.","slug":"readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112","podcast_index_feed_id":7658112,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/readmultiplex-com-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ReadMultiplex.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/readmultiplex-com-podcast/20260128_070123_a3c0b2016b37f2d1f92d66e15b307722.png","author":"Brian Roemmele","episode_count":64,"summary":"Multiplex is an experiment, an experiment that will be on going. An experiment in publishing as I am not a professional writer nor will it be likely any contributors would be professional writers. Much of the content for Multiplex will be direct results from first hand empirical research that I am personally working on or other researchers are working on. Multiplex will also follow the work of other great researchers that are inventing new technology or new uses for existing technology. The experimental nature of Multiplex means that content can be dense and sparse at times. What we won’t do is write just to fill in space. We will aim to have regular content for the member-only area, This means that if you choose to become a member you are supporting the work of the writers and not an exact number of postings. There will always be free content to be found on the site as well as the X feed.—Brian Roemmele Website: ReadMultiplex.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T22:21:03.729497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112"},"episode":{"title":"ReadMultiplex.com: You Have 5000 Days: Navigating the End of Work as We Know It. Part 18: The Hidden Scarcity Architect.","slug":"readmultiplex-com-you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-18-the-hidden-scarcity-architect","published_at":"2026-03-08T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/readmultiplex-com-you-have-5000-days-navigating-the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-part-18-the-hidden-scarcity-architect","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/readmultiplex-com-podcast/2609544","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/366493/2609544/readmultiplex-com-podcast/2026_03_08_04_44_10_a0af889b-3af0-4923-9287-ca9f3d983640.mp3","summary":"In the dim-lit vaults of a forgotten archive, where the air hangs heavy with the dust of mid-century secrets, a Viennese refugee turned corporate oracle mapped the human soul like a conqueror charting new lands. Ernest Dichter, wielding Freud’s id as his compass, transformed mundane products into psychological elixirs, absolving guilts and stoking desires that bound our self-worth to endless consumption. What began as a solution to sluggish soap sales evolved into a grand experiment in mass mind control, embedding anxieties in women’s hearts, from the sin of effortless laundry to the allure of Barbie’s unattainable form, while laying the groundwork for today’s algorithmic overlords. Yet, as we approach the dawn of abundance, where AI erases scarcity and frees us from toil, this engineered cage begins to crack, revealing not doom, but a call to reclaim our authentic selves. Picture a future unbound by the chains of need, the Interregnum from 2025 to 2039 reshaping society as automation gifts us leisure and plenty. In this paradise, Dichter’s manipulation, the guilt-laden hooks that tied identity to purchases: lose their grip, exposing the fragility of a system built on fabricated inadequacies. Women, long the primary targets of his gendered psyops, stand to rise first, shedding the weight of \"get a job\" penance for unbridled creation. But without heeding the lessons buried in those 126 boxes, we risk inventing new torments in the void of purpose. This is the hero’s journey we all must embark upon: from the ordinary world of commodified desires, through the trials of awareness, to a triumphant return where self-worth blooms intrinsically, untethered from the puppeteers of the past. 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