Mind the Gap

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Your daily Canadian pulse. Narrowing the gap between the world and your mind. A Macro economic look at the world and Canada for the Tech leaders and beyond .

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    Mind the Gap: Your Brain Won't Shut Up Under Anesthesia

    Mind the Gap: Your Brain Won't Shut Up Under Anesthesia [curious] Picture this. A patient is lying on an operating table in a university hospital. Completely unconscious. General anesthesia. Lights out. Except... their brain is still listening. [surprised] Not just listening — processing. Researchers found the unconscious brain could distinguish between real sentences, grammatical nonsense, and complete gibberish. While the person was fully under.... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [laughing] Happy threshold day. Mind the gap. New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    12 min

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    Mind the Gap: A Dinghy, A Dissident, And Radical Simplicity

    Mind the Gap: A Dinghy, A Dissident, And Radical Simplicity [reflective] Sometime last month, a man named Dong Guangping climbed into a rubber dinghy off the coast of China... and started paddling toward South Korea. [serious] No GPS. No motor. Just a political dissident, an inflatable boat, and the open sea. He made it. And this weekend — he arrived in Canada.... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [enthusiastic] Mind the Gap is produced every morning for people who want to start their day curious. If something landed today, share it with someone who needs a simpler Monday. We'll see you tomorro New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    13 min

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    Mind the Gap: Dead Scrolls and Dormant Systems Wake Up

    Mind the Gap: Dead Scrolls and Dormant Systems Wake Up [excited] A scientist in Kentucky opens her laptop, stares at what looks like a lump of charcoal — two thousand years old, pulled from the ruins of Herculaneum, sealed shut since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. She's never touched the scroll. Nobody has. And yet — line by line — she's reading it. AI and particle accelerators pulling Greek text out of carbonized papyrus, letter by letter. ... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [warm] This has been Mind the Gap. Enjoy your Sunday, and we'll see you tomorrow morning. New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    13 min

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    Mind the Gap: The Billion-Dollar Bridge Nobody Can Cross

    Mind the Gap: The Billion-Dollar Bridge Nobody Can Cross [curious] Picture this — a six-lane bridge, two point six billion dollars, the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America, spanning the Detroit River between Windsor and Detroit. It's done. Finished. Tested. The paint is dry. [amused] Let me guess — someone forgot the ribbon for the ribbon-cutting?... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [warm] And mind the gap. New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    13 min

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    Mind the Gap: The Spreadsheet That Broke Ottawa's Grid

    Mind the Gap: The Spreadsheet That Broke Ottawa's Grid [curious] So there's a CEO in Ottawa — Bryce Conrad, runs Hydro Ottawa — and he's staring at a spreadsheet that shouldn't be mathematically possible. [surprised] Because the number on it is bigger than his entire city. He told CBC, quote, 'By the end of this year, we will have received requests to connect that exceed the total amount of power that is used today by residents and businesses within t... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [playful] Go name things correctly, everybody. New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    14 min

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    Mind the Gap: **$75 Million and a Fan Funeral**

    Mind the Gap: **$75 Million and a Fan Funeral** [curious] So imagine you're scrolling your phone over morning coffee, and the one film studio you actually trust — the studio that gave you Everything Everywhere All at Once, Moonlight, Hereditary — just signed a seventy-five-million-dollar AI deal with Google DeepMind. [amused] And the internet immediately catches fire. Kotaku runs the headline: 'A24 Fans Mourn Its Death.' Quote, 'Membership Canc... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [warm] And I'm Maya. Go own your Thursday. New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    14 min

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    Mind the Gap: The Oil Company Powering Your AI

    Mind the Gap: The Oil Company Powering Your AI [curious] Somewhere in West Texas right now, Chevron is building a power plant — not to refine oil, not to run a pipeline — but to run a Microsoft data center. An oil company... generating electricity... for AI. [amused] An oil giant and a tech giant walk into the desert. Sounds like the opening of a very expensive joke.... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [enthusiastic] And touch a sweater for us. New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    15 min

  8. 23 juni

    Mind the Gap: When Thinking Became a Commodity

    Mind the Gap: When Thinking Became a Commodity [curious] Picture a trading floor. Screens everywhere. But instead of oil futures or soybean contracts... the tickers show GPU hours. Blocks of raw computing power — being bid on, hedged, and sold like barrels of crude. [surprised] Wait — someone is literally buying futures contracts on... the ability to think?... In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work. Takeaway: [amused] And you'll defend it to the death New episodes drop every weekday morning.

    6 min
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Your daily Canadian pulse. Narrowing the gap between the world and your mind. A Macro economic look at the world and Canada for the Tech leaders and beyond .

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