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Token Intelligence

Hosted by Eric Dodds & John Wessel

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Two friends break down AI, technology, and entrepreneurship through mental models, real-world experience and the pursuit of a life well-lived.

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Is AI productivity as simple as using more tokens?
Episode 9

Is AI productivity as simple as using more tokens?

February 28, 2026

How does Peter Steinberger spend $20k/month on tokens, and why? Based on their own experiments, Eric and John talk explain why autonomous loops are the next productivity frontier for AI.

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Navigating skill atrophy in the AI age
Episode 8

Navigating skill atrophy in the AI age

February 21, 2026•
AI

Eric stopped using AI for personal writing. Why? As you outsource to AI, you must decide which skills to keep sharp. Hand-coding is fading, but thinking, storytelling, and taste are timeless.

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Will Notion dethrone HubSpot with AI?
Episode 7

Will Notion dethrone HubSpot with AI?

February 14, 2026•
AIBusiness

AI is producing counter-intuitive competition. Notion’s connected ecosystem, architecture, and cash make it a threat…if the hyperscalers don’t eat the app layer.

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The map is not the territory
Episode 6

The map is not the territory

February 7, 2026•
AIMental models

How do you navigate the pace of AI disruption? This mental model helps you decode AI hype, catch cartographer bias, and avoid being blinded by the past.

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Text message bankruptcy, OpenClaw, and 20 years of email data
Episode 5

Text message bankruptcy, OpenClaw, and 20 years of email data

January 31, 2026•
LifeAI

Eric hits 247 unread texts, meets OpenClaw, and reminisces on Merlin Mann’s “pebble problem”. He and John learn why messaging is now entertainment and pave a path towards better communication.

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Sunk cost, AI deniers, and Elon talks with Jesus
Episode 4

Sunk cost, AI deniers, and Elon talks with Jesus

January 24, 2026•
AI

Sunk cost in the AI era: John and Eric define the bias, share candid stories, and show how identity, tech debt, and market shifts demand pivots, reality checks and the freedom of starting over.

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AI's chat interface problem and Lobe's imaginary seed round
Episode 3

AI's chat interface problem and Lobe's imaginary seed round

January 18, 2026•
AILobeShorts

Eric and John riff on Lobe's seed round, then dive deep on why chat is the wrong UI for most AI. They unpack the blank page problem, why context matters, and how embedded AI will replace chat.

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Bottlenecks mental model & tool time with Zo Computer
Episode 2

Bottlenecks mental model & tool time with Zo Computer

January 10, 2026•
Mental modelsTool Time

Eric and John discuss bottlenecks as a mental model, uncovering why constraints are leverage, not blockers. Hands-on Tool Time is with Zo Computer, a stateful, powerful, AI-enabled cloud computer.

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The Inner Ring & creating an AI startup on demand
Episode 1

The Inner Ring & creating an AI startup on demand

January 4, 2026•
AIEntrepreneurshipLife

Eric and John invent “Lobe,” a screenless AI for dream capture, then unpack C.S. Lewis’s “Inner Ring” to explore status, AI FOMO, and the long game of craft, character, trust, and defining “enough.”

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