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Black Box Theory Podcast
Opening once locked doors and sharing a map to the maze.
We're Malcolm and Thomas, two engineers who got into the room at one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Pretty quickly we figured out that nobody hands you the manual once you're inside. Black Box Theory is us working it out loud.
Every week we get into what's actually going on, and we talk about it the way we would anyway: honestly, with receipts, and without pretending we have it all figured out. Some weeks that's a…
Episodes
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BBT #10 | Owning the Strait, $4 Gas, and Nobody Warned You About the Job Market
Malcolm and Thomas break down the four stories defining this week: Iran's sovereignty play and what it actually means for your wallet and your budget, why…
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BBT #09 Snippet | AI Isn't Coming for Your Job — It's Coming for Your Salary
Companies aren't replacing workers with AI. They're replacing expensive workers with cheaper workers who can operate AI. Fire the senior engineer at $200K…
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BBT #09 Snippet | Your Vote Is Worth More Than You Think — Especially Right Now
Wars are expanding. Gas prices are climbing. AI is reshaping the job market. And the people making the decisions that affect all of it were put there by votes…
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BBT #09 Snippet | The S&P Is Down 15%, the Russell Is in Correction & Nobody Is Coming to Save You
The S&P 500 just dropped for the fourth straight week. The Russell 2000 entered correction territory. $5.7 trillion in options expired on Friday. 40% of S&P…
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BBT #09 Snippet | Meta Is Cutting 20% of Its Workers to Pay for AI — And the Stock Went UP
OpenAI is building a super app that merges ChatGPT, the Atlas browser, and Codex into one desktop tool — with autonomous agent features that can write code…
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BBT #09 | Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia, AI Is Replacing Your Job, and Your Portfolio Is on Fire
Trump gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — or he'd obliterate their power plants. Iran fired missiles at Saudi Arabia's capital. Oil hit $112…
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BBT #08 Snippet | The "Eye Test" is Dead (And Here’s Why)
EPISODE OVERVIEW In this snippet from Black Box Theory Podcast Episode 8, we’re breaking down the ultimate divide in modern sports: Analytics vs. The Eye Test…
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BBT #08 Snippet | Finding Your Purpose Outside of Your 9-to-5 Career
EPISODE OVERVIEW In this snippet from Black Box Theory Podcast Episode 8, we’re peeling back the "hustle culture" layers to discuss the identity trap of modern…
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BBT #08 | Success, Loneliness & The Performance: What Nobody's Saying
Consistency is a career strategy — but nobody tells you what it actually looks like when the motivation is gone. Prediction markets are letting people bet on…
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BBT #07 | The $94K Debt Trap: Corporate Theater & The Friendship Recession
75% of professionals feel workplace jealousy every month. 57% of Americans are lonely. Only 11% of meetings are productive. And Gen Z carries an average of…
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BBT #06 | Why Schools Don't Teach Finance: The $100K Question
You can graduate college with honors and still not know how to file taxes. Americans paid over $12 billion in overdraft fees last year. And missing your 401(k)…
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BBT #05 | They're Getting Rich Off Your Clicks — And You're Getting Nothing
Your data is making billionaires, and you're not seeing a dime. Your side hustle might actually be keeping you broke. And you might be the last generation that…
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BBT #04 | Visibility Isn't Value: The Leverage Shift Nobody Talks About
Three posts in a row on LinkedIn: someone's "7-figure exit," a 23-year-old PM's "day in the life" with 100K views, and an AI-generated carousel about passive…
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BBT #03 | The Post-College Financial Blueprint
TikTok just became American-owned, your credit score determines if you can rent an apartment, and your college friends are either thriving or still on their…
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BBT #02 | OpenAI Ads, Google, and Geopolitical Market Trends
Silver just popped 26.6% in TWO WEEKS. Trump threatened to invade Iran and backed down 48 hours later. Markets? Barely flinched. And OpenAI just put ads in…
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BBT #01 Snippet | OpenAI Just Put Ads on AI — And Markets Don't Care
In this section of Episode 001, the conversation examines the impact of AI on the workforce, the future of AI and human capabilities, technological growth and…
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BBT #01 | We Got In The Room. Now What?
We spent so much time fighting for a seat at the table — we forgot to ask for the menu. This is the first episode of Black Box Theory. Malcolm and Thomas…