Stand-Up Call - 01/06/25
Welcome to All Hands on Deck—a special podcast for Tortuga Society members and Tortuga Media paychads.
These are recordings of Tortuga’s biweekly standup calls, in which our guys convene to update the group on progress with job stacking and assorted ventures, theorycraft business ideas, and shoot the shit on issues of the day.
Most episodes will be available to paid subscribers — our spicer discussions will be exclusive to full Tortuga Society Members.
Topics Include:
Medelink Automation and Staffing Push
Drone Manufacturing and American Supply Chain Opportunity
Turnkey AI Appliance and Local Instances
Specialized Computing and AI
Maximum Drive's Podcast and Business Venture
Brokerage Advice and Podcast Format
Discussion on Evolutionary Psychology and Social Taboos
Podcast Growth Factors
Tom Swift's Bioinformatics and Substack Article
The Nebraska Economy and Cautionary Tales
“Elite Overproduction” versus Upper Middle Class Aspirations
College Degree Inflation and Loss of Variation
End of the 'Bullshit Job' Era
AI's Impact on the Job Market and Intelligence
AI and Junior Level Roles in Tech
Future of Programming and the End of 'Learn to Code'
Tom Swift's Background and Latin Studies
Decline of Civilization and Classical Education
Language Decline and Societal Standards
Influence of Slang and Popular Culture
The Dab and Social Etiquette
Environmental Influence vs. Genetic Determinism
Media Consumption and Its Corrupting Effect
Culture, Genetics, and Societal Change
Impact of Demographic Shifts and Diversity on Institutions
