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Disconnected

Disconnected

Written by: Jag Sharma
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 Disconnected shines a light on the secrets and the impact that social media and technology is having on our society, culture, politics, human interactions, and behaviour. My name is Jag Sharma - and I’ve spent the last 12 years creating, developing and executing social media strategies for a number of global brands across a variety of industries, and have witnessed first-hand the impact that algorithms, behaviour modification, negative feedback loops, ad targeting, and mass data collection have had on shaping our world in a new direction. This podcast is all about making you aware - giving you the insight, a look behind the giant tech curtain - and allowing you to make your own fully-informed decisions on how you strategically play (or don’t play) their game. This is not about advocating for going dark or deleting your accounts, this is about looking under the hood and getting more informed about what’s really happening to us on a societal level as result of our tech driven lives. I’ll be producing a new episode regularly, so be sure to subscribe to receive a notification for a new release - you can also follow me on either Instagram (@jagsharma) or add me on LinkedIn, where I’ll be conducting debates and social experiments from the discussions within the episodes. I’d love for you to join the conversation and share your thoughts and opinions on how social media and technology is influencing our lives.© 2026 Disconnected Economics Marketing Marketing & Sales Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Unhinged Recruitment and Meta’s $145bn Bet on AI with Jag Sharma, Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia and Matt Webster #112

    Unhinged Recruitment and Meta’s $145bn Bet on AI with Jag Sharma, Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia and Matt Webster #112
    May 13 2026

    Could you beat Claude if your next job was on the line?

    We’re in a strange new reality where AI writes your CV, screens your application, interviews you, and now expects you to beat it just to get a human on the phone.

    Jag and the team unpack how recruitment is turning into an arms race between machines, Meta’s push to normalise AI-generated content, and what its $145 billion AI bet means for creativity and culture.

    This episode of Disconnected covers:

    • AI Eating the Hiring Funnel
    • Humans vs AI Benchmarks
    • Where AI Belongs in Recruitment, and Where It Doesn’t
    • Meta’s $145B Bet, AI Creator Labels and Trust in Social Feeds

    Jag Sharma:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
    https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

    Jen Campbell:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

    Jason Kapadia:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
    https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

    Felina Tan:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/
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    46 mins
  • Rethinking ‘Made in China’, and Who Owns Your Digital Self? with Jen Campbell, Felina Tan and Jag Sharma #111

    Rethinking ‘Made in China’, and Who Owns Your Digital Self? with Jen Campbell, Felina Tan and Jag Sharma #111
    Apr 29 2026

    ‘Made in China’ is not the insult it once was. It now means world-leading, culture-defining tech innovation.

    Is it being used for the betterment of mankind? Can Western civilisation cope with a world where China leads, without defaulting to xenophobia?

    These questions arise amid a backdrop of digital work clones and an afterlife avatar of lost loved ones - stay ahead of the curve with Jag, Jen and Felina on Disconnected this week…

    This episode of Disconnected covers:

    • China’s evolving tech leadership and Western identity
    • AI, work, and the erosion of dignity
    • Grief, intimacy and digital humans
    • The gap between AI hype and economic reality

    Jag Sharma:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
    https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

    Jen Campbell:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

    Jason Kapadia:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
    https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

    Felina Tan:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/
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    47 mins
  • Dating on Delivery, Musk’s Strongarm Strategy, and OpenAI’s Warning to Society with Jag Sharma, Matt Webster and Jason Kapadia #110

    Dating on Delivery, Musk’s Strongarm Strategy, and OpenAI’s Warning to Society with Jag Sharma, Matt Webster and Jason Kapadia #110
    Apr 15 2026

    AI isn’t just creeping into our workflows anymore – it’s crashing date night, rewiring Wall Street, and trying to rewrite the social contract.

    We’ve turned life into a co-op work simulator, Elon’s turned IPO into incentivisation, and OpenAI are warning us about the very world they’ve perpetuated.

    Where do we exist in a future fraught with uncertainty at every turn? Matt, Jason and Jag have the answers on this week’s Disconnected…

    This episode of Disconnected covers:

    • The blurred boundaries between work and life
    • Power and leverage in the AI economy
    • Freedom vs transactional living

    Jag Sharma:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagsharma
    https://www.instagram.com/jagsharma/

    Jen Campbell:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-campbell/

    Jason Kapadia:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
    https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/

    Felina Tan:
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/
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    47 mins
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