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Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

Written by: Purple Intelligence
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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 .© 2026 Purple Intelligence Politics & Government
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  • Mind the Gap: The House That Claude Built

    Mind the Gap: The House That Claude Built
    Jun 5 2026
    Mind the Gap: The House That Claude Built [curious] Picture this — a brownstone in Brooklyn. Exposed brick, south-facing garden, listed at five point nine nine million dollars. And right there in the listing description, in bold... "seller will accept Anthropic stock." [amused] Not dollars. Not gold bars. Shares in an AI company that doesn't even trade on a public exchange.... 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] Happy Friday, everybody. This has been Mind the Gap. New episodes drop every weekday morning.
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    13 mins
  • Mind the Gap: The Worm Anyone Could Build

    Mind the Gap: The Worm Anyone Could Build
    Jun 4 2026
    Mind the Gap: The Worm Anyone Could Build [curious] Imagine you're a grad student at the University of Toronto. It's a Tuesday afternoon, you're in a basement lab, and you just built something with free AI models — tools anyone can download — that can worm its way into any connected device on the planet. [serious] Not theoretically. Not in a simulation. A working AI worm. And instead of keeping it quiet… you publish it. Because the only 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: [warm] Mind the gap. New episodes drop every weekday morning.
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    12 mins
  • Mind the Gap: The Brain In The Bucket

    Mind the Gap: The Brain In The Bucket
    Jun 3 2026
    Mind the Gap: The Brain In The Bucket [curious] So there's a biotech startup in New Haven, Connecticut called Bexorg. And what they do is... they take a deceased person's brain, remove it, hook it up to a machine, and pump experimental drugs through it to see what happens. [surprised] Wait — a literal brain in a bucket?... 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] That's going on a T-shirt. New episodes drop every weekday morning.
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    13 mins
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