Gary Lucero Writer Podcast

Ep 24 - The Enshittification Fallacy

The early Internet’s golden age is a myth. Its privacy and security are the result of technical limits, not design. The process of enshittification, where platforms decay into ad-ridden, AI-generated clutter, are driven by evolving tech and a need for increased profit, not a conspiracy to ruin our lives. We need to ignore a past that isn't as great as we thought it was and use the tech we have effectively while ignoring those things that annoy us about it.

Ep 23 - The Death of the Final Version - Why Games Never Stop Changing

Back in the 1980s, the game you bought for your PC was the final code and rarely if ever changed. Today, games are mostly downloaded and change constantly. The code released is rarely if ever the final code. What changed and why?

Ep 22 - How AI Helped Me From Being Overwhelmed

Facing "choice overload" from a massive 17-disc Neil Young box set, the author used an AI chatbot to comprehend the contents so he could enjoy it.

Ep 20 - Mac vs. Windows

An AI-generated podcast on how macOs and Windows differ. One's document-centric, while the other's application-centric.

Ep21 - Aphoristic Vignettes of American Life

A podcast on my latest book on Amazon.com - The Doorbell Rings - a collection of short, thematically linked poems which focus on intense, unsettling, or pivotal memories and interactions.