I am addicted to my phone. Meta just told a federal court it built the algorithms that made that happen, and now faces up to $1.4 trillion in penalties for it. In this episode: the court filing, what twenty years of screen habits did to your attention span, and why — despite what Meta argues in its own defence — your brain can rebuild what it lost.
$1.4 Trillion and Counting: Meta's Court Battle Over Addiction
Meta just confessed in federal court. Here is what it actually did to your brain — and what I am doing to get mine back.
Jul 09, 2026
Future Proofed Leader
Future Proofed Leader, with Nat Schooler.
Half human, half machine stopped being a metaphor. Ex-IBM Futurist, author, 500+ interviews — nearly 50, still training BJJ, still riding the Hayabusa, rebuilding a life in rural Croatia.
The show for operators who refuse to be made irrelevant. No hype, no doom, no prompt packs — just signal on staying valuable while the machines automate the rest. Future-proofing is not an app. It is the whole human.
New episodes weekly.
Future Proofed Leader, with Nat Schooler.
Half human, half machine stopped being a metaphor. Ex-IBM Futurist, author, 500+ interviews — nearly 50, still training BJJ, still riding the Hayabusa, rebuilding a life in rural Croatia.
The show for operators who refuse to be made irrelevant. No hype, no doom, no prompt packs — just signal on staying valuable while the machines automate the rest. Future-proofing is not an app. It is the whole human.
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