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AR glasses as surveillance and ad delivery, the addiction economy (vapes, kratom, subscriptions, gambling), JJ Abrams mystery boxes, alien headlines as distraction, Bitcoin shareholder pressure, and AI trickle-down claims. Plus: Parks & Rec, power, and who actually has the courage to risk anything. // economyofnothing.com Timecodes: Chapters: 00:00 Half Full Excuses 01:00 Podcast Plug Banter 01:46 Meta Glasses Dystopia 04:28 Shareholder Duty Rant 05:31 Lost Mystery Box 08:33 Vapes And Mines 10:21 Kratom Gas Station Opioids 13:28 Addiction Economy Spiral 16:36 U2 Album No Choice 17:51 Alien Disclosure Headlines 19:25 UFO Skeptic Breakdown 21:12 Alien Lore Debunked 22:32 Would Aliens Unite Us 23:26 Money Is The Matrix 25:28 Bitcoin Meets Shareholders 28:42 AI And Trickle Down 31:33 Extraction Economy Rant 34:38 Escaping Clickbait News 37:09 Parks And Rec Politics 38:47 Heavy Lies The Crown 42:12 Courage Versus Wealth 42:54 Closing Plug