Archive - The Zeitgeist Distilled

ZD 26.30: The Price Is a Rumor

Quoted numbers are not the real numbers.

Jul 28 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.29: The Last Human Skill

Sparse data, high context, one person at a time.

Jul 21 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.28: The Great Moat Hunt

AI labs are working very hard at not becoming commodities.

Jul 14 • Wyatt Barnett

How to Build AI Capacity Without an Engineering Team

Crowdsourced engineering is the best engineering.

Jul 11 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.27: Old Panics, New Hardware

Radio rattled them in 1926; the agents rattle us now. Happy 250th.

Jul 7 • Wyatt Barnett

June 2026

ZD 26.26: Too Cool For Air Con

A record heat wave, an AI build-out, and a continent that can't say yes to a wall unit.

Jun 30 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.25: Consulting's New Golden Age

The work is changing hands, not vanishing.

Jun 23 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.24: The Miracle on Aisle 3

Year-round avocados are a miracle of science and more curated thoughts for the week.

Jun 16 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.23: Super Sports Summer

The World Cup will shape the summer season when we are not watching F1.

Jun 9 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.22: Say it ain't so Enzo!

Jony Ive designed an electric Ferrari and the world was not ready for it.

Jun 2 • Wyatt Barnett

May 2026

ZD 26.21: Sloppy Seas

Many things on the internet are slop these days, film at 11.

May 26 • Wyatt Barnett

ZD 26.20: Flexing Like a Super-Contributor

Technology is enabling experienced professionals to become super-contributors

May 20 • Wyatt Barnett

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