This week on Tasteland we're joined by writer, producer, and podcaster, Mike Rugnetta. Mike is the host of Never Post , a podcast that asks questions about why the world of the internet – and the world, because of the internet – is the way it is. __ Follow Mike Instagram Bluesky Website Linktree __ Timestamps 00:00 Sunday summer derangement 03:25 Changing the way the world changes 08:50 The age of the platform has ended 14:16 The rise of the agentic web 17:06 Hentai explains everything 22:50 Bob Geldof's flaming pitchfork 27:48 Attention is a zero-sum game 33:00 You cannot recreate attention 39:18 AI vs. the library __ Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
