Superhuman - From Engineered Desire to Engineered Consent
A grieving father’s search for answers and the century-long con that sold corporate freedom as our own.
When my son died, I started asking questions. The answers led me to places I never expected: a dinner party in Vienna, a railroad case nobody remembers, our constitutional rights hijacked as an excuse to look away while children die.
Superhuman is my search for what happened. Not just to my son, but to all of us.
Superhuman - From Engineered Desire to Engineered Consent
Ideas and Reality
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What happens when the news stops being news and starts behaving like marketing?
In Episode 5, Aaron is joined by Jennie Desario to trace a line from early propaganda to modern algorithmic persuasion, where outrage is profitable and "both sides" can become a product feature. Together, they unpack how privatized media ecosystems shape what we believe, what we fear, and what we ignore, especially when child safety and accountability threaten growth.
We're back earlier than expected because a recent executive order, branded as an "AI moratorium", threatens to roll back state-level child safety protections that parents and bipartisan legislators fought years to pass.
This episode asks a simple question: if the loudest narratives are engineered, what's left underneath the noise, and who are these systems actually accountable to?
(00:00) The Invisible Protest
(03:36) The Binary Machine
(10:45) Making Monsters Respectable
(13:07) Growth at All Costs
(20:05) Both Sides of the Same Coin
(28:44) When Reality Inverts
(31:12) Free Typing
(33:34) Mason's Search for Help
(40:27) The Adults in the Room
(01:02:42) Ideas vs Reality
Audio clips featured in this episode are sourced from the All-In Podcast and are included for commentary.
