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Brains Byte Back interviews startups, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders that tap into how our brains work. We explore how knowledge & technology intersect to build a better, more sustainable future for humanity.
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The Ostrich Effect: Why Some of the Smartest Founders Ignore Bad News (opens the original)
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The ostrich effect explains why some of the smartest founders ignore bad news until it's too late. In this episode of Brains Byte Back, host Erick Espinosa sits down with Dr. Atif Ansar, an Oxford researcher and co-founder of Foresight, to break down the psychological bias that makes teams bury uncomfortable information and keep dashboards green long after a project has drifted off course. Dr. Ansar has spent years studying thousands of the world's largest projects, from dams and railways to tod
How H-1B Uncertainty Is Fueling Tech Hiring in Latin America (opens the original)
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For the first time in a generation, the world's best engineers are losing interest in America. Job-seeker clicks on U.S. tech roles from abroad are down 29% from their peak, and H-1B visa applications just fell almost 39% in a single year. The $100K H-1B fee that got struck down in June only pushed more people to look elsewhere. Many didn't have to look far, finding ways to build careers from home for foreign companies. Pablo Miller saw this shift coming before working from home became the norm.
Agent Washing: How to Spot If You're Being Sold an AI Agent That Isn't (opens the original)
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Every hype cycle has a sales guy. Crypto had them. AI agents have them now, and most of what's being sold as an "agent" is old automation with a new label. It's called agent washing, and Gartner projects 40%+ of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by 2027. So how do you tell the real thing from a fresh coat of paint? And even if it is real, do you actually need a complex agent for what you're looking to achieve? Host Erick Espinosa sits down with Mariano Jurich, Senior Product Leader at Making
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