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MOSei is live - here's what's on it
Three free tools, and the idea behind them: pressure you can't regulate becomes instability.
Jul 20
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Norm Applegate
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SUNDAY SPECIAL EDITION - The Decision Nobody Went Back To Check
A boardroom and a reflecting pool ran the same failure two days apart - July 19
Jul 19
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Norm Applegate
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AI Is Exposing the Quality of Management
Markets, layoffs, and cheap Chinese models are all asking the same question this week.
Jul 18
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Norm Applegate
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"EXPLOSIVE!" Taco Bell Faking a Recall
A taco chain told customers a recall existed that no federal agency has ever confirmed
Jul 16
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Norm Applegate
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Why Your Coworkers All Started Acting the Same
It has nothing to do with peer pressure, and everything to do with physics.
Jul 15
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Norm Applegate
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When the Referees Stop Calling Fouls
How boards quietly rewrite accountability, and why shareholders rarely notice until trust is already gone.
Jul 14
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Norm Applegate
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This week, the same law fired twice, once inside a boardroom, once across an entire industry.
Sunday Special Edition July 12
Jul 12
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Norm Applegate
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The AI demand signal was $110 billion. Supply was all you could see.
For two years, the AI economy ran without a demand-side number. That changes today.
Jul 9
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Norm Applegate
4
The Tempered Signal Podcast
Eyes Wide Shut - July 8, 2026
Jul 9
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Norm Applegate
5:31
Meta just paid $900 million to solve a problem it hasn't named
Naming the Person Is Not the Same as Assigning the Role
Jul 7
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Norm Applegate
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Everything Obeys This Law
From exploding stars to living cells to corporate collapse, every system obeys the same principle.
Jul 6
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Norm Applegate
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"Knowing Is Not Owning" "The Signal Was Clear. The Cowardice Was Clearer."
The Sunday Special Edition July-5
Jul 5
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Norm Applegate
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