Double denim is apparently making a comeback, and that's genuinely the least surprising thing discussed in this episode.After a brief detour through fashion choices that will age poorly, the conversation settles into something more interesting: how the medium you use to communicate actually shapes how you think. Dictation versus typing, speaking versus writing — it's not just an output question, it turns out it changes the thinking itself. WhisperFlow gets a mention for anyone curious about AI-enabled dictation that doesn't make you sound like you're narrating a legal document.

Two people who probably should have slept more sit down to catch up after a few weeks apart — and cover a lot of ground in the process.Starting on something a lot of teams are quietly wrestling with: whether the word "AI" itself has become so loaded that just calling them "new tools" would get better results. From there it sprawls into whether personal software is actually the future LinkedIn keeps promising, or whether most of what people are building is closer to a hobby project that'll get used twice and abandoned.

Join us in the latest episode of Cognition Drift, where we dive into a compelling discussion on the nuances of AI development and its unintended consequences in modern workflows. As the episode unfolds, the conversation reveals a critical exploration of how technological advancements, particularly AI, are reshaping productivity and the quality of output in various industries.