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Convo 102: Pulse check

18m · BaU with Joe Rogers and Patrick Beggs · 06 Feb 18:55

Join Joe and Pat as they take a moment to get a pulse check on 2024. With monetary policy tightened and changing the tempo the duo focus to the everyday implications and atmosphere surrounding it. This weeks hot take finds them engaging in arguments on some points and finding common ground on others. They both agree that we are treading water at best in a sea with a strong undercurrent of AI, Polarisation and conflict threatening to drag us all out into the deep water. Keep paddling and stay tuned for more next week. 

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