Gordon's Weekly Recommendations: 7.14.25

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My prompt to ChatGPT: Please create an image or two-claymation-style, 2025 era barbers who look cool and confident, wearing blinged out barber aprons, standing side by side with arms crossed, staring into the camera with big and proud smiles.

VIDEOS: Recommended Viewing

Must listen to the video-podcast from Ezra Klein with brilliant Gen Z guest Kayla Scanlon on a possible 'why’ behind many of significantly changing perceptions of Americans… and how it’s impacting ourworld. PS I’ve listened to this 3 times…so far!

• How The Attention Economy is Devouring Gen Z | The Ezra Klein Show

• Is Wall Street Destroying the American Dream? Kyla Scanlon (guest on Ezra Klein Show above)

• NEW Perplexity COMET Browser: This is the future...🤯

POSTS: Recommended Reading

• Is A.I. the Future of Web Browsing?

• I tried Perplexity's Comet AI browser - here's what you need to know It's still a work in progress, but Perplexity Comet shows promise as an AI-first web browser. steven-vaughan-nichols

PODCASTS: Recommended Listening

Audio-only version Ezra Klein podcast (first video link above):

• How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us

My latest Social Beauty Makers Episode - launching a 10-part series with some of the leading voices in beauty tech!! This is going to be an epic series featuring founders and innovators from leading tech brands in our industry!!

• 118. Salon Tech Talks: Paul Tate on the State of Technology for Pro Beauty

Wishing you a most beautiful week,

gordon

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