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The episode discusses De Beers' secret price cuts on diamonds, the rise of whispering offices with AI, and the trend of gyms replacing bars among Gen-Z, alongside the concept of a Middle Child Recession.

De Beers secretly cut prices for natural diamonds… but its “Desert Diamonds” sell imperfection. ChatGPT’s newest AI understands “uh-huh”... because the future of offices is whispering. Gyms are replacing bars for Gen-Z… it’s a reaction to the Burnout Economy. Plus, we’re in a Middle Child Recession… America is running out of middle-born children. $MSFT $PNDRY $SPY Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering San Francisco 9/23: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0064AFB5F688BD Boston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhup Seattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-tickets NEWSLETTER: https://tboypod.com/newsletter   OUR 2ND SHOW: Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ NEW LISTENERS Fill out our 2 minute survey: https://qualtricsxm88y5r986q.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp1FDYiJgt6lHy6 GET ON THE POD:  Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts   SOCIALS: Instagram…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick, Jack

Topics covered

• diamond pricing
• AI technology
• Gen-Z trends
• Burnout Economy
• Middle Child Recession

Keywords

• De Beers
• diamond discount
• OpenAI
• Gen-Z
• Burnout Economy
• Middle Child Recession
• ChatGPT
• whispering office

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: De Beers, OpenAI, Microsoft, PNDRY, SPY

Products: Desert Diamonds, ChatGPT

Places: America

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