Which Extinct Animal Would You Bring Back + Steal This Business Idea | Ep. 235

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*About the episode:* 👀🧠

Still reeling from the tariff whiplash and market madness? Us too. The radically moderate crew jumps back into the fray, dissecting the fallout, Shopify's bold (and maybe job-killing) AI mandate, and the wild reality of de-extinction – seriously, dire wolves are back?! We also get real about the profound life shift of new fatherhood, debate killer (or maybe crazy?) golf simulator business ideas, and question if robot waiters are the future. It's your weekly dose of navigating finance, tech disruption, and life's big pivots, served chill.

*Timestamps:*

🎙️ 00:00 - Banter, Mic Checks, and Welcoming Papa Eric Back ("Severed Man"?)

🍻 02:30 - What's Everyone Drinking? ZBiotics Sponsor Read ("Don't raw dog your alcohol")

📈 05:15 - Market Mayhem: Tariffs, Trump Tweets, and a 12.5% Nasdaq Surge

💬 06:20 - Trump's Rug Pull Tweet: "I have removed all of the tariffs"

📈 07:04 - Bitcoin Resilience & ETH Options Launch

🤔 08:25 - Was It All Just a "Negotiation Tactic"?

😟 10:00 - Business Uncertainty: "Are we f*****, are we unf*****?"

🇨🇳 11:15 - China's Perspective: Saving Face and Response Tactics

🚢 11:46 - The Real-World Cost: Container Price Explodes

🥶 13:21 - Business Strategy: Freezing vs. Planning in Volatility📊 14:30 - Market Update: China White Paper, Apple in India, Personal Trades & "Log Off"

⛳ 16:23 - Steal This Business Idea: Golf Simulator Hole-in-One Challenge

🤔 21:37 - Analyzing the Golf Sim Idea: Pricing, Risk, Bar Integration & Food Truck Model?

🚀 27:10 - Scaling the Idea: Franchise vs. Corporate Ownership ("Too Small?")

⛳ 30:15 - The "19th Hole" Concept & Hole-in-One Insurance Niche

✅ 32:45 - Final Verdict on Golf Sim: Viable, Scalable, "State Fair Game"

📓 36:20 - Nick's Bad Ideas Notebook & Rant on Review Sites ("Blackmail")

🐺 38:45 - Bringing Back the Dire Wolf: Real Science or Misleading?

🤔 41:20 - Ethical Questions: Playing God? Unintended Consequences?

🐘 44:05 - Next Up: Woolly Mammoths? Business Idea: Pet "Mini Mammoth"

🙏 45:40 - The "Playing God" Debate: Where is the Line? (Transhumanism vs. Fundamentalism)

🦖 50:30 - Which Extinct Species to Bring Back? (Velociraptor, Dodo, Sasquatch?)

🤖 55:10 - Shopify's AI "Hunger Games": Usage Now Mandatory

🏢 01:00:20 - Applying AI Internally: Customer Service Agents & Justifying Human Hires

😟 01:08:00 - AI Job Disruption: Testing Hires & Labor Displacement ("Are 40 CS jobs gone?")

❓ 01:13:40 - The Future of Labor: Where Does Displaced Talent Go? ("To do what?")

👨‍⚖️ 01:23:30 - Lawyers & Doctors Disrupted? Rise of the Trades? Robotics?

👨‍🍼 01:28:10 - Dad Talk: Eric's First Week - Profound Changes & Shifting Priorities ("Do I even care