Podbit · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
98% of typists disappeared during the 1980s as computers arrived. Scott Galloway's mother survived by moving upstream — from typing to managing her boss's entire professional life, becoming a personal assistant. Writing faces the same structural shift right now.
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When AI became competent at reading medical scans, the consensus was swift and confident: radiologists were done. Galloway dismantles this prediction with striking data. Since those forecasts, the Mayo Clinic's radiology staff grew 55% according to the New York Times, and radiology became the second-highest paid medical specialty in America in 2025, with average incomes 48% higher than a decade ago [1] — Scott Galloway "Predictions that AI would eliminate radiologists were spectacularly wrong. Since those predictions, Mayo Clinic's radiology staff grew 55% …" 02:55 . The diagnosis of failure is sharp and generalizable: we confused the most visible part of the job with the most valuable part. A study of radiologists across three hospitals found that only 36% of their time was actually spent reading scans — the task AI can automate [2] — Scott Galloway "Radiologists spend only 36% of time reading scans: A study across 3 hospitals found radiologists spent only 36% of their time reading scans…" 03:55 . The remaining 64% was human judgment: deciding what matters, guiding treatment, asking the right questions. Galloway's punchline is that AI didn't replace radiologists; it replaced the part of their job that was never really the point.
Predictions that AI would eliminate radiologists were spectacularly wrong. Since those predictions, Mayo Clinic's radiology staff grew 55% and the specialty became the second-highest paid in medicine. The reason: AI automated scan-reading, but only 36% of a radiologist's time was ever spent doing that.
Despite predictions that AI would eliminate radiologists, the Mayo Clinic's radiology staff grew 55% after AI arrived at reading scans.
In 2025, radiology was the second-highest paid medical specialty in America, with average incomes 48% higher than a decade ago.
A study across 3 hospitals found radiologists spent only 36% of their time reading scans — the part AI can do — with the rest being human judgment.
Social media feeds men and women the absolute worst caricatures of each other while stripping away the everyday, imperfect relationships that would calibrate their expectations. Combine that with smaller families and fewer cross-sex friendships, and you get a generation that talks about the opposite sex constantly but almost never to them.
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Even self-identified feminist women consistently told Daniel Cox in interviews and surveys that they want men to open doors, pay for dates, and show demonstrable care. The internet noise around 'benevolent sexism' drowns out this widespread, quietly held preference.
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Online dating optimises for your existing preferences rather than expanding your horizons. People who meet online give bad first dates almost no second chances; people who meet through mutual friends are far more forgiving. The disembodied, checklist-driven nature of apps removes all the social cues that actually reveal character.
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