George Mack
British writer, marketer and entrepreneur
George Mack (British writer, marketer and entrepreneur) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Product-market fit, Artificial intelligence, Taste and AI slop.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Product-market fit
Mack defines true product-market fit as customers continuing to buy even if the company alienates them.
“true product market fit is, could you like fuck everything up and people would still buy from you?”
Modern Wisdom: Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168 (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:10
Artificial intelligence
Mack argues brain change from learning is driven by the risk of failure, which AI answers remove.
“The big thing for change at the brain level is the risk of failure”
Modern Wisdom: Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168 (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:07
Taste and AI slop
Mack argues that calling something slop without explaining why is itself unoriginal.
“If you're going to say slop, tell me why”
Modern Wisdom: Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168 (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:26
Sleep
Mack argues the overriding power law of sleep is that trying harder to sleep makes sleep worse.
“The first thing is the more you try to sleep, the worse you will sleep”
Modern Wisdom: Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168 (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 20:10
Other remarks
Mack suggests tipping culture is one reason America has such an entrepreneurial culture.
“if you had to actually look at one of the reasons why America is such an entrepreneurial culture is because of tipping”
Modern Wisdom: Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168 (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:43
Appearances
Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168Modern Wisdom · Oct 26, 2026 · 2 h 8 min
Chris Williamson, Shaan Puri, Jack Butcher and George Mack riff on crypto memecoins, prediction markets, dopamine websites, taste versus slop, AI agents, kids and devices, and product-market fit.
Often appears with
- Chris Williamson · 1 shared episode
- Shaan Puri · 1 shared episode
- Jack Butcher · 1 shared episode