Hey Explorers!

Every few decades, the world gets re-tooled. This is one of those moments.

From pinball machines to car factories to how we think, AI is rewriting the rules of business, creativity, and daily life.

Welcome to the era of retooling.

This week’s intel:

Signal over noise. Always.

Check it out 👇🏼

🧩 36 Thoughts to Build the Future
Greg Isenberg drops 36 rapid-fire insights about the coming AI-first world. Each line feels like a prompt for founders, thinkers, and builders to reimagine what’s next. 🔗 Read the thread that’s got Silicon Valley buzzing

🧠 Act Like a Decision Maker, Not a Tool User
HBR argues the best AI performers leaders who use AI to make faster, sharper calls, not just prompt jockeys. Treat AI as your co-strategist, not your assistant. 🔗 See how decision-makers win with AI

🛍️ $260B of Influence: The AI Shopper Revolution
Nearly 40% of U.S. shoppers now use AI in their buying decisions. This holiday season alone, AI is expected to steer more than $260 billion in global sales. 🔗 See how AI is rewriting e-commerce

🎧 From Studio to Stage: Music’s AI Remix
From songwriting to mastering, artists are using AI to push creative boundaries. The future of sound is a blend of human and machine. 🔗 Read how musicians are navigating the new beat

🚗 Nissan’s 3-Month Car Revolution
Nissan and Monolith are using AI to slash car development time from years to months in a move to keep pace with China’s hyper-fast auto industry. 🔗 Peek inside Nissan’s AI-driven factory of the future

🤝 The New Customer Experience Playbook
MarketingWeek explores how AI is redefining the customer journey, blending personalization, empathy, and predictive power to create experiences that feel alive. 🔗 Discover the shift from data to dialogue

🕹️ Pinball 2.0: When Retro Meets Recode
The Hustle dives into how entrepreneurs are rebuilding pinball machines with sensors, data, and digital scoring, proving that even nostalgia is getting an AI upgrade. 🔗 See how the silver ball is going high-tech

📊 10 Charts That Show How the World Is Changing
Rex Woodbury’s latest Digital Native visual essay maps the massive shifts in our world where AI revenue now eclipses SaaS, Big Tech spends like it’s building railroads, and capital races ahead of labor. A must-read snapshot of our economic transformation. 🔗 See the 10 charts defining the next decade

✍️ Why AI Can’t Stop Using Em-Dashes
AI writes like it swallowed a Victorian novel sometimes — and the culprit might be 19th-century books in its training data. (em-dash used intentionally 😉) Sean Goedecke unpacks how digitized classics, RLHF quirks, and linguistic drift possibly made the em-dash the signature of AI writing. 🔗 Read the detective story behind AI’s favorite punctuation

Every once in a while, there’s a room where the next decade is being written.
Last year, that room was Crossroads Summit and it was electric.

📈 Cathie Wood. 🧬 Jamie Metzl. 🕰️ Neil Howe. 💡 Michael Jabbour.

They broke markets, rewired minds, and mapped what’s next.

On November 19th, the energy returns to the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables with Jeff Booth, Rony Abovitz, Brian Beaulieu, Michael Jabbour, and more visionary builders of the future.

If you want to be in the room where it happens, this is your moment.

For a limited time, Purple Horizons Explorers get 2 tickets for $500*(regular $1,295 each).

Just add two tickets to your cart and the discount applies automatically.

👉 Secure Your Seat Before the Doors Close

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📍 11/5 Blockchain Futurist Conference @ Hard Rock Hollywood (Use promo code “PURPLE25” for 25% off your tickets)

📍 11/5 NamesCon @ Ice Palace Studios Miami

📍 11/11 Cafecito & Pastelitos @ Chug’s Diner

📍 11/18 Defense Tech Tuesday @ Northeastern University

📍 🔮 11/19 Crossroads Summit @ The Biltmore Coral Gables

📍 11/20 Coconut Grove Cigar Social @ Regatta

📍 12/2 South Miami Tech Tuesdays @ Bougies

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