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Five Favorite Things for 2026

In a year of global expansion and frequent travel, here's what I relied on and raved about.
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The Symbolic Economy
Plus: flying scooters, walking chairs, space computing, distillery data centers, blue honey, and more in Roundup #46
 • Brent Turner
When Exclusivity Scales
Plus: doomprompting, butt breathing, sperm racing, room temperature ice, fire-stopping sound, Lego sorting, Clippy’s return, and more in Roundup #45
 • Brent Turner
Designing for Effort
Plus: better bugs, faster booze, revived raves, smarter scents, robot noses, cyborg bees, planetary playlists, and a heroic identity crisis in Roundup…
 • Brent Turner
Building the Second Web
Plus: making gasoline from air, metals from myths, zippers from buttons, new builds from bricks, and more in Roundup #43
 • Brent Turner
The New B2Bs
Plus: better builds, crunching cravings, splashless solutions, tattooed travels, hydrogen horses, and more in Roundup #42
 • Brent Turner
Thinking on Autopilot
Plus: marketing’s new stack, AI’s secret language, naps without sleep, vision via teeth, and blood-filtering breakthroughs in Roundup #41
 • Brent Turner
The Future of Living and Creating: Connected Apart
Plus: a comeback crayon, power-generating slime, firefighting missiles, deep-sea habitats, Mars-bound engines, and a travel pillow recommended for the…
 • Brent Turner
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