The Long Game by Mehdi Yacoubi

The Long Game 172: Trying Hard, Poison, Instagram Relationships, Staying Long Enough

The AI Implementation Gap, White Collar Goes Blue, Taste, Clavicular, and much more!

Mar 26 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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January 2026

The Long Game 171: Fatigue, Unfair Advantage, Vertical vs. General AI, Sales Learnings

Capital in the 22nd Century, Elites, Screen time for kids, Productivity and Much more

Jan 16

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December 2025

The Long Game 170: Genomics, Embryo Selection, Expectations, Taking Yourself Seriously

AI is rewiring the economy, the hunger to be everything, some cool brands, and much more!

Dec 4, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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November 2025

The Long Game 169: AI Investment Thesis, Peter Attia, Earth AI, Science-Based Lifting

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things, Building What's Fundable, How to be Creative, and Much More!

Nov 19, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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The Long Game 168: Dad's Workouts, Dating, AI Scientists, Hiring, Talent, Charisma

🧠 The Divided Mind, Omega-3s, UFC, Viscerality, Factory Farming, Self-Help, and Much More!

Nov 7, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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October 2025

The Long Game 167: Not Dying, Paranoia, Agency & Intelligence, Feelings, Aerobic Training, Kids

🏆 Winning, Running, Grip Training, Ireland, Brazil, Beauty, and Much More!

Oct 30, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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The Long Game 166: Parenting Time, Protein Powders, Discomfort, LLMs, Consciousness

🧪 Lead in Your Shakes, Stoic Discomfort, AI Brain Rot, Quantum Memory, Love as Dialogue, and More

Oct 23, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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The Long Game 165: The Pathologization Pandemic, Wandering Minds, Advice Doesn't Work, Rare Earths

🤖 Superintelligence Isn’t Enough, Instagram, Job Applications, B2B Sales, Electrolytes, and Much More!

Oct 15, 2025

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The Long Game 164: Fake Natty, Natural Potential, Avoidance, The Dragon Hatchling, 996, Thinking

🇪🇺 How Europe Crushes Innovation, Private Truths, IQ, Bezos, Sneakers, Friends, Dichotomies, and Much More!

Oct 7, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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September 2025

The Long Game 163: Microplastics, Mold, Craft, AI Slop, Digital Hygiene, LLMs

🔙 We're back! NotebookLM, Dirt, Brain Predictions, The Score, Cousins, AI Progress, The FDE Model, and Much More!

Sep 30, 2025 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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October 2024

The Long Game 162: Policy Ideas for a Healthier Country, AI Agents, Parenting, Status, Mindbody Syndrome

🧠 Intelligence and Height, Create, Advertising, Dating Apps, and Much More!

Oct 3, 2024 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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July 2024

The Long Game 161: Executive Physicals, Self-Help Paradox, Strategic Cope, Go Big or Go Small, Founding Sales

🚰 Water Quality, Documenting Everything, Friendship, Attractiveness & Confidence, Downfall of Modern Podcast, Grip, Building, and Much More!

Jul 22, 2024 • Mehdi Yacoubi

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