🟡 This week on Mixed Signals, @semaforben asks @JoshuaSpanier about how Google thinks about advertising, how he’s navigated the technological changes in that space, and if AI is going to homogenize all of the ads we see. Josh also answers some listener questions about how advertisers work with creators and what the biggest blind spots in marketing are today. This episode is partner content presented by @ThinkwithGoogle.

How does an elite institution like the @FT fit into our current populist moment? "We have expertise and we share this expertise, and we inform, and we explain," Editor @khalafroula tells @maxwelltani and @semaforben. "That is what the world needs, whatever populists tell you."

"Even if the Times can't influence you to vote for Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton, I think it was extraordinarily powerful in motivating people to vote for Donald Trump." Do elite institutions still matter? @thomaschattwill, @semaforben, and @maxwelltani discuss: