The Rundown

• Ignore Smarter: The Psychology of Filtering Out the Noise

• Google claims the 'security breach impacting millions of users' is simply 'inaccurate reports stemming from a misunderstanding'

• The Friction Trick: Turn Your Brain's 'Laziness' into Your Superpower

• Chrome for Android now has the same Audio Overviews feature as NotebookLM

• From human clicks to machine intent: Preparing the web for agentic AI

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📈 Performance

Ignore Smarter: The Psychology of Filtering Out the Noise

Your inbox is full, your social feeds are endless, and that notification just lit up your phone again. The problem isn't that we need to analyze everything better - it's that we're trying to analyze too much in the first place. This research on "critical ignoring" reveals why knowing what not to engage with might be more valuable than any critical thinking skill.

Key Insights:

1. Self-nudging works like hiding cookies from yourself - redesign your digital environment before temptation hits. For example, setting app timers or switching your phone to grayscale reduces the visual pull that keeps you scrolling.

2. Lateral reading beats deep analysis of suspicious content - instead of trying to evaluate a questionable article on its own terms, open new tabs and search for the author and claims elsewhere, just like professional fact-checkers do.

3. Trolls and disinformation spreaders feed on engagement, so the "do not feed the trolls" approach isn't just folklore. For example, blocking and reporting without responding cuts off the social rewards they crave and stops you from boosting them in the algorithm.

Read the full article for the complete research findings and practical steps to implement each type of critical ignoring in your daily digital life.

⚙️ Optimization

Google claims the 'security breach impacting millions of users' is simply 'inaccurate reports stemming from a misunderstanding'

Headlines screaming about 183 million Gmail passwords being exposed had us all panicking this week. Google says it's not quite what it sounds like - but here's the thing: when was the last time you actually changed your password anyway? Let's use this as the nudge we've all been ignoring.

Key Insights:

1. The "breach" isn't one single new attack - it's a compiled database of various credential theft activities across the web from phishing scams, malware, and old data breaches that are now just being added to Have I Been Pwned.

2. Google's response clarifies the reports are inaccurate, but they do acknowledge taking action when spotting large batches of compromised credentials by helping users reset passwords and secure accounts.

3. Two-step verification remains your best defense regardless of password leaks. For example, even if someone gets your password, they'd still need access to your authenticator app to break into your account.

Read the full article for the complete technical breakdown of how the data was compiled and what Google is doing to help affected users secure their accounts.

⏲️ Time Management

The Friction Trick: Turn Your Brain's 'Laziness' into Your Superpower

Your brain automating everything from your morning coffee routine to checking email the second you sit down isn't laziness - it's efficiency. The problem is, your brain doesn't care whether it's automating helpful habits or time-wasting ones. This research-backed approach shows how to manipulate friction to work with your brain instead of fighting against it.

Key Insights:

1. Your brain creates automations for everything it can, which is why you can drive home on autopilot but also why you've already spent 30 minutes on Instagram without realizing it - both are automated neural pathways seeking the path of least resistance.

2. Adding friction to unwanted behaviors means creating barriers. For example, using website blockers during work hours or storing your phone in another room, but you need the right amount of friction because your brain will learn to automate through weak barriers.

3. Removing friction from desired behaviors increases follow-through - preparing your workout clothes the night before eliminates 11+ decision points where your brain could decide not to go to the gym in the morning.

Read the full article for the complete framework on gradual implementation and exactly how to determine the right amount of friction for your specific habits.

💻 Tools & Technology

Chrome for Android now has the same Audio Overviews feature as NotebookLM

Remember when "read aloud" features meant suffering through robotic voices that made every article sound like a DMV announcement? Chrome for Android just killed that experience. Instead of reading web pages word for word, this new feature turns articles into actual podcast-style conversations between two AI hosts.

Key Insights:

1. Audio Overviews condenses long articles into the main points rather than reading every single word, saving you time while actually making the content easier to absorb through natural conversation.

2. The feature borrows from Google's NotebookLM and Gemini projects, bringing enterprise-level AI summarization directly into your mobile browser without needing separate apps.

3. Access is simple once you have it - just tap the three-dot menu on any webpage, select "Listen to this page," and switch to Audio Overview mode in the playback controls.

Read the full article for screenshots showing exactly where to find the feature and details on the staged rollout timeline.

🤖 AI

From human clicks to machine intent: Preparing the web for agentic AI

AI agents that can browse the web and take actions on your behalf sound convenient - until you realize the entire internet was designed for human judgment, not machine execution. This deep dive into agentic browsing reveals why tools like Perplexity's Comet and Claude's browser plugin are both promising and dangerously unprepared for the web as it exists today.

Key Insights:

1. AI agents can't distinguish between legitimate user requests and malicious hidden instructions because the web relies on human intuition to filter signal from noise. For example, hidden white text on a webpage successfully hijacked an AI agent into drafting emails without the user's knowledge.

2. Enterprise software poses an even bigger challenge - a simple two-step menu navigation that takes humans seconds caused an AI agent to fail repeatedly for 9 minutes, clicking wrong links and misinterpreting context that seemed obvious to human observers.

3. The solution requires fundamental web redesign including semantic structure with clean HTML, llms.txt guide files for agents, standardized action endpoints, and strict security guardrails that separate user intent from page content before agents can browse safely.

Read the full article for detailed technical specifications on agentic web interfaces, security protocols needed to prevent exploitation, and why businesses that don't prepare for machine-readable sites risk becoming invisible in an AI-mediated web.

🎉 Celebration Corner

Every week Doers Inner Circle members do a weekly review & get help when they need it — check out the progress they made this week!

• Got my second SEO coaching client.

• Weekly time blocking plan is working well.

• Followed morning routine all week, including daily workouts and physio exercises.

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