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🪞 Last Friday’s journey into the Hyborian Age left me thinking about something unexpected.

While we were recording, there was a moment — just a few seconds — where the studio fell silent right after Vale said, “Maybe AI is our era’s forgotten magic.”

And for a breath, it felt like the past and the future were staring at each other.

That’s the part that stayed with me.
Not the ruins, not the lore, not even Conan’s world…
but the idea that every civilization believes it is the peak, right up until the next one rewrites the rules.

The lesson for me?
We’re always living inside a story older than we think, and the chapter we’re writing now — with AI, with uncertainty, with creativity — might be someone else’s myth someday.
What about you?

What idea lingered after watching this one?
I’d love to hear your echo.

https://youtu.be/QR3qoEg2KzY?si=Qgait...


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🚀 New on Vale & Mark — AI Unlocks the SHOCKING Truths of the Hyborian Age!

What if Conan’s world wasn’t a fantasy… but a memory of a civilization that mastered a power we’re only rediscovering through AI?
Step into the age before the ages.
Watch 👇

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AI Unlocks the SHOCKING Truths of the Hyborian Age!
https://youtu.be/QR3qoEg2KzY

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🗓️ Recap Note: The Weekly Compass

This week, we unearthed something extraordinary. Ancient AI Secrets You Never Knew Existed took us deep into the myths, machines, and mysteries of civilizations that may have understood intelligence long before silicon and code.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsOi...


From LiDAR revelations beneath jungle canopies to Vale’s brutally honest cold closing, this episode reminded us that discovery isn’t about knowing. It’s about remembering.

Thank you to everyone who listened, commented, and shared your theories. You helped turn curiosity into community.

Next week, we continue down the trail with “Innovations Lost to Time” a journey through forgotten inventions, misplaced genius, and how history sometimes buries the very tools that could’ve saved it.

Stay curious. Stay connected. And as always... keep following the trails.#Recap

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🎯 CTA Note: The Conversion Pulse

We keep unearthing lost wisdom from the past but how are you preparing for the future?

Subscribe to Vale & Mark: Ancient Trails and never miss the next discovery, debate, or paradox that reshapes how we see intelligence itself 👇

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💬 Engagement Note, The Conversation Starter

If ancient civilizations had their own version of AI, what do you think it was? 🧠
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsOi...


A spiritual intelligence? Mechanical genius? Or something entirely different that we’ve mistaken for myth?

Drop your theory below 👇 I’ll feature the most thought-provoking responses in next week’s Ancient Trails.

#Engagement #ValeAndMarkPodcast #AncientTrails #PartOne

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🪞 Reflection Note — The Echo

When we wrapped Ancient Trails: Ancient AI Secrets You Never Knew Existed, I couldn’t stop thinking about one question Vale asked off-mic: What if we didn’t invent intelligence… just inherited it?

It stuck with me. Because maybe that’s the real story. Not about aliens or lost machines, but about how every generation rediscovers what it means to think.

What do you believe humanity keeps rediscovering and what have we truly lost? Share your thoughts below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsOi...

#Reflection #ValeAndMarkPodcast #AncientTrails #PartOne

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🚀 Launch Note — The Spotlight

“New on Vale & Mark: Ancient Trails ‘Ancient AI Secrets You Never Knew Existed.’ What if the first intelligence on Earth wasn’t human… or new? 🎙️👇”

🎧 Listen now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsOi...

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For the very first time, my little YouTube channel has gotten up to 15,000 views

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Read the latest Business Insider article about me and my upcoming book 'Collaborate Better: From Silos to Synergy — How to Build Unstoppable Teams'

Link in 1st Comment!

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🚀 AI Has Gone Too Far, And I’m Proud of It.

After years of “boring” use cases, I have single-handedly redirected the future of artificial intelligence—producing the world’s first hybrid of Dan Bilzerian and a Little Rascal for the Ultimate Alfalfa Male!

Available soon as an NFT, protein shake, and dating app filter. Supplies technically aren't limited but I'll say that they are to sell you something you absolutely do not need!

https://youtu.be/00_aiDtpII8?si=5Z8Eb...

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