{"id":3377,"date":"2025-12-26T16:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2025-12-26T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:53:52","slug":"459-what-2025-clarified-not-what-it-added","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/459-what-2025-clarified-not-what-it-added\/","title":{"rendered":"459: What 2025 Clarified (Not What It Added)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/459-2025-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/459-2025-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/459-2025-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/459-2025-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/459-2025.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a recap of episodes or a list of guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a look at what became clearer over the course of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across conversations on The Armen Show this year &#8211; covering AI, psychology, culture, biology, health, systems, and creativity &#8211; the same underlying patterns kept appearing. 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