
Episode #27
The AI Burnout Trap: When Effort Stops Guaranteeing Progress
<p>Are you running as fast as you can just to stay in the same place? In this Season 2 premiere of the Make An Impact Podcast, Makoto Kern and Brynley Evans dive into the Red Queen Effect—a phenomenon from evolutionary biology and Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass that perfectly explains the burnout, anxiety, and exhaustion of the 2026 AI landscape.</p><p>In this episode, we explore why "effort no longer guarantees progress" and how the baseline of competence is shifting so fast that standing still is actually falling behind. Whether you’re a senior leader, a junior develo...





