Differentiation

“We don’t just teach people how to write; we teach them how to actually think about their personal monopoly… What is the unique combination of skills and personality traits that you’ll be known for? How are you going to use the internet to reach out, connect with anybody, build an online home, and use advance your career?

As the expression of ideas becomes exponentially easier, the ideas themselves become more of the differentiator (yes, I think “Prompt Engineering” will become a discipline in and of itself!). Good ideas aren’t derived solely from logic and patterns of the past; they’re also the product of human traumas, mistakes of the eye, and uniquely human inge

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In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.

They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is pl... See more

Creators are thinking about AI the wrong way. Most creators are attracted to AI because they can use it to emulate the work of creators who have more resources. Finally – an equalizer! When that becomes true, when you CAN emulate the work of bigger creators, those creators will just adapt. They will innovate and create content that once again c... See more

But as I started reporting more on AI and automation, the message I heard from experts about the modern economy was, essentially, the exact opposite. These experts said that, in a highly automated economy, the most valuable skills and abilities were the ones that could distinguish workers from machines. Rather than treating ourselves as pieces of b... See more